From Richard Tamm: My wife, Sharon, put this email together. I heartily support her in this effort, and hope that you will also file a complaint with the California Secretary of State.
Please read all the information below, click on links for more supporting info, fill out and submit a complaint form yourself, and forward this email widely. Thanks, Rich Tamm www.electiondefensealliance.org <http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/> and other election fraud watchdogs found a greater than 8% discrepancy between exit polls and reported results for Proposition 8. This is a key indicator of possible vote fraud and should be investigated by the Secretary of State. In order to do this she needs to receive Election Complaint Forms from California registered voters. THE FORM CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_fraud.htm <http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_fraud.htm>. or go to the website. Final election returns must be submitted to the SOS by December 9th and will be certified on December 13th so we don't have much time. They will combine all similar complaints into one investigation and the more citizen complaints they have the better. I am going to drive my complaint (and any others that are ready) to Sacramento on Monday morning 11/24 so they can assign an investigator by the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Otherwise mail it to the address listed on the second page of the form which is also listed below. Or you can scan the completed form and any supporting documents and email it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or you can call a complaint into the numbers listed. SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATION UNIT 1500-11th STREET, 5th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 English: 1-800-345-VOTE (8683) Spanish: 1-800-232-VOTA (8682) When naming the "Person(s) and Organizations Against Whom Complaint is Brought" cast as wide a net as possible and include anyone and everyone you can think of who might be involved in, liable, responsible or accountable for possibly fraudulent elections results on Proposition 8. I have included how I filled out my complaint form below. There is more evidence coming out from www.electiondefensealliance.org <http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/> that should be included but this was the best I could do for now. The line for victim on the form could include names of California citizens whose right to marry was eliminated by Prop 8-get their permission first. Text from Election Complaint Form Submitted by Sharon Ryals Tamm PERSON(S) OR ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT IS BROUGHT National Exit Polls (NEP, aka Edison/Mitofsky), CNN, all companies whose election systems are used in the State of California including but not limited to ES&S, Sequoia and Premier Election Solutions (formerly known as Diebold), All elections officials and elections personnel of the State of California, including the Secretary of State's Office, County Registrars offices and their staff including poll workers. STATEMENT OF FACTS Date(s) and time(s) alleged events occurred: November 4, 2008, approximately between 8pm and 11pm. Location(s) of alleged event(s): The State of California, all polling places, precincts, county and state elections and elections equipment sites, especially all sites where votes were counted or machine tallied. Names and phone numbers of witnesses or other victims: www.electiondefensealliance.org <http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/>. (witness) DESCRIBE YOUR COMPLAINT (if necessary attach additional sheets) Attached is initial evidence of a greater than 8% discrepancy between exit polls and tabulated results for Proposition 8. Recent elections history has shown this type of discrepancy is a key indicator of possible election fraud requiring further investigation. Please employ all means necessary to acquire and examine all data, equipment and persons that could possibly account for such a discrepancy. In particular all raw poll data procured by National Exit Polls (NEP, aka Edison/Mitofsky) including what precincts they polled, the testimony of polling personnel, the unrevised numbers and exactly how they revised the numbers later to match results being reported on CNN. In addition to all other statutes and regulations that may apply please also review my complaint under HAVA Title III-Subtitle A-Requirements. SEC. 301. VOTING SYSTEM STANDARDS (a) (5) "The error rate of the voting system in counting ballots..." Sincerely, Sharon Ryals Tamm 1015 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94707 510-524-4608 email I sent to Debra Bowen and the SOS office: To the Honorable Debra Bowen et al: *I am writing to you to request that the Office of the Secretary of State of California launch an election fraud investigation into the vote count of Proposition 8 based on the following evidence.* I received the following as part of an email from Mark Crispin Miller who passed it on from Velvet Revolution: '"Around the world, exit polls are used to determine the need for investigation of elections. In the U.S., the National Exit Poll (NEP, also known as Edison/Mitofsky) now adjusts results to match vote counts before issuing its final polling numbers. Election Defense Alliance <http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/> downloaded NEP numbers from the internet on election night, however [around 8 PM, as told to me by Dan Ashby of EDA], before poll results were changed to match the official vote count. This is the exit poll from early in the evening of election night. There were 2,168 respondents, and they break down as follows (a "yes" vote is a vote/ against/ same-sex marriage): [I rearranged the percentages reporting to the following format.] Prop 8: Yes: No: Males:* 48%** 52%* Females:* 48%** 52%* View actual screen capture <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/Prop8ExitPoll-1.html> This is the exit poll from later in the evening. There were 2,240 respondents -- 72 more respondents than in the earlier poll -- and they break down in a very different way: Prop 8: Yes: No: Males:* 53%** 47%* Females:* 52%** 48%* View actual screen capture <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/11-14-2008%2012-53-09%20PM.html> This discrepancy should be ringing alarm bells. Something doesn't add up." If you view the screen captures, you see they are from *CNN*, which I would consider to be a fairly reputable organization. The shift in percentages does *NOT* add up. Here's why: Using the above percentages and respondent numbers, and assuming that Male and Female respondents are approximately 50% each, the shift can be seen this way: Prop 8, Males and Females: Yes: No: respondents: About 8 PM:* 48%** 52% of 2,168* Later in the evening: * 52.5%** 47.5% of 2,240 *Percentage change: *+ 4,5% - 4.5% *Based on the number of respondents, percentages convert (without exit poll adjustments) to:* * Prop 8, Males and Females: Yes: No: respondents: About 8 PM:* 1,041** + 1,127 = 2,168* Later in the evening: * 1,176** + 1,064 = 2,240 *Respondents change: * + 135 - 63 For the percentage changes in the later exit poll reports to make sense, with the addition of 72 more respondents, we would have to see a change of + 135 for a Yes on Prop 8, and - 63 for a No on Prop 8. My question is: how does the addition of 72 respondents to the later exit poll cause an increase of 135 votes for Prop 8 and a decrease of 63 votes against Prop 8? * Exit polls are done with people who just voted, telling how they had just voted. And exit polls have, traditionally, been extremely accurate, so much so that a number of European countries that still do hand-counted paper ballots use their exit polls to declare the winner before the hand-count is complete. I request that the Secretary of State of California launch an election fraud investigation to get to the bottom of this. As time is of the essence, while final vote counts are still being tallied, you can immediately at least demand all relevant material from the National Exit Poll (NEP, also known as Edison/Mitofsky), and start a larger hand-counted paper-ballot audit of some selected precincts/counties. Please consider this information and request with the utmost seriousness and urgency. And, if I can be of any further assistance, do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much, Richard Tamm 1015 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707 510-524-4608 email from Mark Crispin Miller, from velvetrevolution: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Mark Crispin Miller* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:29 PM Subject: [MCM] WAS PROP 8 ACTUALLY DEFEATED?? To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Well, well, well. First we find out, happily, that We the People may not be so fiercely racist after all, as Election '08 has debunked the (feeble) theory of "the Bradley effect." And now it turns out that Americans--at least those in gay-friendly California-- may not really be as hostile to gay marriage as the outcome of that state's election has apparently suggested. As we think about the possibility that Prop 8 was/ not/ really passed by California's voters, let's note something that the press, and others, won't discuss: i.e., that the entire apparatus of computerized voting in this country--the e-voting machines and op-scans and central tabulators, etc.--is largely owned by members of the Christianist far right. Diebold and ES&S were both begun by Bob and Todd Urosevich, two ardent Oklahoma theocrats, while Triad, which makes the central vote tabulators used in Ohio in 2004, is owned by the Rapp family. SmartTech, the company that helped Bush/Cheney steal that state, is owned by evangelical Jeff Averbeck; and his associate Mike Connell, owner of GovTech Solutions, which also helped to steal Ohio, among other races, was motivated to such work by his desire "to save the babies," according to Stephen Spoonamore. /Why/ are there so many Christianists among the owners of those companies? <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/2008/11/exit_poll_showed_californias_p.html> Because the rigging of elections is the/ only way/ that that fringe movement ever could impose its theocratic program on the rest of us. As Paul Weyrich used to say out loud, the Christianists despise democracy. After all, that system, if allowed to stand, would put the sinful secular/ majority/ in charge--and that can't be allowed. And so, whether or not it turns out that Prop 8 was rigged to pass, we need to take a good hard look at those machines, and at the companies that own them--and keep them/ out/ of our elections. Meanwhile, let's all stop assuming that last week's outcome was legitimate, and look closely at the evidence around Prop 8. MCM Permalink *Election Irregularities Surfacing Re: California's Proposition 8!* *Exit Poll Shows DEFEAT of Same-Sex Marriage Ban!* *Volunteers Needed NOW to Monitor Post-Election Procedures* *Link Below to Flyer: Please Print and Circulate at Tomorrow's* *Protests!* <http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/> The Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) Community and its supporters nationwide are mourning/ and/ organizing in the wake of last week's announced 52-48% passage of Proposition 8, which eliminates the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the state of California. But an accurate count of the votes may not yet have occurred, according to early indications. The integrity of an election takes time to investigate, and it's far too early to draw conclusions. However, consider the following: Around the world, exit polls are used to determine the need for investigation of elections. In the U.S., the National Exit Poll (NEP, also known as Edison/Mitofsky) now adjusts results to match vote counts before issuing its final polling numbers. Election Defense Alliance <http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/> downloaded NEP numbers from the internet on election night, however, before poll results were changed to match the official vote count. This is the exit poll from early in the evening of election night. There were 2,168 respondents, and they break down as follows (a "yes" vote is a vote/ against/ same-sex marriage): Males: Yes on Prop 8,* 48%* No on Prop 8,* 52%* Females: Yes on Prop 8,* 48%* No on Prop 8,* 52%* View actual screen capture <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/Prop8ExitPoll-1.html> This is the exit poll from later in the evening. There were 2,240 respondents -- 72 more respondents than in the earlier poll -- and they break down in a very different way: Males: Yes on Prop 8,* 53%* No on Prop 8,* 47%* Females: Yes on Prop 8,* 52%* No on Prop 8,* 48%* View actual screen capture <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/11-14-2008%2012-53-09%20PM.html> This discrepancy should be ringing alarm bells. Something doesn't add up. Because exit polls adjusted to match election results are of limited usefulness, this year independent exit polls <http://www.electionintegrity.org/> were conducted in several states by a group including Ken Warren of the Warren Poll, Jonathan Simon of Election Defense Alliance, and Steve Freeman of Election Integrity. This team is still analyzing results of their exit polls, but Simon told Velvet Revolution that their California exit polls, some of which were conducted by Judy Alter and Protect California Ballots <http://www.protectcaliforniaballots.org/>, tend to corroborate the findings of the above exit poll that show a defeat of Prop. 8. * What is proven by discrepancies between exit poll results and official vote counts? That an investigation must be conducted to determine whether the vote count is accurate.* Further indications of problems with the vote count are already coming in from multiple sources, including incident reports from voters and election observers. Among these are indications that disenfranchisement targeting communities likely to have a high proportion of 'no' votes on Proposition 8 led to huge numbers of provisional ballots being cast. Because each provisional ballot must be individually determined to be qualified before counting, hundreds of thousands throughout the state remain uncounted <http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Misc/votebymail.htm>to date. Hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail ballots also remain uncounted (see above link). When the initial counting is complete, it is certainly possible that the results of Proposition 8 will be reversed. But we can't sit around waiting to find out. Right now, in election offices in every county, procedures that affect the election results are underway. While the votes are tabulated by computers that have been shown again and again to be riggable and hackable <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3467>, to drop votes <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6309>, flip votes <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/2008/10/voting_machines_flipping_votes.html>, break down <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6616>and all in all produce untrustworthy election results, some of the election processes can and must be observed by the public. These include: * Mandated 1% manual count of all paper ballots cast (this increases to 10% for any race that is within 0.5% of a tie in a given county) * Mandated 100% manual count of 'paper trails' from DRE/touchscreen voting machines * Reconciliation of number of votes with number of voters, and * Auditing of other processes to determine accurate counting. *We at Velvet Revolution <http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce>are recruiting volunteers to observe at county election offices beginning immediately. *Volunteers will be trained via conference call this Sunday, November 16, at 4 p.m. To sign up for training, email us <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with your name, phone number, and county or counties where you would be willing to volunteer. We ask that all volunteers be prepared to give at least four hours over the next couple of weeks. We hope that most will be able to volunteer significantly more time. If you want to volunteer and are unable to attend Sunday's telephone training session, give us your contact number so we can tell you if there is another training opportunity. The training will be conducted by Tom Courbat, founder of SAVE R VOTE <http://www.savervote.com/> (Riverside County) and Emily Levy of Velvet Revolution. Please note that this training is specific to California and to observing many of the auditing processes set up here by Secretary of State Debra Bowen following her Top to Bottom Review <http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vsr.htm>of California's voting systems. However, we encourage voters everywhere to flock to their local election offices and observe post-elections processes. Democracy cannot take care of itself. It needs us. It /is /us. In California and around the nation, our names are being called right now. Come on down! Sign up for free volunteer training in California today! 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