Her entire letter is below:
“Early on election day, several Detroit precincts began getting error codes associated with the voter’s ballot assignment within the computerized poll books” (EPB). As the problem alerts appeared, many election officials hurried to find a solution. Some made paper lists and used a paper pollbook to log people in. Others referred to the Bureau of Elections. Others came up with their own remedies.”
The pollbook notes show that the workers were anxious as they attempted to cope with computerized vote book mistakes while still working the polls, which were exceptionally busy this year. The employees were under a lot of stress, doing everything they could to keep records as accurate as possible while waiting for a technician or receiving instructions from the troubleshooting team.
As we kept canvassing throughout Detroit, it became clear that the poll book inaccuracy was not an occasional problem, but rather pervasive. 90% of Detroit’s 450 precincts were affected – about 405 precincts. To put this in context, Oakland County, the state’s second largest county, has slightly over 500 total precincts.
When we discover a clerical error in the canvass, we collaborate with the local clerk to determine the cause of the issue. Then we collaborate with the clerk to develop a way to fix the problem in future elections. There will always be areas for improvement, and the canvass helps in identifying these areas. However, when we approached the State, which is in charge of EPB programming, I was met with obfuscation. They were unable to explain why these errors occurred and refused to accept responsibility for them. The state is responsible for programming the computerized poll books for the entire state, and a mistake of this magnitude must be corrected.
Over the previous two weeks, we have worked extremely hard to reconcile as much as possible in Detroit’s precincts. However, this was not a simple task. This unneeded and reckless error caused havoc on the canvass as well as for hundreds of election workers.
When asked when we may expect to learn the root of the problems during our phone discussion last week, Director Brater of the Bureau of Elections said, “we’ll know when we know.” This is intolerable.
The following questions must be addressed:
- What type of testing requirements do EPBs have?
- What testing mechanisms must be put in place if no testing is currently in place?
- How can we ensure that this does not happen again?
The public, whom we serve, is entitled to answers. The canvassers who have worked extensively to reconcile the pollbooks deserve to have their questions answered. Finally, the election officials who were overwhelmed while doing their best to cope with the irregularities deserve a response.”
Additionally, the mysterious late-night Democrat ballot dumps returned during the elections at the absentee ballot processing site in Detroit:
America is no longer a constitutional republic in which the vote is fair and the results are reliable. On election day, gangsterism reigns supreme in this third-world thugocracy.
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