ABSTRACT
This is the story of an engagement as an expert witness that started out in a misunderstanding of the legal situation, but nonetheless led to a scientifically successful project.
At the time, Beaver County used paper ballots, which were counted by running them through the same sort of machine used to grade multiple choice tests in very large classes. In the election of November 1993, as originally counted, Zupsic defeated Laughlin by 36 votes. In January 1994, in a recount requested by Laughlin, she appeared to have won by 46 votes. Zupsic challenged this result, alleging vote tampering.
