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John R. Brakey was the Democratic Cluster Captain for four predominately Hispanic precincts belonging to Arizona Legislative District 27, which is part of Congressional District 7.
This study is based on John’s Election-Day-2004 experiences with hostile poll workers, as well as his compilations on Excel spreadsheets of all public voter registration data
John McCain’s office January 4, 2005
and all paper records of the 2004 balloting at the Pct. 324 polling place.
More than 1,000 hours invested!
Activist
Physicist
What were those poll workers up
to? I’m checking the
documents!I’ll help. I’m
used to solving problems…
Uh Oh!What do these things mean?
Beginning an Beginning an Audit without Audit without a Clue Whata Clue Whatto look for…to look for…
Typical Paper Records Generated at AZ Polling StationsTypical Paper Records Generated at AZ Polling Stations
The “Signature Roster”
The voter signs the block next to his/her name.
A Judge marks voter Registration Number on the “Notice-to-Voter Slip”
“E” means this voter must vote provisional
A. Anwar Abraham
Examples of Paper Records Actually Generated at the Pct 324 Polling StationExamples of Paper Records Actually Generated at the Pct 324 Polling Station
The “Notice-to-Voter Slip”
Red ink means this voter was
instructed to vote a Provisional
Ballot
Voter Registration Numbers are filled in
by a Judge
Non-standard consecutive-order numbering used by Pct-324 poll workers.
The very same numbers appear on other slips as “dup”s (meaning duplicate?).
Voter Registration Numbers are filled in
by a Judge
The “Notice-to-Voter Slip”
But the Voter Reg. Numbers are different!
Examples of Paper Records Actually Generated at the Pct 324 Polling StationExamples of Paper Records Actually Generated at the Pct 324 Polling Station
The “Consecutive Number Register” (CNR)a.k.a. “The Poll List”
The Clerk copies the Voter Registration No. from the “Notice-to-Voter Slip” here…
then hand prints the corresponding voter name here.
CHARLIE BROWN35
82
83
282
750
804
699
CLARK KENTLOIS LANE
JOHN Q. TAXPAYERJOE SIXPACK
HOMER SIMPSONMARGE SIMPSON
Wait a minute! There are blank spaces in this Pct. 324 CNR!
Typical Paper Records Generated at AZ Polling StationsTypical Paper Records Generated at AZ Polling Stations
The height of each column is proportional to the number of names it contains.
I. Voter signs one
of two* “Signature Rosters”
II. The Clerk enters voter names in Consecutive Number Register (CNR).
“Regular” Signature Roster: 847 unique names
Provisional Ballot Signature Roster: 40 unique names
19 of the names on CNR
are not found on either
roster
11 names are not found on
CNR.
11 voterswho cast provisional ballots signed both rosters
IIIa. “Regular” voters are instructed to scan their completed ballots into the Diebold AccuVote-OS voting machine which records their vote and serves as a “paper trail.”
IIIb. “Provisional” voters seal their ballots in signed envelopes, which are delivered to the Recorder
55 unique-name provisional voterssigned SignatureRoster
781 “Regular” ballots cast at polling place
847 unique names
884 unique names
6
787
97
Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
“Notice to Voter Slips”
But there arefour more
Irregularities!
Improperly!
Signatures Hand PrintedNames
Normally…Normally…
55
29 13
11 names are not found on CNR
The height of each column is proportional to the number of names it contains.
“Regular” Signature Roster: 847 unique names
19 of the names on CNR
are not found
on either roster
11 voterswho cast provisional ballots signed both rosters
55 unique-name provisional voterssigned SignatureRoster
6
787
97
Irregularity!
55
29 13
These 11 ballots also “disappeared”
Provisional Ballot Signature Roster: 40 unique names
These 11 ballots “disappeared”! (Officially, they were never issued.)
Felony Double-VotesFelony Double-Votes
Now there are 11 more ballots in the box than there are unique names on the CNR!
895ballotscast
11 double votes
884 unique names
Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
Provisional Ballot “Irregularity”Provisional Ballot “Irregularity”
The height of each column is proportional to the number of names it contains.
“Regular” Signature Roster: 847 unique names
19 of the names on CNR
are not found
on either roster
11 voterswho cast provisional ballots signed both rosters
55 unique-name provisional voterssigned SignatureRoster
6
787Irregularity!
55
29
Provisional Ballot Signature Roster: 40 unique names
884 unique names 39
59
After the polls closed, the poll workers removed 39 Provisional Ballots from their envelopes and scanned them into the ballot box.
36 of these 39 purloined Provisional Ballots were cast by voters not registered in the precinct. Therefore, they are likely to be double votes!
39 provisional ballots are transmogrified into “regular” ballots!!!9
4
895ballotscast
Provisional Ballot FraudProvisional Ballot FraudAudit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
The height of each column is proportional to the number of names it contains.
11 registered voters who did
not sign any roster at all11
voterswho cast provisional ballots signed both rosters
6
787
55
29
11 double votes
884 unique names 39
59
11 “disappeared”provisional ballots
9
4
895ballotscast
Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
Recorder’s Office
11 “new” names not found on CNR or any roster!
11 names on CNR no longer correspond to actual ballots! 11 provisional
ballots rejected by Recorder
48 provisional ballots accepted by Recorder
11 “disappeared” regular ballots
The “Rule of 11”The “Rule of 11”
11 too many spoil-replacement ballots(intended to cover up double votes?)
The odds are less than one chance in 214 million of these being eight independent accidents. Conclusion: The poll workers contrived them.
AbsolutelyImpossible without a system!
System!
Type of Irregularity How Many
Voters Who Signed a Roster but Their Ballots “Disappeared:”22
Voters Who Didn’t Sign Any Roster but Whose Ballots Were Still Counted: 19
Double Votes: 11
Valid Ballots Recycled as Spoiled Ballots to Cover Up Double Voting: 11
Poll Workers Issue Themselves 11 New Ballots to Replace Ballots Recycled as Ersatz Spoils. 11
Provisional Ballots Illegally Scanned into Diebold Opt-Scan Machine on Election Day: 39
Total Swing 113
Percentage Swing (100 x 113/884) 12.8%
Suppose only Kerry ballots would have been destroyed.
Suppose these unidentified voters were for Bush.
Assume all of these were cast for Bush.
Assume these were validly cast votes for Kerry.
Presume all were for Bush.
IfIf the intent were to swing the vote toward Bush… the intent were to swing the vote toward Bush…
Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
Assume all cast for Bush.
Official Results
Registration by Party
DEM
REP
OTHERNOP
Mail-In Voting At-the-Polling-Place Provisional Ballots
KERRY KERRY KERRY
BUSH BUSHBUSH
NO CHEATING POSSIBLE on ballots in voter-signed-and-sealed envelopes accepted by Recorder.
Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
The 1.94w memory card in Diebold optical-scanners used to tabulate Early Ballots IS HACKABLE!!!
POLL-WORKER SHENANIGANS DOCUMENTED
IN THIS AUDIT!!!
65% votedfor Bush!
20% registered Republican
But why is the effect smaller on
DREs?
Because it was so obvious that elections can be stolen on paperless machines…
(DRE)
whereas well developed methods of theft on optical scanners were unsuspected.
The 24 smallest Florida counties that used optical-scan voting
machines on2 November 2004
Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7Audit of 2 Nov 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
The “Balance Sheet”The “Balance Sheet”• Result of about 1,500 hours research by Brakey and Griscom
• Audits every paper record of voting on Election Day 2004, except the ballots
This Audit
This Audit, Modified by Assuming that 39 Provisional Ballots Were Scanned into the Ballot Box on Election Day
Discrepancie
s
by David L. Griscom [email protected] utilizing tabulations of voter data compiled by John R. Brakey [email protected] 2 May 2005
Total Number of Signatures
on Each Roster
Unique Signatures (omitting
signatures also found
on "regular" Sig Roster)
This Audit
This Audit as Modified [1]: Assume 39 provisional ballots were counted as
"regular" ballots
Official Ballot Report and
Certificate of Performance
(If no double votes supposed)
[2]
Discrep-ancies: Official Report minus
Modified Audit
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Total number of signatures on "regular" Signature Roster 837 837Total signatures on Inactive Signature Roster 11 10Total signatures on Provisional Ballot Signature Roster 51 40Total signatures, including multiples by same voter, on all rosters 899 899Total number of unique names on all signature rosters combined 887 887Total number of names on Consecutive Number Register (CNR) that also appear on a signature roster 865 865Total number of names on CNR that are different from signatures on rosters (these people voted without signing!) 19 19Total number of unique names on CNR 884 884Overall number of unique voter names from all signature rosters plus the CNR 906 906Total number of voters who signed a roster but whose votes were not counted ("disappeared ballots") 22 22
The following "balance sheet" is based on the CNR, as annotated by the poll workers:Total cast ballots recorded on the CNR, both "regular" and provisional, including any double votes 895 895 895 0Total unique-name voters listed on the CNR as having cast at least one vote, regular or provisional 884 884 895 11Number of unique-name voters who cast one "regular" ballot at the polling place that was not a double vote 787Number of unique-name voters who cast one provisional ballot at the polling place that was not a double vote 97Number of suspected "regular" double votes 10Number of suspected provisional double votes 1Total number of "regular" ballots cast "From Tape" at the polling place (counting double votes, if any) 797 836 836 0Total number of provisional ballots cast (counting double votes if any) 98 59 59 0Total number of spoiled-ballot replacements issued 20 20 31 11 [3]Total number of ballots issued 915 915 926 11 [3]Number of provisional ballots assumed to have been scanned into the ballot box on Election Day 0 39 0 -39 [1]
likely in the names of innocent voters, making these incidents appear as conspicuous as possible, e.g., 3 of the doubles were separated by exactly 100 entries. Presumably,
he visited the polling place 1 1/2 hours after the polls had closed. Indeed, this visit by the intrepid Precict Captain likely rattled the poll workers, causing them to forget to enter
their brazen double-voting fraud completely transparent, and indefensible.
An Audit of 2 November 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
Serious Disagreements
Official Report Signed by 7Poll Workers