The meaning and origin of the expression: Spill the beans. Spill the beans. more like this... Meaning. To divulge a secret, especially to do so inadvertently or maliciously. Origin. The derivation of this expression is sometimes said to be a voting system used in ancient Greece. The story goes that white beans indicated positive votes and black beans negative.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership and various pro-Palestinian groups have hailed the vote as a symbolic victory for the Palestinians. The Palestinian representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said that the vote regarding the flag would be another step towards solidifying Palestinian statehood.
At first glance, John McCain appears to have comfortably won his home state by about 9 percentage points. Barack Obama won Tucson (Pima) and John McCain won Phoenix (Maricopa). Those two counties though account for almost 70% of the total vote. So, if one wanted to hack a series of memory cards or alter the vote's results, these two counties would have the greatest impact and make the most sense. I'm puzzled.