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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…
VoteReady Beta Test
Thanks for participating in the beta test of the VoteReady service and mobile app! You’re seeing this page because it is a placeholder for future web content that the VoteReady mobile app will link to, when we’re ready for pre-production testing.
VoteReady Beta Test
Thanks for participating in the beta test of the VoteReady service and mobile app! You’re seeing this page because it is a placeholder for future web content that the VoteReady mobile app will link to, when we’re ready for pre-production testing.
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….
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…
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…
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….
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…
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.
Swing Dance: Weekly Update #3 on Process and Technology Risks in Competitive States
Here is our digest of this past week’s news and updates we’re monitoring for process and technology risks in competitive states; what we’re humorously calling the “Swing Dance.” This is week #3 of our weekly updates (T-7 Days to the last day of the election) for what will be a truly historic election.