House Judiciary Committee letter to GAO regarding voting machines

[seemslikeadream]

November 5, 2004

The Honorable David M. Walker

Comptroller General of the United States

U.S. General Accountability Office

441 G Street, NW

Washington, DC 20548

Dear Mr. Walker:

We write with an urgent request that the Government Accountability Office immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting machines and new technologies used in the 2004 election, how election officials responded to difficulties they encountered and what we can do in the future to improve our election systems and administration.

In particular, we are extremely troubled by the following reports, which we would also request that you review and evaluate for us:

In Columbus, Ohio, an electronic voting system gave President Bush nearly 4,000 extra votes. "Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes," Associated Press, November 5.

An electronic tally of a South Florida gambling ballot initiative failed to record thousands of votes. "South Florida OKs Slot Machines Proposal," Id.

In one North Carolina county, more than 4,500 votes were lost because officials mistakenly believed a computer that stored ballots could hold more data that it did. "Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes," Id.

In San Francisco, a glitch occurred with voting machines software that resulted in some votes being left uncounted. Id.

In Florida, there was a substantial drop off in Democratic votes in proportion to voter registration in counties utilizing optical scan machines that was apparently not present in counties using other mechanisms. http://ustogether.org/election04/florida_vote_patt.htm

The House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff has received numerous reports from Youngstown, Ohio that voters who attempted to cast a vote for John Kerry on electronic voting machines saw that their votes were instead recorded as votes for George W. Bush. In South Florida, Congressman Wexler's staff received numerous reports from voters in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade Counties that they attempted to select John Kerry but George Bush appeared on the screen. CNN has reported that a dozen voters in six states, particularly Democrats in Florida, reported similar problems. This was among over one thousand such problems reported. "Touchscreen Voting Problems Reported," Associated Press, November 5.

Excessively long lines were a frequent problem throughout the nation in Democratic precincts, particularly in Florida and Ohio. In one Ohio voting precinct serving students from Kenyon College, some voters were required to wait more than eight hours to vote. "All Eyes on Ohio," Dan Lothian, CNN, November 3, http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/blog/1...blog/index.htm..

We are literally receiving additional reports every minute and will transmit additional information as it comes available. The essence of democracy is the confidence of the electorate in the accuracy of voting methods and the fairness of voting procedures. In 2000, that confidence suffered terribly, and we fear that such a blow to our democracy may have occurred in 2004.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this inquiry.

Sincerely,

John Conyers, Jr. Jerrold Nadler Robert Wexler

Ranking Member Ranking Member Member of Congress

House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution

cc: Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner

Chairman

[leftchick]

1. holy shit!

The Good Guys came through for us!!! EEEHaaaa!!!

I KNEW Robert Wexler would be on this!!! woohoo!!

:yourock:

[seemslikeadream]

4. "holy shit!"

:yourock: too!!

[leftchick]

8. seems, a question....

how did you find this? Were you expecting it?

[seemslikeadream]

10. Randi just read it a few minutes ago on her show

It's on her website now. Sorry I should have mentioned it, so excited I forgot!

http://forum.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php?act=ST&f=87&t=34711

[Doohickie]

71. Sweet.

I'm guessing it won't turn anything, but I'm hoping it will.

:)

I just got back from an elder retreat from my church. One of the other elders, a very nice lady, expressed her shock and dismay with the situation in Iraq, and from her remarks surmised Democratic leanings. I told her she wasn't the only one, and she was relieved to have a friend to whom she could talk. I invited her to DU, so be on your best behavior, okay?

;)

[harpo]

86. WooHoo!!!

[billyoc]

2. Oh, more tinfoil hatters, eh?

Woohoo! That's *my* Congressman, Nadler!!

This isn't conspiracy theory, man, it's a fucking conspiracy. And now it's all going to fall apart. :)

[louis-t]

3. "required to wait more than eight hours to vote."

Disgraceful. Third world countries do better than that.

[Catt03]

7. I waited 8 hours to vote inPalm Beach County

Got there at 12:45 pm and voted at 8:30 PM

4 polls workers; long ballot and 4 polls workers trying to check names

[seemslikeadream]

17. Palm Beach County Logs 88,000 More Votes Than Voters

According to the official election results posted on the Palm Beach County election website, 542,835 ballots were cast for a presidential candidate while only 454,427 voters turned out for the election (including absentee). This leaves a discrepancy of 88,408 votes cast for the presidential candidates.

Palm Beach County's supervisor of elections is Theresa LePore who is known for the 2000 Presidential Election and the notorious "butterfly ballot" that caused confusion among seniors and other Floridians.

Other election oddities occurred throughout Florida with some counties registering a 400% increase in expected voter turnout among Republicans while Democrats supposedly experienced a -60% decline in expected support in certain counties. The 50+ counties experiencing the high percentage fluctuations in expected turnout used optical scan voting machines on November 2nd.

Vote discrepancies were also found in Gahanna, Ohio which gave an extra 4,000 votes to President Bush. The error was explained away by Franklin County administrators as a "glitch" in the electronic voting system.

Developing. . .

[flygal]

45. just curious, was that on election day or early voting?

thnx :)

[yardwork]

60. I can personally confirm that. My mother was one of those in line

in Gambier, Ohio. She waited four and one-half hours to vote, because she arrived at 9:30 am. The last person in line voted there at about 4:00 am the morning after election day.

The ONLY reason that the polling place in Gambier, OH was required to stay open for people in line at 7:30 pm was because the students and faculty at Kenyon College were savvy and connected enough to file a lawsuit with the Ohio Board of Elections that morning.

This scenario existed at numerous Democratic precincts throughout Ohio, notably in predominately African American neighborhoods in the large cities. Many of those people were unable to wait in line for six hours or more.

Ask yourself this. We learn about a few cases where the voters were highly educated, affluent, and connected to the establishment. They're the ones who complained and got noticed. In how many other precincts across the country were people too isolated, undereducated, and poor to raise a stink? How many people quietly went home without voting?

And how many of the votes that people struggled to cast on election day were eliminated?

[sangh0]

5. Does anyone think they wrote this w/o consulting Kerry?

.

[H2O Man]

19. No.

Not possible.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. Frankly I think they SHOULD do it without consulting Kerry

This is about voting rights, voting fraud and the accuracy of the "state of the art" voting equipment. It is not a partisan issue. Crimes have been committed, people need to be held accountable and fraud is apparent. If e-voting with no paper trail was used, the voting in those precincts needs to be declared null and void and a re-vote with EQUIPMENT THAT WORKS should be held immediately. Plenty of voting machines should be availabe from other precincts, so there shouldn't be a problem of waiting in lines. Alternately, absentee ballots could be sent to every registered voter in the questionable precincts with a strict but reasonable deadline for sending the ballots back in.

Last but not least, a MASSIVE lawsuit should be brought against Diebold.

[H2O Man]

35. I agree with everything you write

except the heading. There is no reason to think that this needs to be done without informing Kerry and Edwards. It is in our best interest to enter into this extremely important conflict in a united manner.

[cannabis_flower]

50. They should do it whether or not Kerry/Edwards wants them to!

[H2O Man]

52. Why?

Please explain what the advantages of this would be?

[AntiFascist]

53. Exactly....

we need answers to these questions regardless of whether Kerry/Edwards conceded, they're history anyway. We need to know if the plutocracy is actually now in control, or if we should still bother voting in the future.

[H2O Man]

55. The one person said it should be

done without consulting Kerry or Edwards. How would you know that they would/wouldn't support the effort? Wouldn't it make more sense to ask them? Quite often in legal cases of this nature, those bringing it have to have "standing." That would obviously imply Kerry and Edwards.

(I would think that even if they for some reason didn't support it, people should go forward. But I think it would be foolish to not confere with them.)

[TexasBushwhacker]

57. We're not just people, we are THE people ....

as in "We the people". The citizens of America deserve to know if their voting system can be trusted. This isn't just about Kerry and Bush. If this election can be rigged, then the next one will be for sure. "We the people" have greater standing than John Kerry. If the attorneys involved have to get petitions signed, so be it, but as a democracy, we must be able to trust that our precious vote is counted and isn't discounted by "votes" that appear out of thin air (or a rigged computer program).

[H2O Man]

66. This doesn't explain why you

would think that it should be done without confering with Kerry and Edwards. It is also pretty shakey to think that "we the people" have standing in any specific case involving potential voter fraud. It has a very nice rhetorical sound, but is lacking in legal strength.

[bahrbearian]

67. Why Should they have to consult them ? Please Explain yourself.

[H2O Man]

74. "why should they have to ...."

"please explain yourself" As I did not say they should have to, it would be impossible for me to explain this statement. You made it; you explain it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

68. Well, then why do you think it's so important that they confer

with Kerry and Edwards. If Kerry and Edwards say, "Nah, we're throwing in the towel", do you think that no investigation should be done? If voter fraud is suspected, it should be investigated. If attorneys representing voter organizations (like the CBC did last time) which to present their case, they should be able to. To not pursue it, just because Kerry doesn't want to, would mean that the voters whose votes didn't count, or who were prevented from voting, just don't matter, AND THEY DO.

So are you saying that they should confer with Kerry and Edwards as a courtesy, or do they have a say in the decision to investigate. Kerry and Edwards may have been wronged, but the voters have been wronged as well. EITHER should be able to make their case. Like I said before, if it's a matter of getting people to sign petitions, then get them signed. If thousands of voters suspect that their votes weren't counted and are willing to go on record as to why, I don't feel Kerry should have veto power over their decision to make sure that their vote was counted correctly.

It only lacks in legal strength because it hasn't been done before, but challenging existing laws is one of the ways that new laws get made.

[H2O Man]

73. My posts should have made clear

if you had read them that if Kerry and Edwards disagreed, and said they would not be part of this, that people then move ahead on their own. I do not think there is a one in a million chance that they would say no one should do it. But I do believe in having enough respect for them to try discussing it with them first. It should be obvious that if they agreed -- even in an off the record manner -- it could be very helpful.

Having legal standing in a case has nothing to do with if it has been tried before or not. One needs legal standing in order to challenge a specific law. It's not enough to say "we the people think we are right." In a case of the potential significance of this, it's better to take the time needed to find out exactly who can bring such a case. My suggestion would be to contact the Center For Constitutional Rights on Broadway in NYC. It's where Bill Kunstler used to work towards the end of his life. They specialize in -obviously- constitutional law. The people who are leading this movement are doing a good job, but need to make sure they are laying the foundation for a case that will not get tossed out without being heard. A number of people on DU grasp this, a number do not.

[Mr Bojangles]

75. But what you're missing is

If anyone goes to Kerry/Edwards in the *slightest* bit, even in an "off the record agreement" this entire case could be immediately be marked as a partisan idea. Even though it clearly is not about K/E winning or losing, but actually making sure that everything is running the way it should, any involvement from the K/E camp would send the media into a tizzy.

I think it's best not to involve them. Nothing personal against them, but this idea is bigger than any one candidate.

[H2O Man]

78. "a partisan idea"?

You are joking, right? Do you think that it is anything but a partisan idea? Of course it is. There is nothing wrong with being partisan when you are right. It's a good thing.

[Mr Bojangles]

85. You missed my point.

If this is taken to Kerry/Edwards, it immediately gets dismissed as poor sportsmanship on the part of the Democratic Party. No investigation. No follow-up.

NOTHING.

It's going to take nothing less than a miracle for this thing not to get ripped to shreds as it is, I'm just trying to think in terms of what's going to work to get this idea off the ground.

[H2O Man]

87. Oh, we're on the same side

on this. I just see one part slightly different. I'm not disagreeing with the basic idea. But I will say that we shouldn't think of what the republicans might think .... regarding "poor sportsmanship." It is a valid case, and would only be enhanced in its potential standing in court if Kerry and Edwards were involved. But I'm sure that if any capable attorney takes the case, and is looking to have it heard, they'll go in that direction.

I got an e-mail from my neice at Syracuse U. She corresponds with a national figure who sent her some information about the amount of attention the case is getting. It's the same information mentioned on these DU threads. People are moving in the correct direction.

[Mr Bojangles]

88. Right on.

eom

[ethereal]

79. oh, stop it

semantics.


regardless of who talked about filing this beforehand, this is about upholding the law. fraud is evident, and thank goodness SOMEONE has the balls to speak out.

[H2O Man]

82. Filing what?

What was filed?

The discussion was about should those considering filing something had didscussed it with Kerry & Edwards. It's not "semantics." You might find out what is being discussed before posting something that makes no sense.

[LTRS]

6. Good - now the press!

Maybe we should just copy this letter to everyone we know in the press.

[petrock2004]

9. SWEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!

but... where did this letter come from? is there an original site for it somewhere?

THANK YOU!!!

:hi:

[seemslikeadream]

11. see post #10 petrock2004

:hi:

[petrock2004]

12. hehehe...

yeah, i was asking as it was answered...

thanks :D

[henslee]

13. THIS WAS FROM THE MESSAGE BOARD AT RANDI'S. IS IT VERIFIED?

Please, before we go nuts over it and look stupid.

[seemslikeadream]

14. She read it on the air

I believe she's verified it

[henslee]

15. you BELIEVE? Yes or no. My regular world friends think I am nuts and

would probably call me foil hat if they knew what it meant. How come its not on her home page? The request to fax Nader is.

[seemslikeadream]

16. It is on her home page

She did say a copy of the letter was sent to her and she read it on the air.

First under current topics
URGENT GAO LETTER

[seemslikeadream]

18. kick

n/t

[katinmn]

20. You make my heart sing...grooovy

"We are literally receiving additional reports every minute and will transmit additional information as it comes available."

[muchacho]

21. excellent

let's get to the bottom of the scam. It makes me wonder why Kerry didn't hang on...

[natrat]

24. definitely a scam

but any monkey knew that...they cheat just enough to put there monkey over the top...Seriously in this age of republican control of all branches of government and seemingly media is there any way to get rid of those cheater machines or at least make them like Nevada w/ verifiable paper trail. You know any attempt to make the system honest will be met with stiff resistance from the criminals.

[EnfantTerrible]

44. I think it may have been the plan all along

Keeps Kerry from looking like a "whiny Liberal" who's a sore loser. If this proves that he won the election (which I do not doubt) then he's seen as someone who has been done wrong and this administration is shown to be what it actually is: A Criminal Enterprise

:smoke:

[cubsfan forever]

49. Kerry's concession doesn't mean anything until the

votes for each state are certified (Dec 12?). After that, then it is binding.

Professor 2

[meganmonkey]

22. Write these guys to thank them!!!

Especially if they're in your district or state.

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

I sent one to Conyers, he's a Michigan guy.

Kick!

On edit: I did a Google News search - got responses showing a WashPost/AP article that mentions this letter to the GAO:

"Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, on Friday asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate these and other irregularities and to suggest improvements."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10115177.htm?1c

It's just one paragraph at the bottom of an article about Iowa being called for Bush, but it's a start!

[katinmn]

25. They're heroes

and deserve our support.

I'm writing.

[LongTomH]

39. Faxes and letters have a better chance of being read!

I do suggest sending letters of support to all of these honorable gentlemen; but, you've got a better chance of actually being read with a fax or letter.

http://votesmart.org should give you addresses and fax numbers.

[LongTomH]

40. Ooops! That's http://vote-smart.org

My mistake; you need the dash: http://vote-smart.org

[meganmonkey]

43. Thanks, LongTomH!

[senseandsensibility]

51. Done!

Thanks for the addresses.

[kimchi]

23. There are watchdogs for democracy!

Thank Goddess someone cares.

[meganmonkey]

26. KICK!

[shuffnew]

27. Great News on GAO Letter... What will he do with it?

What is beyond my comprehension is WHY do they not ask for an immediate audit in at least two key states "Florida & Ohio"? Our government should NOT allow this election to be certified and closed until an audit is done in at least the final outcome determining states. They would only have to 1) select several suspicious precincts within at least two determining states for audit; 2) based on those results determine whether the entire state would require audit before closing this election year out and calling it final (what a joke- final? NOT!) with another likely "Election Fraud". After 2000 and now this in 2004? How can at least the sample audit not be demanded?

Is this a democracy or not? If so, at least exercise the minimal!!!

[NicRic]

83. With very little media co operation its a dead issuse !

So far from what I've seen ,not only does this story have no legs,it has no body,and nobody talking about it on either side of the fence. I hope someday the media will be called out on how they enabled this white house to kill thousands of inocents in Iraq and some of our best young men and women ,they all have blood on their hands ,and the sickest part of this whole cluster**** is this white house is percieved as having the higher moral standards ! Get ready for a 16 year lock on the white house and perhaps even the senate and house by this grand illusion ! The media gave bush a pass on so many things that would have chopped his high morality B/S off at the knees. They will forever be part the blame for this continuing war for profit control over our goverment !

[lady lib]

29. Contact List

I have sent the following email to the advocacy groups listed below. Please use this list to send your own original letter.

To Whom It May Concern:

Please team up with BlackBoxVoting.Org to investigate any possible fraud or errors with the use of electronic voting machines in states without a paper trail. They need money, legal teams, and computer software/security expertise. We can’t have faith in the fundamental right of our democracy until there is transparency and accountability in our voting system. Thank you.


http://www.reformelections.org/
http://www.counteveryvote2004.org/frameset.html
http://progressivemajority.org/about/contact.asp
http://www.workingforchange.com/help/contact.cfm
http://www.adaction.org/contact.htm
http://www.now.org/actionct.html
http://www.ourfuture.org/contact.cfm
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=9153
http://www.teamemily.org/site/apps/fc/form.asp?c=beIGLKMzC&b=45211
http://www.movingideas.org/about/contact.html
http://www.lwv.org/forms/contactus.cfm
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=162
http://www.ppaction.org/ppaction/about_contact.html
http://naral.org/about/feedback.cfm
[e-mail]
Demos 1-212-633-1405
Public Citizen 1-202-588-1000

Write a (polite)letter demanding a full count of the votes and investigation into discrepancies between the exit polls and the evote results:
The Honorable David M. Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
U.S. General Accountability Office
441 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20548

[riffraff_va]

30. DEMOCRATS LISTEN UP!!

If you don't force the media to report this nonsense, and allow George W. Bush to cheat democracy again, then YOU ALL ARE PUSSIES!!! YOU ALL ARE COWARDS AND DESERVE EVERY SECOND OF HELL THAT GEORGE BUSH IS GOING TO GIVE YOU! DO YA'LL THINK THAT A REPUBLICAN WOULD ALLOW JOHN KERRY TO CHEAT DEMOCRACY AND STAND BY SILENTLY! NO! RIOT! MARCH! PROTEST! DO SOMETHING BESIDES COMPLAIN ON THE INTERNET! REPUBLICANS ARE LAUGHING AT YALL! THEY ARE CALLING YALL "WEAK"!

WHAT ARE YALL WAITING FOR?!! ANOTHER MICHAEL MOORE MOVIE BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING! I'M NOT JUST ASKING, I'M BEGGING TO YALL TO GET A BACKBONE!!!

[natrat]

36. theres some motivation

lots of stuff above to get started on

[lady lib]

54. More Contacts

Florida Attorney General 1-866-966-7226
Ohio Attorney General 1-888-278-7101
Also, send emails to your state's governor and congressmen

[tandot]

31. Thanks for posting

Olbermann on Countdown said something about one Ohio county having thousands more votes for Bush than actually registered voters in that county on his program yesterday.

[Blaze Diem]

34. Yes, I read this somewhere on DU actually...

Not sure of the total numbers but this is a rounded off version..

Of 650 elegible voters in this Ohio County,
Kerry got 240 votes and Bush received 3400.???????
WTF??
Only 650 people could actually vote. Go figure.

I hope someone sends John Cornyn a copy of the letter from Pres of Diebold assuring Bush "he is doing all he canto insure re-election." Haul his sorry ass before a Grand Jury. Make him explain this statement.
I hope Cornyn has a copy of this letter that has been floating around DU for sometime.

[meganmonkey]

32. WRITE THESE CONGRESSMAN TO SAY THANKS!

Especially if they're in your district or state.

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

I sent one to Conyers, he's a Michigan guy.

Make sure they know that we are paying attention too and we support them!!!

[lady lib]

33. BIG thank you sent!

[meganmonkey]

37. Welcome to DU, lady lib!

:hi:

[lady lib]

38. Thanks :)

[gordianot]

41. About time.

Follow the law. Work within the system.

42. in FLORIDA it couldn't be clearer--

A "HOLY CRAP" graph I worked on with Audrey, the author...

http://ideamouth.com/voterfraud.htm#FL

[flygal]

46. You should have a new thread with this - amazing!

47. MODERATOR: This graph should GO on the home page

[leftchick]

80. Take A Look y'all....

Excellent Work Dan and Audrey.....

[Carl Brennan]

48. This is faaaaantastic. Fight, Fight, Fight!! nt

[childslibrarian]

56. Black Box needs money to investigate these issues

I suggest whoever can, should contribute....

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

[seemslikeadream]

62. My brothers in arms

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you’ll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you’ll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I’ve watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There’s so many different worlds
So many differents suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun’s gone to hell
And the moon’s riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it’s written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We’re fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

--Dire Straits

[neebob]

58. A stupid question

Is there such a thing as the General Accountability Office? Or is the Government Accountability Office?

[Name removed]

59. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[neebob]

63. Huh. I didn't know they'd changed the name.

[yardwork]

64. It is the Government Accountability Office

[lady lib]

70. Yes, government, oops

Their website says: GAO Accountability, Integrity, Reliability.
Hmmm. Doubtful. Let's insist they live up to their advertising.

[ezekiel333]

61. Kick

[yardwork]

65. Also, please write to the DNC and ask them to support this effort

I just received an automated email from the DNC with an online survey asking for my feedback about the election. I stressed the need for the DNC to look into the voting problems.

If you receive the following note in your email box, please respond to the survey and urgently request that the DNC follow up on the voting problems. If you didn't receive the email, then go to their site and make the request anyway!

--

Dear Democrat,

I want to thank you for everything you've done over the course of this campaign. Time and time again we asked for your help, and you were always there for us.

Even though we didn't win back the White House, you created something historic. Our grassroots campaign of hope and optimism was unprecedented in American politics. More than 1 million volunteers made 11 million person-to-person, door-to-door contacts, and made 38 million phone calls to voter in battleground states.

If you were involved in these grassroots activities, we want to hear from you about your experience. What did you do? Did you feel the action you took was effective? Was it a good experience for you? How would you make it better?

Tell us your thoughts.

http://www.democrats.org/feedback/

We plan to use your feedback to help develop our strategy in 2005. As always, you will continue to play a critical role in the future of the Democratic Party. What we created together will be the backbone for Democratic victories in the future.

You and I know that this fight is not over. We will never waver when it comes to defending our values and fighting for what we know is right.

Again, thank you for helping create something special.

Sincerely,

Terry McAuliffe
Chairman

[liberal N proud]

69. Thanks for the update!

[HappinessPie]

72. Conyers is so my hero! Makes me proud of MI, the state of my birth!!

:thumbsup:

[Zorra]

76. We need a Congress full of people like him. John Conyers rocks.

:toast:

[FizzFuzz]

77. oh please let this get some result

and not swirl into oblivion like every other outrage that megalomaniac and his pals commit.

pleasepleaseplease

[seemslikeadream]

81. FLY THAT FLAG UPSIDE DOWN - DO IT! - DO IT!

[Virginian]

84. This is not about partisan politics any more than Watergate was.

The result of any investigation would not be public until after the electoral college meets. The results of the election could not be overturned at that point.
This should be a criminal investigation, about election fraud. Bev Harris warned us. This should have been exposed BEFORE the election, but no one would listen. The fix is in and we have to live with the consequences. The idea here is to remove the fix and all future fixes so that this is not an ongoing problem. The people involved in the fix should all have jail sentences.