Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)-Based analysis of untested sexual assault evidence in Palm Beach County Florida

What Happened in Palm Beach County ?

It is now well-known that the design of the ballot in Palm Beach County could have led to numerous mistakes in voting. Moreover, it is easy to show that the Buchanan vote in Palm Beach County is a substantial outlier considering the Bush and Gore votes in that county. Buchanan obtained about .8% of the vote, but his expected vote was probably no more than .2% to .3%. Indeed, statewide, Buchanan...

First Case of Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax in the United States, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2001

On October 4, 2001, we confirmed the first bioterrorism-related anthrax case identified in the United States in a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida. Epidemiologic investigation indicated that exposure occurred at the workplace through intentionally contaminated mail. One additional case of inhalational anthrax was identified from the index patient's workplace. Among 1,076 nasal cultures pe...

A Statistical Assessment of Buchanan's Vote in Palm Beach County

A Statistical Assessment of Buchanan's Vote in Palm Beach County

One of the strongest allegations of voting irregularities in the recent Presidential election was that a faulty ballot design in Palm Beach County, Florida, caused many votes to cast their ballots for the Reform Party candidate Patrick Buchanan, when they intended to vote for Al Gore. We examine this statistically, by performing a regression analysis of Buchanan's vote over all 67 counties of F...

on Voting and Ballot Form in Palm Beach County

I believe with a very high degree of scientific certainty that defects in the butterfly ballot form used in Palm Beach County caused substantial bias in the recording of people's votes. At least 2000 people who intended to vote for Al Gore ended up having their votes recorded for Pat Buchanan, but virtually no one who intended to vote for George Bush had their vote recorded for another candidat...