100 Phantom Votes Found in One PA Precinct!

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Posted today at Free Press!

100 phantom votes found in one precinct; DelCo board of elections hinders investigation
by Stephanie Frank Singer
December 12, 2006

Media, Pennsylvania, Dec 11, 2006. Something was rotten in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, on Election Day, November 7, 2006. According to the Numbered List of Voters in the precinct known as "Newtown 1" in the Philadelphia suburbs, 984 citizens arrived at the precinct to cast their votes. But the voting machines tallied 1089 ballots -- an overvote of 10%.

We don't know exactly what happened. It's clear that the next thing to check is the pollbook -- but the Delaware County Board of Elections has not responded to Election Integrity's week-old request to see the pollbook. And whatever the pollbook says, it won't explain how the Delaware County Board of Elections missed such a whopping discrepancy in their certification process.

More at link.

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1. There were a lot of situations like this reported to EIRS hotline, etc.

Several reports where voter counters stopped counting, so there could be more votes than voters "counted".

But several DREs were reported to stop progressing,
like stopped at 25 but 45 more voters voted on the machine.

Its not clear whether the votes were actually compiled if the counter wasn't incrementing.

But there was a problem. This could have resulted in either phantom votes or in votes not counted- seeming low turnout

Some pollworkers also reported discrepiencies betweeen voters and official votes

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2. Was this touch-screen?

Was "vote-switching" observed?

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3. Strange actions by poll workers in several precincts in Delaware County

6756 Polling Place Problem Delaware Pennsylvania Delco Voting Storage No Says poll worker tampering with machine and touch machine before she voted. Wants someone to come out there.

7626 Polling Place Problem Delaware Pennsylvania Delco Voting Storage Yes Says poll worker tampering with machine and touching the machine before she voted Wants someone to come out there

6795 Polling Place Problem Delaware Pennsylvania Ruth L Bennett Comm Center No Poll workers turning machines off and on after every voter

2409 Polling Place Problem Delaware Pennsylvania Sellers Library No DRE machine was open in the back with component parts on the floor, and after voter voted, a poll worker pressed a button in the back of a machine. Questioned poll worker, and was assured that her vote would count

2110 Polling Place Problem Delaware Pennsylvania New Town Square No The caller said he did not have a great sense of confidence in whether his vote today was counted. There were a series of red lights on the left side. He selected candidates but all the red lights stayed on. He pressed "vote" but had no confidence his vote was accepted. After he voted, he asked the Election Judge who said he was not sure because he himself had not voted yet. He put the caller in touch with the man who operates the machines. That man said "it was all done electronically."

1420 Polling Place Problem Delaware Pennsylvania Holy Cross Church Yes Poll worker insisted on party identification

6724 Other Problem Delaware Pennsylvania No Pushed all voting buttons but learned later that supposed to push vote

3677 Voter Intimidation Problem Delaware Pennsylvania No Diagram on the door of the polling place (sample ballot) - poll worker was pointing to the sample ballot to demonstrate how to use machine, and she used the Republican candidates only as samples.