• miseducator@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Wait, the population of Ulster County is only 183,000! STOP THE COUNT! RIGGED ELECTION! DEAD PEOPLE ARE VOTING! /s

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      11 days ago

      I thought you were joking but that’s actually true. No census has ever placed the population of Ulster County above 183,300, according to Wikipedia.

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        11 days ago

        Nobody said the contest voters had to be registered voters in that county. I’m guessing fellow students and families voted, too.

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          10 days ago

          I’m willing to bet, as usual, it got posted on 4Chan or Reddit or something, and trolls from other places voted on it. I find it highly unlikely that even half of the residents voted on this.