After my last depressing post, I’ve decided to lighten up and tell you about the strange case of Nicholas Caputo, the Essex Count Clerk who conducted drawings for decades to determine which party would have the top ballot line.
Somehow he picked Democrats 40 out of 41 times. In a 1985 court case, judges ruled 6-0 that the drawing procedure would have to be changed. The court noted that the chances of picking the same name 40 our of 41 times were less than 1 in 50 billion. The ruling stated, “confronted with these odds, few persons of reason will accept the explanation of blind chance.”
I forgot to tell you that Essex County is in New Jersey.
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