
The Mission
Analysis of the entire election process has been underway across the country since the 2020 general election. That includes right here in Washington, the “poster child” for mail in ballots.
An extensive amount of data and records were obtained during the course of our research, which we studied, dissected, and scrutinized.
There is a necessity to disseminate this information and educate the public. Ignoring these issues by turning a blind eye or refusing to accept the painful truth has not been a successful strategy. It is time to take our elections back.
The Truth About Washington’s Elections
Elections in Washington state are undeniably vulnerable and susceptible to fraud. The entire process is flawed and cannot ensure a free and fair election.
Our research has shown there are major issues with voter registration, mail-in ballot delivery, vote counting systems, election management and records preservation. You can review our findings and read about some election related laws. There is also a wealth of information in our News section, which includes more analysis and discoveries.
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Who counts the votes in Washington state?
The county auditor is the “ex-officio supervisor” for the elections within their county. Each county auditor then reports to the Secretary of State (SOS) who is responsible for the election results at the state level. There are many people who play a role in counting the votes. However, it is a machine which does the actual counting.
Tabulation
Election systems have multiple components, but tabulation is the act of recording and adding the votes to get the totals. It happens when the ballots are scanned, and their images recorded by the optical scanner. Ballots which are unreadable by the scanner according to the software’s settings are sent to adjudication.
What did he say?
The systems have an adjudication feature built into the scanner’s software, which allows the machine to decide who the voter intended to vote for. If the software or the “resolver tool” is not able to decide, the ballot is sent to manual adjudication, where someone reviews the ballot and records the voter’s “intent.”
There is a fine line between processing the ballots and the tabulation of the results. In many cases there is nothing else required after the ballots are scanned, other than to instruct the machine to produce the vote totals in a “format which can be read by humans”.
Vendors
In Washington state, the tabulators were purchased from 4 different vendors. Clear Ballot equipment is used in 17 of the 39 counties, including Pierce, Snohomish, and King, the three with the largest populations. Hart Intercivic machines are used in 16 counties, ES&S is used in 5, and one county uses Dominion machines. Check out some of the concerns we have with the tabulation process and equipment.
In the News
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