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Gold Standard Election Bill Shatters the Election Illusion

Voter distrust is at an all-time high. Our current electronic voting “eco-system” is complex, opaque, and vulnerable. Ideally, we want an election process that is accessible, secure, transparent, and verifiable. Over the last few decades, elections have been outsourced and taken over by the federal government, state government, corporations, and other non-profits. We need to return to elections that are for the people by the people. Our elections should be local–cast and counted at the precinct. SC Safe Elections and the Gold Standard team met to discuss the problems with the current system and how we can fix these issues with legislative action from the states.

Here is the video

Here is a rough draft of a sample bill that you can have your legislators submit/refine for your state laws and situation.

Updates
Gold Standard Election Bill Shatters the Election Illusion

Voter distrust is at an all-time high. Our current electronic voting “eco-system” is complex, opaque, and vulnerable. Ideally, we want an election process that is accessible, secure, transparent, and verifiable. Over the last few decades, elections have been outsourced and taken over by the federal government, state government, corporations, and other non-profits. We need to return to elections that are for the people by the people. Our elections should be local–cast and counted at the precinct. SC Safe Elections and the Gold Standard team met to discuss the problems with the current system and how we can fix these issues with legislative action from the states.

Here is the video

Here is a rough draft of a sample bill that you can have your legislators submit/refine for your state laws and situation.

The fight isn’t over

We must insist on accessible, secure, verifiable, transparent elections!

President Donald Trump’s win was epic and decisive. The people voted based on their view of the last 4 years. The apparent result of this historic win is a Republican-controlled Presidency, Senate, and, as of today, most likely the House. This clear majority will make it easier for Trump to enact his ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda.

Curiously, the Democrats are united in their messaging that the election process “worked.” Thus far, they are not making claims that there was cheating. However, multiple sources we have spoken to argue that there was cheating, but it was thwarted. Trump likely had additional votes nationwide and won some of the blue states. The allegations are that electronic cheating was mitigated. They stopped the ‘steal’ this time, and the cheating on the ground via ballot dumps was moderated by legal action and increased monitoring by teams of observers.

Reports indicate that the election was not clean and certainly not without issues. There were concerns across the nation and our state of SC:

  • Inaccurate voter registration lists resulted in either disenfranchised voters or people voting who were not lawfully allowed
  • There were signs of ballot harvesting
  • Voter IDs were not required nor uniformly requested
  • Electronic poll books crashed and needed to be replaced or “updated” via the internet
  • (BMD) Ballot Marking Device “glitches” and miscalibrations “flipped” candidates both on screen and post-printing of the ballot
  • Sticky BMDs made it challenging to select a choice and resulted in voters having to take longer to type in selections
  • Poll Observers and Poll watchers were not allowed adequate observation of the election process, audits, or testing and, in some cases, were thrown out of polling places and election offices
  • There were long lines in early voting, and lines were being shut down early
  • Counting was delayed for days in crucial battleground states
  • Too many absentee and write-in ballots were issued, thus delaying the processing of the count
  • Poor procedures were the norm for the hand count audits
  • Most states have unreliable and inadequate logic and accuracy testing
  • Ballot programming errors resulted in candidates missing from ballots or missing votes
  • Poll workers harassed poll watchers and voters
  • Poll workers advised voters how to vote and who to vote for—that is a felony in SC
  • There were reports of abuse of curbside voting and the voters who were voting curbside

The above list is not exhaustive, but you get the point. Regardless of who won the elections, our system is in dire need of a redesign. As a nonpartisan group, we welcome anyone who has concerns about elections to come join the fight.

Complexity is the enemy of security. Simplifying our election system should be mandatory. HAVA, the Help America Vote Act, failed. It was a system designed to help the global elites “cheat at scale” for over 20 years. This federal law, along with the National Voter Registration Act, has to be dismantled, and our elections should return to the people. Elections are for the people by the people, and our governmental entities now in charge of elections must realize that they serve us, not the other way around.

Implementation of the Gold Standard for Elections will ensure that elections are secure, verifiable, accessible, and transparent.

Here is what the ideal Gold Standard Election system looks like:

  • Voters register in person with a valid ID and citizenship status at least every 4 years; counties are in charge of keeping these records, which are paper
  • 1 day of voting and minimal absentee and mail-in voting
  • Each precinct must be maintained at  1,500 registrants or less
    •  Currently, there are too many exceptions given by our legislators
  • There are no third parties or electronics involved in our elections
  • Voting and counting takes place at the precinct and is completely transparent
    • Absentee ballots for the precincts are also counted there. No CENTRAL COUNT
    • All ballots are hand-marked on paper that has anti-theft measures
    • The counting is entirely done by hand
  • The counting is recorded in real-time and observed by the public
  • All ballots are allowed to be viewed and captured on camera for replay to validate results

For all those who are concerned about this election, let’s audit the vote. We need to determine what happened in 2020, 2022 and 2024. Only massive transparency, viability, security, and accessibility will enable us to trust our elections again.

Next year, we will need your help to implore your legislators to enact these changes. Please stay connected to us and get involved in your local community. We can put you in touch with groups in your area.

Let’s do this!

The SC Safe Election Team

Updates
The fight isn’t over

We must insist on accessible, secure, verifiable, transparent elections!

President Donald Trump’s win was epic and decisive. The people voted based on their view of the last 4 years. The apparent result of this historic win is a Republican-controlled Presidency, Senate, and, as of today, most likely the House. This clear majority will make it easier for Trump to enact his ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda.

Curiously, the Democrats are united in their messaging that the election process “worked.” Thus far, they are not making claims that there was cheating. However, multiple sources we have spoken to argue that there was cheating, but it was thwarted. Trump likely had additional votes nationwide and won some of the blue states. The allegations are that electronic cheating was mitigated. They stopped the ‘steal’ this time, and the cheating on the ground via ballot dumps was moderated by legal action and increased monitoring by teams of observers.

Reports indicate that the election was not clean and certainly not without issues. There were concerns across the nation and our state of SC:

  • Inaccurate voter registration lists resulted in either disenfranchised voters or people voting who were not lawfully allowed
  • There were signs of ballot harvesting
  • Voter IDs were not required nor uniformly requested
  • Electronic poll books crashed and needed to be replaced or “updated” via the internet
  • (BMD) Ballot Marking Device “glitches” and miscalibrations “flipped” candidates both on screen and post-printing of the ballot
  • Sticky BMDs made it challenging to select a choice and resulted in voters having to take longer to type in selections
  • Poll Observers and Poll watchers were not allowed adequate observation of the election process, audits, or testing and, in some cases, were thrown out of polling places and election offices
  • There were long lines in early voting, and lines were being shut down early
  • Counting was delayed for days in crucial battleground states
  • Too many absentee and write-in ballots were issued, thus delaying the processing of the count
  • Poor procedures were the norm for the hand count audits
  • Most states have unreliable and inadequate logic and accuracy testing
  • Ballot programming errors resulted in candidates missing from ballots or missing votes
  • Poll workers harassed poll watchers and voters
  • Poll workers advised voters how to vote and who to vote for—that is a felony in SC
  • There were reports of abuse of curbside voting and the voters who were voting curbside

The above list is not exhaustive, but you get the point. Regardless of who won the elections, our system is in dire need of a redesign. As a nonpartisan group, we welcome anyone who has concerns about elections to come join the fight.

Complexity is the enemy of security. Simplifying our election system should be mandatory. HAVA, the Help America Vote Act, failed. It was a system designed to help the global elites “cheat at scale” for over 20 years. This federal law, along with the National Voter Registration Act, has to be dismantled, and our elections should return to the people. Elections are for the people by the people, and our governmental entities now in charge of elections must realize that they serve us, not the other way around.

Implementation of the Gold Standard for Elections will ensure that elections are secure, verifiable, accessible, and transparent.

Here is what the ideal Gold Standard Election system looks like:

  • Voters register in person with a valid ID and citizenship status at least every 4 years; counties are in charge of keeping these records, which are paper
  • 1 day of voting and minimal absentee and mail-in voting
  • Each precinct must be maintained at  1,500 registrants or less
    •  Currently, there are too many exceptions given by our legislators
  • There are no third parties or electronics involved in our elections
  • Voting and counting takes place at the precinct and is completely transparent
    • Absentee ballots for the precincts are also counted there. No CENTRAL COUNT
    • All ballots are hand-marked on paper that has anti-theft measures
    • The counting is entirely done by hand
  • The counting is recorded in real-time and observed by the public
  • All ballots are allowed to be viewed and captured on camera for replay to validate results

For all those who are concerned about this election, let’s audit the vote. We need to determine what happened in 2020, 2022 and 2024. Only massive transparency, viability, security, and accessibility will enable us to trust our elections again.

Next year, we will need your help to implore your legislators to enact these changes. Please stay connected to us and get involved in your local community. We can put you in touch with groups in your area.

Let’s do this!

The SC Safe Election Team

Why the current way we vote is broken and untrustworthy

A look behind the curtain at the great and powerful Electronic Voting System

In this video, the gold standard elections team laments that nothing has been fixed since 2020 and, in fact, the situation may be worse. Voter rolls are not up to date. Machines aren’t certified or updated nor are they robustly and thoroughly tested for accuracy. Too many ballots are sent via USPS creating the potential for fraud. Signature verification is non existent or inadequate, voter IDs are not always provided and many of the components in the process are not secure nor followed with proper chain of custody. Laws are often unheeded and there is a rush to certify the results regardless. Listen in for more detail. Just as in the Wizard of OZ, when we cannot see behind the curtain we believe all is well. This is by design. There is a reason election officials and machine manufacturers don’t want us to have access to key audit data and reports. But when we take time to peek behind the curtain we can see that this “safe and secure” system, is a ruse–the whole process is complicated, complex and in need of an entire redesign.

This is not just a Dominion problem and this is not just a few states. These issues are systemic and must be addressed.

We discuss some issues that are troubling, but here is a more comprehensive list.

Step 1 Registration-Voter rolls

Voter rolls not cleaned up in timely fashion

Non-citizens on rolls

Expensive to purchase in order for citizens’ or others to audit

Third parties and partisan groups/orgs responsible rather than employees of the state

Step 2 Validation

No photo ID required

No citizen verification required; non-citizens allowed to vote and/or do vote

Poll workers allow inactive/ineligible voters despite rolls being “frozen”

Same day registration

Partisan poll workers or “adopt a poll” groups

Photo voter registration cards created at polls in real time

Electronic Poll books connected to internet

Electronic Poll books don’t require certification

Electronic Poll books don’t reconcile with tabulators

Electronic Poll books could experience outages

Step 3 Marking and counting

Drop boxes, ballot harvesting

Mail-in balloting

Machine glitches that flip votes

QR codes or bar codes don’t reflect voter intent and there is no way to verify

Programming errors- candidates missing from ballot

Logic and accuracy testing not done in accordance with the law and not robust enough—often not conducted on each machine, each ballot style, or each candidate/question; if no unique number of ballots used can’t confirm vote flipping

Extra “folder/file” on machines that collected “blank ballots”

Lack of/loose security- machines left unattended, security seals missing or voided; access by multiple people, easily accessed with flash drive, passwords unencrypted or non-unique and left in plain text in the system providing easy access to hacker.

First net/Albert sensors potential access-CIS CISA EI-ISAC

Poor chain of custody

Machine malfunction

Poor records/chain of custody on flash drives

Evidence of potential algorithmic presence

More votes than voters in certain areas

Poll tapes don’t match final numbers from the polling location

Too many provisional ballots- high adjudication rates

Early voting risks

Vote centers mix multiple precincts making audits more complicated

Count is not transparent

No audit reports provided for detailed count

Cannot verify vote count

Observers not allowed to view process or count

Ballots coming in late and not supervised; no chain of custody

Double scanned ballots; unsupervised central count areas- fraudulent ballots

Ineligible voters injected into system

UOCAVA not secure or verified

No signature verification

Step 4 Reporting

Reporting –counts changed

Third parties involved- foreign

Late ballots allowed

Mailed ballots taking too long to count—overall risk of absentee ballots

ENR (Election Night Reporting) computer is connected to the internet

Here are some MUST WATCH related videos!

Updates
Why the current way we vote is broken and untrustworthy

A look behind the curtain at the great and powerful Electronic Voting System

In this video, the gold standard elections team laments that nothing has been fixed since 2020 and, in fact, the situation may be worse. Voter rolls are not up to date. Machines aren’t certified or updated nor are they robustly and thoroughly tested for accuracy. Too many ballots are sent via USPS creating the potential for fraud. Signature verification is non existent or inadequate, voter IDs are not always provided and many of the components in the process are not secure nor followed with proper chain of custody. Laws are often unheeded and there is a rush to certify the results regardless. Listen in for more detail. Just as in the Wizard of OZ, when we cannot see behind the curtain we believe all is well. This is by design. There is a reason election officials and machine manufacturers don’t want us to have access to key audit data and reports. But when we take time to peek behind the curtain we can see that this “safe and secure” system, is a ruse–the whole process is complicated, complex and in need of an entire redesign.

This is not just a Dominion problem and this is not just a few states. These issues are systemic and must be addressed.

We discuss some issues that are troubling, but here is a more comprehensive list.

Step 1 Registration-Voter rolls

Voter rolls not cleaned up in timely fashion

Non-citizens on rolls

Expensive to purchase in order for citizens’ or others to audit

Third parties and partisan groups/orgs responsible rather than employees of the state

Step 2 Validation

No photo ID required

No citizen verification required; non-citizens allowed to vote and/or do vote

Poll workers allow inactive/ineligible voters despite rolls being “frozen”

Same day registration

Partisan poll workers or “adopt a poll” groups

Photo voter registration cards created at polls in real time

Electronic Poll books connected to internet

Electronic Poll books don’t require certification

Electronic Poll books don’t reconcile with tabulators

Electronic Poll books could experience outages

Step 3 Marking and counting

Drop boxes, ballot harvesting

Mail-in balloting

Machine glitches that flip votes

QR codes or bar codes don’t reflect voter intent and there is no way to verify

Programming errors- candidates missing from ballot

Logic and accuracy testing not done in accordance with the law and not robust enough—often not conducted on each machine, each ballot style, or each candidate/question; if no unique number of ballots used can’t confirm vote flipping

Extra “folder/file” on machines that collected “blank ballots”

Lack of/loose security- machines left unattended, security seals missing or voided; access by multiple people, easily accessed with flash drive, passwords unencrypted or non-unique and left in plain text in the system providing easy access to hacker.

First net/Albert sensors potential access-CIS CISA EI-ISAC

Poor chain of custody

Machine malfunction

Poor records/chain of custody on flash drives

Evidence of potential algorithmic presence

More votes than voters in certain areas

Poll tapes don’t match final numbers from the polling location

Too many provisional ballots- high adjudication rates

Early voting risks

Vote centers mix multiple precincts making audits more complicated

Count is not transparent

No audit reports provided for detailed count

Cannot verify vote count

Observers not allowed to view process or count

Ballots coming in late and not supervised; no chain of custody

Double scanned ballots; unsupervised central count areas- fraudulent ballots

Ineligible voters injected into system

UOCAVA not secure or verified

No signature verification

Step 4 Reporting

Reporting –counts changed

Third parties involved- foreign

Late ballots allowed

Mailed ballots taking too long to count—overall risk of absentee ballots

ENR (Election Night Reporting) computer is connected to the internet

Here are some MUST WATCH related videos!