Benford's Law and the 2009 Iranian Election

[phk]

Very important statistical analysis pointing toward electoral fraud. If you don't want to read a dense statistical paper, I still highly recommend reading about Benford's Law (aka the First-Digit Law). It will be like when you first heard toilets flush the other way in Brazil.

http://elections.7rooz.com/link/701/

[Jacobtm]

The link is dead, though fivethirtyeight has 2 posts questioning the use of Benford's law here.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/karroubis-unlucky-7s.html
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/unconvincing-to-me-use-of-benfords-law.html