SimpleMachine@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•Police say fires set at ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington are connected; ‘suspect vehicle’ ID'd
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7 days agoTrue, it’s not exactly like they care about real proof.
True, it’s not exactly like they care about real proof.
While this is a shit move by whoever is doing this, it makes virtually no difference for the presidential election. WA electoral votes are winner-takes-all, and always go Dem. A few burned boxes won’t come close in making a difference for president, Biden won by almost a million votes in the last one. It will probably have a decent effect on local elections though.
Ignoring the obvious flaw of throwing out the importance of infinity here, they would be exceedingly unlikely but technically not unable. A random occurrence is just as likely to happen on try number 1 as it is on try number 10 billion. It doesn’t become any more or less likely as iterations occur. This is an all too common failure of understanding how probabilities work.