Judge Sets March Bench Trial in Lawsuit over Voting Machines

[sketchy]

Source: kansaspublicradio.org

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The lawsuit filed by a Wichita mathematician seeking voting machine tapes after finding statistical anomalies in election counts is set to go to trial early next year. A scheduling order issued Monday sets a one-day bench trial for March 22 to hear the open records case brought by Wichita State University statistician Beth Clarkson. Sedgwick County Judge Douglas Roth also set deadlines for motions and scheduled a January 14 pretrial conference. Clarkson wants the tapes to do a statistical model by checking the error rate on electronic voting machines used at a Sedgwick County voting station during the November 2014 general election. Top election officials for Kansas and Sedgwick County want the court to block the release of tapes, arguing they are not subject to the open records act.

Read more: http://kansaspublicradio.org/kpr-news/headlines-monday-october-19-2015

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Glad to see this!

[mindwalker_i]

1. Kick ass, go Beth!

Finally someone lifting the rock. Now, we hopefully find what little bugs and worms are underneath.

[sumus]

2. Help Beth Clarkson get h

Dr. Beth Clarkson has a gofundme page to support her suit. More info can be found here

https://www.gofundme.com/ShowMeTheVotes?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n

[rhett o rick]

3. Is the Democratic Party helping? nm

[sketchy]

4. I don't think so

I think Beth Clarkson is making an effort to keep her auditing efforts nonpartisan. And she has also noted that sometimes the anomalies she's seen favor Democrats.

[rhett o rick]

5. Very interesting. Thanks. nm

[scipan]

6. more info

While it is well-recognized that smaller, rural precincts tend to lean Republican, statisticians have been unable to explain the consistent pattern favoring Republicans that trends upward as the number of votes cast in a precinct or other voting unit goes up. In primaries, the favored candidate appears to always be the Republican establishment candidate, above a tea party challenger. And the upward trend for Republicans occurs once a voting unit reaches roughly 500 votes.

http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article17139890.html