Griscom_AAAS 2007 Annual Mtg_fin

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 anBeginning an
Audit withoutAudit without
a Clue Whata Clue What
to 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 KENT
LOIS LANE
JOHN Q. TAXPAYER
JOE SIXPACK
HOMER SIMPSON
MARGE 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
voters
who 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 voters
signed Signature
Roster
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 are
four more
Irregularities!
Improperly!
Signatures
Hand Printed
Names
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
voters
who cast
provisional
ballots signed
both rosters
55 unique-name
provisional voters
signed Signature
Roster
6
787
97
Irregularity!
55
29
13
These 11 ballots also
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!
895
ballots
cast
11 double votes
884
unique
names

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
voters
who cast
provisional
ballots signed
both rosters
55 unique-name
provisional voters
signed Signature
Roster
6
787
Irregularity!
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
895
ballots
cast
Provisional Ballot FraudProvisional Ballot Fraud

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
voters
who cast
provisional
ballots signed
both rosters
6
787
55
29
11 double votes
884
unique
names 39
59
11 “disappeared”
provisional ballots
9
4
895
ballots
cast
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
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.
Absolutely
Impossible
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…
Assume all cast for Bush.

Official Results
Registration by Party
DEM
REP
OTHER
NOP
Mail-In Voting At-the-Polling-Place Provisional Ballots
KERRY KERRY KERRY
BUSH BUSH
BUSH
NO CHEATING POSSIBLE
on ballots in voter-signed-
and-sealed envelopes
accepted by Recorder.
The 1.94w memory card in
Diebold optical-scanners
used to tabulate Early Ballots
IS HACKABLE!!!
POLL-WORKER
SHENANIGANS
DOCUMENTED
IN THIS AUDIT!!!

65% voted
for 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 on
2 November 2004

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
Discrepancies
by David L. Griscom
david_griscom@yahoo.com
utilizing tabulations of voter data compiled by John R. Brakey
johnnymingo@yahoo.com
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
Footnotes
Total number of signatures on "regular" Signature Roster 837 837
Total signatures on Inactive Signature Roster 11 10
Total signatures on Provisional Ballot Signature Roster 51 40
Total signatures, including multiples by same voter, on all rosters 899 899
Total number of unique names on all signature rosters combined 887 887
Total number of names on Consecutive Number Register (CNR) that also appear on a signature roster 865 865
Total number of names on CNR that are different from signatures on rosters (these people voted without signing!) 19 19
Total number of unique names on CNR 884 884
Overall number of unique voter names from all signature rosters plus the CNR 906 906
Total 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 0
Total unique-name voters listed on the CNR as having cast at least one vote, regular or provisional 884 884 895 11 [2]
Number of unique-name voters who cast one "regular" ballot at the polling place that was not a double vote 787
Number of unique-name voters who cast one provisional ballot at the polling place that was not a double vote 97
Number of suspected "regular" double votes 10
Number of suspected provisional double votes 1
Total number of "regular" ballots cast "From Tape" at the polling place (counting double votes, if any) 797 836 836 0
Total number of provisional ballots cast (counting double votes if any) 98 59 59 0
Total number of spoiled-ballot replacements issued 20 20 31 11 [3]
Total number of ballots issued 915 915 926 11 [3]
An Audit of 2 November 2004 Voting at Pct 324 of Arizona Congressional District 7
Serious
Disagreements
Official Report
Signed by 7
Poll Workers

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