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Deciphering Theories of Stolen Elections – A Series

Once again, it’s time for some plain talk, after I’ve had to explain election stuff to many worried people in my life, from neighbors to family members on the other side of the planet. This time, the issue is whether the 2020 U.S. Election was “stolen” using voting machines or voting systems…

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Plain Talk on Election Audits and Recounts

Suddenly many people are asking: What’s an election audit? How is it different from a recount? And they’re asking with both interest and confusion, probably because of the just-completed ballot-counting activity in Georgia. For some really plain talk, it’s not so complicated, so let’s do that….

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Game of Margins—Part II

Following our previous post about the recount process in general, and in particular what it normally would mean in Georgia, this article is an “explainer” on the effort begun recently to “audit” the Georgia election per a directive that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced this week…

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Game of Margins

A cornerstone to trustworthy elections is a recount process to ensure accurate outcomes. Likewise, trust in the recount process is essential. Recounts are a game of margins, which for this election is especially true. So, I offer an explanation of how recounts are conducted in just the states of most potential consequence in the coming weeks…

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Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

As the undisputed top election geek of Menlo Park’s Willows neighborhood (very little competition for the title), I seem to be the “go-to” person for answers about mysterious election stuff. The last couple of nights of socially distanced back yard drinking and noshing have generated a lot of questions. I have summed up the first question in the following dialog….

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Still-To-Be-Counted Ballots Are Not ‘Illegal’

As the process of ballot counting continues under intense scrutiny, some are wondering about a basic issue: What exactly does it mean when the media or election officials say that “more ballots have arrived,” or “we’re processing more ballots”? Let’s explain that right here; right now…

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Straight Talk About Disinformation and Ballot Fraud

This week our CTO John Sebes offers two comments a single article because they are tightly related to the lingering brouhaha over a recent attempt of voter intimidation initially attributed to a U.S. and Canadian far-right organization, the Proud Boys.  John’s first comment (Part 1) is about the challenges of disinformation and attribution. His second comment (Part 2) is focused on the means of the intimidation stunt: overseas ballot fraud.

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