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The Democratic Primaries 2008: Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation

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Election theft is certainly hard to prove, with virtually all hard evidence withheld as proprietary; and even well-supported allegations by credible journalists, computer scientists, security professionals and election integrity activists are given a wide berth by both the mainstream media and the established political powers of both major parties.

Yet, even with the limited tools at our disposal, we keep discovering evidence-in pre-election polls, exit polls, and published election results –that is consistent with a pattern of widespread covert manipulation of vote counts.  

We will continue to investigate and report these anomalies until a thorough and unblinking investigation of suspicious results is undertaken by those in position to collect the additional evidence needed to establish incontrovertible proof.  But since many of those in the best position to investigate election anomalies are themselves elected officials, our best hope may be to follow the recent example of Ireland and the Netherlands-dispense with voting computers, and simply count our own paper ballots by hand. 



[1] There were significant oddities on the Republican side as well, beyond the scope of our analysis here.

[2] Remarkably enough, we know with certainty that the precise model of optical scan voting equipment in use in NH, Diebold Accuvote OS Model 1.94W, is vulnerable to outcome-altering manipulation by insiders.  A live demonstration on that very Diebold model was captured in the HBO documentary "Hacking Democracy". 
[3]  See  

[4]  In this case significant means "larger than the exit poll margin of error".

 
[5]  Weighted, 1421 respondents, approximate margin of error 3%.

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Jonathan Simon is author of "CODE RED: Computerized Elections and The War on American Democracy" and was executive director of Election Defense Alliance from 2006-16.

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