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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
