Cuyahoga precinct case studies

[jmknapp]

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precinct: Cleveland 1D
location: Canaan Missionary Baptist Church
overall Kerry%: 96%
red flag: 7.5% undervote

EIRS #54845 -- Election officials were not putting people in right precinct lines. Also polling places had broken machines.

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precinct: Cleveland 4F, 4N
location: Benedictine High School
overall Kerry%: 4F 97%, 4N 63%
red flag: high votes for Badnarik and Peroutka (34% of total)

EIRS 32343 -- ONLY 15 OF 17 POLLING MACHINES ARE WORKING

note: evidently many ballot switches between precincts

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precinct: Cleveland 8G, 8I
location: Cory United Methodist
overall Kerry%: 8G 76%, 8I 88%
red flag: high votes for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (19% of total)

EIRS 47393 -- People from the H line were dropping ballots into the G Box because poll workers were moving people to a different line. Voter noticed mistake and alerted election inspector. Don't know what was done to correct it.

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precinct: Cleveland 6U
place: Fairhill Center for Aging
overall Kerry%: 97%
red flag: high undervote (5%)

EIRS #55071 -- I had to stand in two long lines for over an hour, too few machines

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precinct: Euclid 3A, 3C
place: Gateway Manor
overall Kerry%: 3A 52%, 3C 52%
red flag: high total for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (30% of total)

note: evidently a lot of ballot switches between precincts

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precinct: Cleveland 9R
place: Harry E. Davis Middle School
overall Kerry%:
red flag: high undervote (6%)

EIRS #55509 -- Challengers arguing with voters, not sure if they're county or party.

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precinct: Euclid 4D
place: Indian Hills Emeritus House
overall Kerry%: 97%
red flag: high undervote (7%)

EIRS #53383 -- Line around the building only one machine.

note: this evidently should read "only one additional machine"; precinct had 1,282 registered voters, 563 of whom managed to vote; BOE information states that 10 machines were allocated, and 1 additional delivered mid-day

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precinct: Cleveland 13Q, 13X
place: Lakeview Towers
overall Kerry%: 13Q 53%, 13X 87%
red flag: high totals for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (11%)

note: evidently a lot of ballot switches beween precincts

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precinct: Cleveland 14F
location: Luis Munoz Middle School
overall Kerry%: 74%
red flag: high undervote (6%)

EIRS 54095 -- Only Latinos required to show ID

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precinct: Cleveland 5A
location: Marion Sterling Elementary School
overall Kerry%: 94%
red flag: high undervote and Peroutka total (7%)

EIRS #30573 -- Voter Intimidation; Long lines
; people leaving in droves

EIRS #45273 -- 3 of 14 machines are down. Lines about 1/2 hr. now; will likely get worse.

EIRS #45301 -- Not enough booths. Harassed by media.

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precinct: Cleveland 3B, 3I
location: Mount Haven Baptist Church
overall Kerry%: 3B 89%, 3I 85%
red flag: high totals for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (14% of total)

EIRS #31112 -- Long lines (45 to 1 hr wait) due to insufficent poll workers and elderly slow poll workers

EIRS #50626 -- long lines, 3 plus hrs. confusion in voting area over which precinct to go to, polling staff is very confusing. reported to brd of elections & hotline

note: ballot switches between precincts

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precinct: East Cleveland 4F
place: New Chambers School
overall Kerry%: 94%
red flag: high totals for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (11% of total)

EIRS #39399 -- Precinct 4-A has a faulty machine that doesn't punch through completely about 15-20% of the time; precinct needs two more poll workers by rush hour (judge has asked for the workers, but hasn't gotten them) because lines were extremely long this morning.

note: evidently a lot of ballot switches beween precincts

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precinct: Cleveland 6L, 6M
location: Open Door Baptist Church
overall Kerry%: 6L 80%, 6M 96%
red flag: high undervote (25%) in 6M

note: These are very high Kerry precincts. Looking at the ballot orders in the two precincts, many ballots got switched, resulting in approximately 150 lost Kerry votes.

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precinct: Cleveland 1A, 3K
location: Robert H. Jamison Elementary School
overall Kerry%: 1A 93%, 3K 98%
red flag: high Peroutka/undervote totals (5% of total)

EIRS #39974 -- Not enough machines--2-3 hour lines!

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precinct: North Royalton 3A
location: Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church
overall Kerry%: 40%
red flag: high totals for Peroutka and undervotes (14% of total)

note: evidently a lot of ballot switches beween precincts

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precinct: Cleveland 3M
location: Stephen E. Howe School
overall Kerry%: 98%
red flag: high undervote (6%)

EIRS #54966 -- Not all poll workers showed up - one precinct line very long. When she complained about the long lines and waiting times, male worker was discourteous, suggested that she vote somewhere else next year. She was quite upset.

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precinct: Orange A, D
location: Orange Town Hall
overall Kerry%: Orange A 69%, Orange D 63%
red flag: high totals for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (7% ot total)

note: evidently a lot of ballot switches beween precincts

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precinct: Cleveland 5B, 5O
location: Willow Elementary School
overall Kerry%: 5B 73%, 5O 78%
red flag: high totals for Badnarik, Peroutka and undervotes (12% of total)

note: evidently a lot of ballot switches beween precincts

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[mod mom]

1. Keep up the good posts!

[Broken Acorn]

2. Are those high # of undervotes similar in Repub precincts? n/t

[jmknapp]

3. No, the undervotes concentrated in minority precincts

Here's a map of the distribution (where spoiled=undervotes):