Maine Accidentally Releases Feb Caucus Results Early?

[hillbilly123069]

Am I looking at what I think I'm looking at? This was posted yesterday.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/starmandulux/screen-capture-6-2.png

[rp08orbust]

Bullshit? Yes you are.

[trey4sports]

been posted. bug in the script.

[hillbilly123069]

There's been a lot of bugs going around this primary.

[CTRattlesnake]

Been discussed already

Google does that to test out the software, 40% of Maine is voting today, so they cant have all the results in

[ItsTime]

There wont even be 7k people who vote in the caucus. Script was being tested. Just like in Iowa when they had BACHMANN winning that one when they tested.

[Gary4Liberty]

people are stupid enough to believe that and then not go out and vote. Since that doesnt apply to our group maybe we will go and vote and they wont because they think they already won. ANyone see the movie Speed? hehee

[thoughtomator]

test data is test

/programmerfacepalm

[hillbilly123069]

test data is test

/programmerfacepalm

Going back 6 years, this is the only example of this kind of mistake I can find. Now in addition to the complete discontinuation of posting exit polls, we get script bugs in what seems to be every primary we've had this election. Hmmm.

[123tim]

Going back 6 years, this is the only example of this kind of mistake I can find. Now in addition to the complete discontinuation of posting exit polls, we get script bugs in what seems to be every primary we've had this election. Hmmm.

Actually, I saw this with a couple of the other states that have already passed this time around. I think that Iowa was one of them.

It's interesting (if this actually is a test) that the results are so realistic. Why wouldn't the candidates be called something like "test candidate #1, test candidate #2 etc. ?

When you test a microphone, you say "testing, testing" - You don't make jokes about bombing Russia

No....wait.

[thoughtomator]

Going back 6 years, this is the only example of this kind of mistake I can find. Now in addition to the complete discontinuation of posting exit polls, we get script bugs in what seems to be every primary we've had this election. Hmmm.

I see this very commonly, I have seen it at least a hundred times if not more. As a programmer I am telling you it is silly to get worked up over this. The website reporting is not where elections get fixed, if they do - the numbers get fixed upstream, at the official source, within the party itself.

[shelskov]

It will be interesting to see how the "real" final results compare to this "test"

I have no faith in the integrity of the GOP system.