Michigan runs votes through the machines multiple times
2. Ineligible Ballots Were Counted – Some Multiple Times.
95. Challengersreportedthatbatchesofballotswererepeatedlyrunthroughthe vote
tabulation machines. Exh. 3 (Helminen aff. ¶4; Waskilewski aff., p. 1; Mandelbaum aff. ¶5; Rose
aff. ¶¶4-14; Sitek aff. ¶3; Posch aff. ¶8; Champagne aff. ¶8). Challenger Patricia Rose stated she
observed a stack of about fifty ballots being fed multiple times into a ballot scanner counting
machine. Id. (Rose aff. ¶¶4-14). ArticiaBomer further stated thatshe witnessed the same group of
ballots being rescanned into the counting machine “at least five times.” Id. ¶12. Dominion
contractor Melissa Carone observed that this was a routine practice at the TCF Center, where she
“witnessed countless workers rescanning the batches without discarding them first” – as required
under Michigan rules and Dominion’s procedures – “which resulted in ballots being counted 4-5
times” by the “countless” number of election workers. Carone aff. ¶3. When she observed that a
computer indicated that it had “a number of over 400 ballots scanned – which means one batch
[of 50] was counted over 8 times,” and complained to her Dominion supervisor, she was
informed that “we are here to do assist with IT work, not to run their election.” Id. at ¶4.
Michigan, where some ballots are more equal than others
3. Ballots Counted with Ballot Numbers Not Matching Ballot Envelope.
96. Many challengers stated that the ballot number on the ballot did not match
thenumberontheballotenvelope,butwhentheyraisedachallenge,thosechallengeswere disregarded
and ignored by election officials, not recorded, and the ballots wereprocessed
andcounted.Exh. 3(A.Seelyaff.¶15;Wasilewskiaff.,p.1;Schornakaff.¶13;Brunell aff. ¶¶17, 19;
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Papsdorf aff. ¶3; Spalding aff. ¶¶8, 11; Antonie aff. ¶3; Daavettila aff., p. 3; Atkins aff. ¶3;
Harris aff. ¶3; Sherer aff. ¶21; Drzewiecki aff. ¶¶5-6; Klamer aff. ¶4; Rauf aff. ¶¶9-14; Roush
aff. ¶¶5-7; Kinney aff. ¶5). For example, when challenger Abbie Helminen raised a challenge
that the name on the ballot envelope did not match the name on the voter list, she was told by an
election official to “get away” and that the counting
tableshewasobservinghad“adifferentprocessthanothertables.”Id.(Helminenaff.¶5).
More Michigan Mayhem
4. Election Officials Counted Ineligible Ballots with No Signatures or
with No Postmark on Ballot Envelope.
97. Atleasttwochallengersobservedballotsbeingcountedwheretherewasno signature or
postmark on the ballot envelope. Id. (Brunell aff. ¶¶17, 19; Spalding
aff.¶13;Shereraff.¶13).ChallengerAnneVankerobservedthat“60%ormoreof[ballot] envelopes [in a
batch] bore the same signature on the opened outer envelope.” Id.(Vanker aff. ¶5).Challenger
William Henderson observed that a counting table of election workers lost eight ballot
envelopes. Exhibit 1 (Henderson aff.¶8).The GLJCComplaint further alleges the Election
Commission “instructed election workers to not verify signatures on absentee ballots, to
backdate absentee ballots, and to process such ballots regardless of their validity.”
5. Election Officials Counted “Spoiled” Ballots.
98. At least two challengers observed spoiled ballots being counted. Id. (Schornak aff.
¶¶6-8; Johnson aff. ¶4). At least one challenger observed a box of provisional ballots being
placed in a tabulation box at the TCF Center. Exhibit 1 (Cizmar aff. ¶5)