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Small vote manipulations can swing elections

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Considering the effects and implications of changing only a single vote per machine.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 10
          Voting systems
          October 2004
          95 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1022594
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