Evidence of Voting Irregularities in Snohomish Co., WA

[JohnGideon]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contacts:
Ellen Theisen, VotersUnite.Org
(360-437-9922)
[e-mail]

John Gideon
(360-377-4925)
[e-mail]

Paul R. Lehto
(425)-422-1387
[e-mail]


EVIDENCE OF ELECTION IRREGULARITIES
IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON, GENERAL ELECTION, 2004


Port Ludlow, WA. Jan. 6, 2005. VotersUnite.Org announces the release of a new report completed by Paul R. Lehto, Attorney at Law, and Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, Ph.D. The report summarizes the results of their detailed study of the general election in Snohomish County, Washington. Based on weeks of work, during which they pored over thousands of documents obtained in open records requests from Snohomish County, the report reveals evidence of irregularities that strongly suggest the possibility of electronic voting machine fraud.

"We began this study because Snohomish County presents an opportunity to compare Sequoia voting machines to optical scanners in a real election where the demographics are the same for all voters using the machines," said Mr. Lehto. "As we examined the election data, memos, voter complaints, machine-repair reports, and other data, the evidence of serious irregularities became too obvious to ignore."

VotersUnite.Org is proud to have assisted with the publication of this document and to have been selected as its repository.

Among the points discussed in this document are:

¨ Absentee ballots composing 2/3 of the total ballots showed a Democratic lead of 97044 to 95228 votes, while the remaining 1/3 of the votes, on touch screens, showed a Republican lead of almost 5% (50,400 Republican to 42,145 Democratic).

¨ Vote-switching and machines freezing up occurred in 58 polling locations out of approximately 148 total. There is a strong correlation between the machine problems reported by KING5 news and the higher Republican percentages the machines reported.

¨ Statistical analysis of machines that recently had their CPUs repaired shows a propensity for Republican voting that is present but weak on the individual level but strong at the polling location where the machines were placed.

¨ The average of the 58 polling places reporting vote switching, freeze-ups, or repairs within two weeks of the election was 11.58% more favorable to Republican Dino Rossi than absentee voters did, and averaged 10.8% more votes than Gregoire on election day, while Rossi’s overall spread among all electronic voters at all polling locations was under 5%.

The document can be downloaded from http://www.votersunite.org/info/SnohomishElectionFraudInvestigation.pdf

Paul R. Lehto is a business law and consumer fraud attorney practicing in Everett, Washington and a recently retired member of the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association. Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and is a professor of mechanical engineering technology at Northern Michigan University.

VotersUnite.Org (http://www.votersunite.org) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to fair and accurate elections.


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[seabeyond]

1. this is the shit we need to start finding and getting out

all over the nation

[claudiajean]

2. This is important and valuable information.

(I hope it doesn't get overlooked today with all of the electoral college activity in this forum.)


Hope your Holidays were happy, John. Say "Hi" to Ellen for me.

:)

[JohnGideon]

3. Kick to the front. This is NOT just about one county

Every county that uses Sequoia Touch screens is in the same boat.

[pnwbi]

4. Kick from Washington State n/t

:bounce:

[newyawker99]

15. Hi pnwbi!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[claudiajean]

5. Another kick for an important topic. n/t

[mikelewis]

6. Kick and save... for tomorrow...

[Carolab]

7. Assuming this has gone to the attorneys in Ohio

and also to Conyers?

[pauldp]

8. Kick to keep up the fight n/t

[Diane R]

9. Another kick from Washington State. n/t

[weeve]

10. Great Job !

Let's get this to Sen. Cantwell ( who has the most to lose in the next election ). This is just what the Repubs will do to make sure that their boy Rossi wins her Senate seat, after having lost to Gregoire! Since Cantwell voted NO to challenge Ohio's Electors, she damned well better get all over this, if she knows what's good for her.
Wouldn't hurt to get Sen. Murray , plus the great Reps Inslee and McDermott this info. As far as I know they didn't show up to vote on yesterdays Ohio challenge. They got some 'splaining to do.

[thanatonautos]

11. kick. n/t

[lostnfound]

12. Kick! Excellent data and terrific graphs! This is worth looking at.

AND it's Sequoia machines again (like the 4 Pinellas Counties that I've posted a 100 times now).

[Boredtodeath]

13. Get up there!

Good, hard data on voting irregularities.

Thanks for all your hard work Ellen and John.

[lostnfound]

14. Another kick! Check out the graphs. CLEAR. nt

[mikelewis]

16. Who is the manufacturer of the voting machines for this county?

[mikelewis]

17. Sorry- already answered

[ivorysteve]

18. Kick! Excellent! n/t

[tandem5]

19. kick... its good that people are looking at the whole country now nt

[Verve]

20. A Blessing in Disguise. Maybe machine fraud needs to be proven

first in a state election before it can be accepted in a national election.

Ensuring fair and transparent elections should be top priority for both parties.

[lostnfound]

21. Another kick -- this is very important, IMO. nt

[Biased Liberal Media]

22. Another kick from WA state n/t

[claudiajean]

23. Another day, another kick...

[buddysmellgood]

24. 2/3 of the vote was absentee? That's kind of strange.

[JohnGideon]

26. 2/3 is actually not strange at all

Well over 70% of all voters in the state of Washington vote absentee. We have a very simple system for voters to register for absentee ballots. In fact, the political parties encourage all voters to request absentee ballots in order to increase turn-out of their base.

[buddysmellgood]

29. Wow. I don't know how your system works, but I voted absentee here

in Wisconsin and will never do it again. I was at my precinct polling place for the whole day. The city clerk sent all the absentee ballots to the precincts. A step for a mistake. During lulls, a poll worker would stand in line in place of the absentee voter and announce the name to the person keeping the registration list. If the voter did not appear on the voting list, that ballot was rejected. I went out three times trying to find the voters whose ballots were being rejected and managed to get one to come in and have her vote counted. The problem with absentee voting is you are not there to answer questions or correct the simplest of problems...at least in Wisconsin.

[liberal43110]

25. This Must Be Repeated......

.....in county after county, state after state. People can't keep saying that election fraud is nothing more than a conspiract theory forever. Looking at the machines it what it will take.

[Bill of Rights]

27. Kick!

:kick:

[understandinglife]

28. Be sure to check this links...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x264336

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x235137

And, in today's SeattlePI we find:

Untested voting systems used: State let seven counties bypass checks for federal standards

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/207125_testing08.html

What is truly wonderful about all of this is, as yet, it appears that neither Rossi&Co or the WA State media have recognized that the sound they hear is many of us cheering them to just keep pushing their 'revote' issue -- at some point they will realize that the Snohomish report is going to get broad media and Congressional attention all because of them. That is likely not the outcome they intended when they started shouting 'fraud.' The boomerang, returneth.

That is both irony and justice, everyone.

[Land Shark]

30. ain't too proud to kick