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Vote Fraud and How to Combat It

Introduction

I have been involved in campaigns and volunteering at the polls since
1994. In every election where I have been involved there was evidence of
vote fraud. Based on personal experience I estimate that in important
national elections up to 10%% of all votes cast are fraudulent. Did you
notice how polls that favor Republicans to win on Election Day are almost
always off by a significant amount when the votes are counted? Have you
noticed how Philadelphia turns in more ballots than the number of adults
in the city?

Who are the perpetrators? Every time that I have observed fraud it was
carried out by Democrats. Why do they do it? Zeal and greed are reason
enough. Democrats, especially activists, often tell me, "Everyone is
crooked. Both parties commit fraud." This is their justification.
Besides, they are usually paid for results.

After evidence of massive fraud in a California congressional election
the investigator from the California Attorney General's office told me,
"For $500,000 in cash you can be guaranteed to win the Primary, the
General Election, and a seat in Congress. The candidate willing to commit
the most felonies always wins." At a Texas precinct a guy wearing a union
jacket walked up to a Republican Poll Watcher and said, "OK, I voted.
Where's my $40? I have seen vans full of people going from one precinct
to another voting repeatedly and being paid every time they got back on
the van.

Vote fraud in some precincts approaches Third World levels of corruption.
I am convinced that vote fraud is the single greatest threat to our
Republic since it can thwart the will of the electorate.

In this short pamphlet I will outline vote fraud methods I have seen and
suggest ways to combat each method.

Phantom Voters

In California the professional vote fraud scam perps drive down a
typical, middle class, residential street copying down addresses where
the mailbox is accessible from the street. For example, the Wilson family
lives at 300 Elm Street. The perp then creates fictional voters,
sometimes one, sometimes an entire family of phantoms named Jones. He
then registers the phantoms named Jones to vote (no ID required) at 300
Elm Street. On the day that Sample Ballots are delivered a small army of
homeless and illegals hired by the perp go down Elm Street collecting the
Sample Ballots addressed to the phantoms on their list. Mind you, they
don't steal the Wilson's ballots; they let the Wilsons vote. The perp
then uses the Sample Ballots to vote the phantoms as absentees. For
example, in the 1998 Congressional election, California had a statewide
turnout of 63%%. In an off year? Unheard of! In my survey during the 1996
elections across 7 precincts in Orange County (200 voters personally
surveyed) I discovered that 50%% of the registered voters did not exist.
By the way, I gave interviews to reporters from the LA Times and Orange
County Register offering my evidence of vote fraud. They were not
interested; and not one word about the fraud got into print.

How to combat phantoms?

With dead people and felons you can get lists of registered voters to
challenge, and you should. However, with phantoms you must establish that
no such person exists at that address. My approach was direct. I simply
rang the doorbell and spoke to the Wilsons. Since they don't know the
Joneses and have lived at the home (typically) for over 10 years it's a
good bet that the Joneses are phantoms. With the internet and our current
resources you can zoom in on potential phantoms using resources such as
Reverse Lookup directories that give you the phone numbers of whoever
lives at 300 Elm Street. It's a bit tedious to work your way through the
official Voter Roll, but remember that changing a swing voter from
Democrat to Republican can cost more than $50 in advertising, phone
calls, etc. per vote while eliminating a phantom drives a stake through
the heart of someone who always votes Democrat and cannot be swayed since
he's bought and paid for. There are other resources out there such as
marketing lists, the U.S. Census, etc. I am not sure exactly how to use
these resources, but a bit of experimenting will tell you what works
best. Ask a friendly Private Investigator how he would uncover phantoms
to get more ideas.

Once you have identified phantom voters, what do you do about it? Well,
you can approach the Registrar of Voters, however, if the Registrar is a
Democrat who is well aware of the scam, then expect to be stonewalled.
You can call a press conference or create publicity (you know how much
cockroaches hate the light). You could make sure that every phantom voter
has a subscription to the LA Times, NY Times, and Rolling Stone. Maybe
when the bills come back undeliverable these publications will get
interested in the problem of phantom voters.

A bold approach would be to identify a street with lots of phantoms
registered to vote and follow the mail truck on the day when Sample
Ballots are delivered. Once you see the winos stealing ballots, you
simple follow them back to the perp's headquarters. With luck this may be
the local Democratic campaign HQ, a union hall, or wealthy Democrat's
residence. Be sure to videotape the ballot theft and delivery. By the
way, when you follow perps it's a good idea to have video cameras with
telephoto lenses, lots of tape, spare batteries, cell phone with
emergency numbers, and a tool that punches large holes at 100 meters.
Remember that vote fraud perps are sophisticated criminals who may not
take kindly to surveillance and exposure. Go in teams so that you can
follow perps switching out the following vehicle to prevent them from
knowing that they are followed. Get in the spirit and have some fun being
a good citizen.

Once you have identified specific perps you can contact appropriate law
enforcement agencies. For example, creating phantom voters involves mail
fraud, identity fraud, violating state voting laws, defrauding all voters
in a precinct or district, etc. That last one is my favorite. When I
think of a class action suit against a union with deep pockets on behalf
of 150,000 voters in a Congressional district, I get goose bumps. Wow, we
could bankrupt the vote fraud scam artists and provide a payout to every
voter at the same time! We might even become popular.

Polling Place Workers Casting Ballots

One of the most effective scams that I have seen is where the Election
Judge and Election Clerks are all Democrats and they are paid based on
how many ballots they deliver. They simply wait until the end of the day,
close the doors, and cast a ballot for every registered voter who did not
show up. This is far cheaper than buying box lunches, renting vans, and
pushing people to vote. In a precinct in Port Arthur, Texas in the 1998
election I watched a precinct that had a 110%% turnout in the 1996
election. How many voters showed up? Zero! However, when the votes were
counted that precinct once again had over 100%% turnout.

How to combat crooked polling place workers?

BE THERE! For example, in Texas every candidate can send Poll Watchers to
precincts in the district where that candidate is running. Be prepared
for a confrontation with the crooked Election Judge if you show up as a
Poll Watcher since you are threatening his paycheck! However, in Texas
the Secretary of State has become much more supportive of Poll Watchers
and has cracked down on crooked election officials. In fact, the Election
Judge can be arrested on the spot by an investigator from the Secretary
of State's office if the irregularities are extensive.

An even better way to be there is to volunteer as a Republican Alternate
Election Judge. In that case, you receive training in election law and
arrive as an official. It's very difficult for the crooks to throw you
out. However, once again, be prepared for a confrontation. This is an
ideal assignment for some of you macho guys to take on. My experience has
shown that you can seriously disrupt vote fraud if you are an Alternate
Election Judge. Just know the law and follow it to the letter. Be nice
but firm about following the rulebook. You need to know the appropriate
state and federal officials to call and have their numbers with you on
Election Day.

Better yet, go undercover and register as a Democrat. This is a difficult
assignment which takes years to really pay off, but has rich rewards.
Just steep yourself in Democrat-think and get in there and volunteer.
Eventually you will find yourself in a position to blow the whistle on
vote fraud or other illegal activities. Be sure to keep records and
gather evidence until the time comes to bust the perps. Be especially
mindful to get the goods on the Big Fish. Oh yeah, don't tell anyone you
are doing this. Perfect cover and security is assured when ONLY YOU KNOW.

Ballot Tampering

In the 2000 election an attorney that I know flew to Florida to watch the
recount. After a while he noticed something like snow on the carpet under
the chair of one of the ladies counting paper ballots. Upon closer
examination he discovered that she had sharpened a fingernail to make a
punch and had punched out HUNDREDS of chads for Gore. This is the source
of the "confusing, overvoted, butterfly ballots" canard that showed up in
the press. Luckily, the attorney grabbed James Baker and promptly stopped
the recount. Other famous cases involve crooked workers putting the same
ballot through the counting machine repeatedly ( I have that on video),
punching holes in ballots before handing them out to voters (Yup, saw pre-
punched ballots handed out in Houston in the 2000 election), Democrat
judges taking Ballot Boxes home to punch holes, etc. If the ballots are
paper you must find a way to observe them until they are properly counted.

How to combat ballot tampering

Once again, BE THERE. Crying about vote fraud the day after the election
is useless. Get out there and volunteer as a Poll Watcher, Election
Judge, or in some capacity where you can make a difference. With today's
technology you could use hidden video cameras to capture proof, of ballot
tampering, however, recording devices are ILLEGAL in Texas precincts.
Check your state laws and penalties before going this route. In some
cases, the video camera could be in a remote location recording and
observing through a window into the place where ballot tampering is
taking place. For example, you might be able to record precinct workers
opening the Ballot Box and tampering with ballots.

There may be a way to use invisible ink to prove ballot tampering. For
example, you could vote your ballot, mark it with invisible ink, and
shoot a photo while still in the booth of the ballot showing how you
voted. Later using the invisible ink for identification you could
retrieve your ballot and see if it had been tampered with. It would be a
good idea for state or federal officials to run a sting with marked
ballots and RFID chips to see where ballots were when someone tampered
with them. RFID chips or GPS can also be used to record where ballot
boxes are taken.

Vote machine rigging.

In the 1998 election one of our Poll Watchers at an Early Voting location
noticed that the Democrat clerks were steering all elderly and confused
voters to one machine at the end of the line. Upon checking the voting
machine he discovered that a perforated plastic strip had been inserted
into the machine. If you voted Democrat the hole could be punched.
However, if you tried to vote Republican the stylus could not punch all
the way through the plastic strip and you ended up with PREGNANT CHADS.

How to prevent vote machine rigging

BE THERE, be observant, be cynical, be suspicious. If there's a way to
scam the vote, they will try it.

Democrat election officials advocating how to vote

In the 2000 election I stood behind the Democrat Election Judge as he
told a newly-minted citizen which hole to punch for a straight Democratic
ticket and stayed to watch the voter meekly comply. Since I speak
Spanish, I told the Judge that what he just did was illegal. He looked
like he might faint.

How to combat Democrat officials advocating how to vote

In addition to BEING THERE, you must speak the language. Determine what
languages are spoken at your chosen precinct and recruit Poll Watchers or
other helpers who speak those languages.

Summary

The time to combat vote fraud is NOW. Get the Official Voter Roll and
start looking for felons, dead people, phantoms, 20 people living at one
address, etc. Using sampling techniques start auditing door-to-door.
Interview people registered to vote. For example, after Bob Dornan lost
his seat to Loretta Sanchez, his volunteers got over 500 people to sign
affidavits stating that they voted illegally (they were non-citizens who
had been pressured to vote by Hermandad Nacional Mexicano, a FEDERAL
CONTRACTOR operating on taxpayer funds!!!). I learned a lot from
personally interviewing people registered to vote. Just ask questions;
you will be amazed when they unburden themselves and tell the truth.

Get involved as a Poll Watcher, Election Judge, Precinct Clerk, or
infiltrate the other party. I know from personal experience that you CAN
make a difference that will win elections.