Vanity: My opus on combating vote fraud

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Darth my FRiend, this is a critically important essay.

I believe that the timing is good, as it gives folks a chance to organize.

Altering the topic just slightly, does anyone notice the vulgar irony that it is the Democratic Party (who accuses the GOPers of "the Culture of Corruption"), that is the same party that cultivates and protects vote fraud?

Democrats/Marxists/Stalinists have no idea just how good they have it in this great Country; and...

They have no clue as to just how miserable THEY will be if they ever get their dream of CHANGE, and the U.S. becomes a collectivist "Utopian" police state.

I work as an election worker in my town in Wisconsin (and over the years, I have also worked elections in Texas and CA). Our problem is that our laws are too lax and our Dem governor vetoes any attempt to tighten them.

Congress passed tighter rules that were supposed to go into effect before the 2008 election. Our governor did not like the Federal rules and so the Dems have dillied around and our statewide voter list will NOT be ready and “checkable” by Nov.

The Milwaukee Police prepared a report of all kinds of fraud that occurred in the 2004 and 2006 elections and the local DA and Mayor buried it. A new police chief came on board (and a new DA) and PD spokesperson was sick, and they accidentally released a report that certainly hints that there was enough fraud identifies that Bush most likely won the election in 2000 and 2004 in Wisconsin. The report made a splash for about 2 days in the paper. The Police Chief was chewed out by the Mayor and the whole thing has been forgotten.

We have same day voter registration. It is nearly impossible to combat fraud. You need only the flimsiest of ID to register at the polls. Minnesota has the same problem (same day registration) and I know people go back and forth across the border and vote in both states.

Thanks to the Help America Vote Act a new voter has to provide a Drivers’ License ## to register now, but the election clerk is not allowed to look at the license. he voter can just tell you the number orally and the last 4 digits of his SS card orally. You are not allowed to ask to see the documents. (I always do, but I could get into trouble.)

When the election tally is announced its usually too late. Hence, my emphasis on actions we can take to PREVENT vote fraud. For example, in the 2000 election I prevented over 100 fraudulent votes out of 850 cast at the precinct where I worked. That’s a significant percentage.

How did you do it? In all the years I've worked, I can only think of 3 times that I prevented someone from voting who shouldn't.

One was a water referendum and a man came in an announced in broken English that he was not a citizen. (I was a poll watcher in that election). The ladies at the table discussed it among themselves and said, "He's lived here 25 years, he should vote." They were getting ready to register him when I called the election judge in from the back room and she told the women that he wasn't eligible to vote.

Two was a teen ager who wanted to vote in his brother's name. I happened to know the boys. They were Muslim, as was their father, and they were all named Muhammad -- but one was not registered. I sent him home for his ID. (He didn't come back until the next election.) I got scolded by a friend of mine for turning him away because she thought that he'd vote for our candidate -- I wasn't so sure. And even so, he wasn't eligible unless he came back and registered properly. His mother is an attorney, and I know she'd tell him the same thing.

Three -- a mom asked if her daughter who was home from school could vote. I told her she could and told her what ID she needed. A half hour later the girl came in with the proper ID and I noticed that some of her papers said, "Madison". I asked her if she'd already voted in this election, and she said "Yes, in Madison". I told her that she couldn't vote twice in the same election and turned her away.

That's not many "saves" for years of work, but it's worth it. Of course, in Milwaukee and in Madison they are registering more people than live in a building all the time. Because we register new voters at the polls (a stupid idea IMO) we have no way to check if they are really telling the truth. After every election they send out postcards to the new registrants and about half of them are returned as bad addresses.

How did I do it? In the 2000 election I was a Poll Watcher. As soon as the poll opened I noticed the clerk at the front table writing a voter’s name in the back of the Voter Roll book. The Election Judge shrugged and said that the registration was probably lost or the guy registered too late to get into the book. I looked over at the guy’s Voter Registration Card and it was for another precinct! I objected and the Election Judge reluctantly ordered the guy to go vote in his home precinct. That went on all day and I kept notes on how many I stopped. What they were doing is taking vanloads of people from one precinct to the next voting repeatedly and paying them each time they got back on the van. Our new Republican Registrar of Voters put a stop to that nonsense and now our E-Slate electronic voting system picks it up immediately if someone has already voted even if it was in another county. The important thing to look for as a Poll Watcher is inspecting credentials. You will find voters from different precincts, 50 year olds with cards that say they are 25, birthdates of 00-00-00, and other oddities. Be ready to call the state or federal authorities if they refuse to run a clean election.

We know all to well all about voter fraud here in Washington State. Remember our governor's race? They just kept recounting until they "found" enough votes.

They had the homeless using some government building as their residence address. We had felons, dead people, people from out of state, people voting twice. We had boxes of ballots suddenly just show up, discovered under a desk or behind a door.

We have another race coming up November with the same candidates Rossi vs. Gregoire. They say they have cleaned up the voter rolls, but I have little confidence. They probably already have the boxes of ballots ready. Also King County which is the largest and most liberal county in the state always releases their numbers last. Very convenient and helpful to their cause.

"...May justice and righteousness prevail..."

Now I am not advocating violence against anyone, but if Richard Daly in Chicago were to achieve room-temperature before November, Osama wouldn't have a chance of voting the graveyards there.

Chicago routinely votes their graveyards.

If anybody's paying attention, the Chicago-Mob is trying to elect Osama-bin-Hussein as President of the USA.

And McManiac, the real Manchurian-Candidate is the opposition?

Buy lots of guns and ammo, boys and girls!

"Our Intel is $hit, guys - we're gonna have to shoot our way outta here! This way ..."

Never thought I'd ever say that again ................... FRegards

our E-Slate electronic voting system picks it up immediately if someone has already voted even if it was in another county.

We are supposed to get something like that in WI, but it has been delayed because the software doesn't work. By Federal law it was supposed to be in place by 2008, but it won't be. We are not in compliance, and I suspect it is because of the Dem Governor (formerly the Dem Atty Genl.) who never could see voter fraud when it slapped him in the face.

As election workers, we cannot ask to see Drivers Licences or SS cards. The voter is nly required to say the number (last 4 digits in the case of SS) aloud. They could be saying 1,2,3,4 and we just have to write it down and allow them to vote. It really stinks, and there is a lot of fraud that goes on in the bigger cities, as well as around the University.

I have been an election judge or working the polls for 8 years. Every election. This is one of the most important civic duty we have. Call your election office and ask to work your prectinct or any other in your county.

My husband worked as a poll watcher for one of our worst boxes. All day long the Dem Judge was talking about a “delivery of chicken” by the end of the day the count on the door was about 100 more than people who had come in to vote. (I’ll bet those signature sheets were already made up in one persons handwritting & the ballots all punched).

My husband stayed all day and watched her like a hawk. At the count at the end of the day she said she must have made a mistake and corrected it to the actual number of voters.

When it came time to deliver the boxes to be counted she told him she had to stop by her house. He said, that will be fine but the boxes stay in your trunk and I will be sitting on your trunk. She never got the “delivery of chicken” and she wasn’t able to stuff the box.

YES EVERYONE please work the election (preferable) or poll watcher. It does help stop the voter fraud!

Recording devices inside the polling place are usually illegal but not at the 100’ mark outside.

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