Jaber Borran

Tag: Elections

  • The SAVE Act

    I had previously quoted a professor of mine that if someone offers you an oversimplified solution to a complex problem, either they are a fool, or they are taking you as a fool. The SAVE act is a very good example of the scenario in that quote. I will explain, but let me start by…

  • Senate Confirmation Hearings

    I’m tired of seeing the Democratic senators asking, during their confirmation hearings, Trump’s sycophantic nominees for cabinet positions or federal judgeships or other important positions of power, that “who won the 2020 presidential election,” only to hear the rehearsed response that Biden was certified as the president in January 2021, or more recently, even outright…

  • States’ Voter Data

    Consider the following scenario: You receive a letter in the mail, a few days before a November election, stating that some irregularities have been noticed in your voter registration, making it invalid, and that if you vote in the upcoming election, you would be committing a crime punishable by fine, incarceration, or both. The letter…

  • Fighting Fire with …

    When I was in high school, a very good teacher of mine once told me something that I don’t think I will ever forget. Most of my friends have likely already heard me say this, possibly multiple times, but I am going to write it here again, anyways. He said: “Jaber, I think one should…

  • Thou Shalt Not Have Bias

    Corporate media’s obsession with providing equal coverage for all “points of view” or making sure that they do not criticize one party more than the other, is ridiculous and has nothing to do with fairness. Fairness does not mean giving platforms equally to truths and falsehoods. Social media is already providing ample opportunity for dissemination…

  • Fixing the Elections, or Voter Suppression?

    In the last post, I discussed the magnitude of potential errors due to ineligible voters in the election results in the US, and proposed a very generous confidence interval of 0.01%, based on the results of a recent investigation from the state of Georgia, a with substantial amount of overestimation and scaling to be applicable…

  • Elections, or Statistical Experiments?

    As you can guess from the title of this post, I am trying to pose elections as statistical experiments. I know there is a big difference; unlike polling, elections do not involve taking a sample of data to make a decision. Instead, every single vote is expected to be counted in every election. So, yes,…

  • Nobody Stormed the Capitol Today!

    Why? Because unfortunately one side lacks petulant sore losers, an abundant supply of which is available on the other side.