{"id":6910,"date":"2023-10-27T20:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T00:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebelmarblog.com\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2023-10-27T20:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T00:09:40","slug":"about-those-pesky-voting-machines-its-almost-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebelmarblog.com\/?p=6910","title":{"rendered":"About those Pesky Voting Machines – It’s Almost Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the Report Again –
\nINVESTIGATION OF THE VOTE MISCOUNT
\nIN THE MONMOUTH COUNTY
\nNOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION
\nINVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS<\/font><\/a>
\n<\/i>You do not have to read all of it,
\nOne of my Blog Readers has done that and made notes.<\/i><\/p>\n

This is from Page 10. I am focused on the Media Status report. <\/p>\n

At the end of the day on November 9, 2022, the user or users of the
\nprogrammer\u2019s account ran a Media Status Report, a report that indicated the load
\nstatus of all flash drives, including whether, when, and how many times a flash drive
\npreviously had been inserted. Electionware records do not indicate that the report
\nwas run again before the county certified the November 2022 Election results.
\nNo one we interviewed noticed the double insertions in the Media Status Report before the election was certified.<\/p>\n

County personnel stated that they were never instructed by ES&S to
\nrun after elections either a Media Status Report or an Election Audit Events Report
\nthat tracks all activity in Electionware. In fact, the County Clerk stated that she did
\nnot even know that those reports existed in November 2022.<\/p>\n

This continues on page 11,<\/p>\n

Although vendors should ensure that counties are aware of these reports
\nand know how to run them, we note that the Electionware User Guide does provide
\ninstructions about how to run a Media Status Report and how to run a report
\nindicating the total number of ballots cast. Moreover, the user of the county
\nprogrammer\u2019s Electionware account ran a Media Status Report at the end of the day
\non November 9, 2022.<\/p>\n

Here is page 19,<\/p>\n

Although someone using a county Electionware account ran a Media
\nStatus Report at the end of the day on November 9, 2022, no one discovered the
\ndouble insertions in any Electionware reports before the election was certified.
\nCounties that use ES&S\u2019s election software can generate and review certain reports
\nto detect tabulation errors. Among these reports are an Election Audit Events Report,
\nwhich tracks all activity in the software; a Media Status Report, which tracks the
\nload status of all flash drives inserted during the election; and a report of the total
\nnumber of ballots cast, which counties can compare to the total number of voter
\ncheck-ins in pollbooks. Some of these reports are quite lengthy and difficult to read
\nand understand. For example, the portion of the Election Audit Events Report from
\nElection Day and the day after the election is nearly 1,000 pages, and the Media
\nStatus Report is nearly 300 pages. Voting equipment vendors should ensure that
\nthese reports are easily reviewable.<\/p>\n

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\nThis media status report should show the double USB drives being inserted. So I OPRAed it from the county. The report said it was run. Let’s get a copy. <\/p>\n

Here is their response.
\nMr. ****,<\/p>\n

My office represents the County of Monmouth. My office has been asked to reply to your request of September 21, 2023 for the Media Status report dated November 9, 2002 that was referenced in the Attorney General\u2019s Investigation of the Vote Miscount in the Monmouth County November 2022 Election (the \u201cInvestigation Report\u201d).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are no records responsive to your request in my client\u2019s possession. In fact, my client was baffled by this reference in the Investigation Report as no Media Status report dated November 9, 2022 exists. Upon reading the Investigation Report, we requested a copy of the same record from Peter Harvey\u2019s office a couple of weeks ago and have received no reply. The only Media Status report our client has that was provided to Mr. Harvey\u2019s office was generated in January 2023.<\/p>\n

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.<\/p>\n

Best,
\nBrian<\/p>\n

Brian M. Nelson, Esq.
\nSpiro Harrison & Nelson LLC
\n200 Monmouth Street, Suite 310
\nRed Bank, New Jersey 07701
\n732.784.1470 Law Office
\nbnelson@shnlegal.com<\/p>\n

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