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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 03:24 PM
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BRAD BLOG: (Butch & Hoppy) + Post-It Notes = NH's Chain of Custody


(Butch & Hoppy) + Post-It Notes = NH's Chain of Custody
And Other Recent News from the Election Contests in New Hampshire...


Lucky for us, as we've been traveling for the last few days, and pulling off other related miracles, the hand counters in Concord took a break as of last Friday for a long weekend, which includes today's Martin Luther King Day holiday. As we all know, MLK would have hated the idea of anybody actually counting votes on his holiday, so we're glad the folks from the NH SoS office decided to let the ballots sit around and cool off in the darkness for three long days in a vault somewhere (maybe). The counting, which has so far covered just a small portion of all of the ballots, resumes today.

So...From the latest hand count numbers, to the latest media coverage, to the latest reports from Election Integrity experts on the ground --- including one amazing photo essay illustrating New Hampshire's "chain of custody" protocol for its ballots, 80% of which have never been counted or examined by a single human being (that we know of) --- let's get caught up a bit.

Fasten your seatbelts and make sure your Pinto has a full tank of gas...

COMPLETE MUST-READ COVERAGE, STUNNING PHOTO ESSAY:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5586
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 03:31 PM
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1. Wow.
Lots of detail Brad. I'll bookmark this to go to the Blog and read it all.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 04:04 PM
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2. 0.53% overall error rate - better than most handcounts per past studies
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:15 AM
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20. A minor detail which seems to get continually missed...nt
Sid
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 04:07 PM
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3. Imagine if a bank shipped its records that way to an audit...
Jail sentences and ruin. But our votes? Well, it's just peachy keen.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:01 PM
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7. Imagination is a good thing. Corroboration is even better
especially when you are relying on that grifter for your facts.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 06:25 PM
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4. .
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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:34 PM
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5. I don't know whether to call "utter bullshit" or agree with you, so I'll do both.
The utter bullshit:

"No serious Election Integrity expert to our knowledge, has charged fraud, or even error by anybody, at this time."

~Brad Friedman -1/22/08
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5586


But wait! Bev says she'd already decided on 1/11 that there had been ballot substitutions (which would be fraud?) in NH before her plane even touched down:

"I literally took a red-eye at the last minute, by myself, forgetting my coat, knowing that this recount could spell disaster. Nancy was dead-on. No one was looking at anything -- and when Bruce O'Dell and Theron Horton identified specific statistical issues that were very difficult to explain, I knew there would be ballot substitution. I left Friday Jan. 11, and figured at that time that Manchester had already been substituted. (I think I was wrong, and it took place later, and more hastily, but I'll develop that evidence more thoroughly later)."

~Bev Harris
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CASE_OH/message/23381


On the other hand, I agree. Bev Harris is not an "Election Integrity expert".
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WillYourVoteBCounted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:28 PM
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8. you may have gotten your "utter bullshit"s transposed
Try putting "utter bullshit" over your second paragraph.
See how that looks.

:-)

The problem with Bev is that it feels like the movie "Ground hogs day",
and earth shattering proof will appear later.....

It seems to never come, or we have to wait and pay to see it in a movie.

If it is earth shattering, it needs to come out now.



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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:45 PM
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13. Both boxes contain utter bullshit.
I sorta thought the second one was self-evident.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:47 PM
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14. Should I repost the Bev Harris Exorcism Thread or
Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 11:47 PM by sfexpat2000
should we send a priest over to Brad's place?

He seems to be in grave danger.

lol
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:00 PM
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6. Now, how do we know if that grifter didn't take those pix in her garage?
We don't.

Could you verify the provenance of those photos via a reputable source?

We've asked for corroboration and none is forthcoming. That's pretty stunning.

Sorry, but that's a consequence of the company you keep, Brad.

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WillYourVoteBCounted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:30 PM
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9. it might be verifiable
Susan Pynchon, a good Florida Activist was supposed to be in NH assisting, but don't know if she
was there for all of it.

It would be great to hear from her.

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:32 PM
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10. Might is not is. Brad is using that grifter as a source
despite the fact the he knows her record.

I'd love to see or hear from some respectable source on this.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:01 AM
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16. Exactly. Until it comes from another source, none of this "evidence" is worth jack shit.
Bev has become more than just a shit-licking con artist;
she's now the wrench in the gears of the entire VerifiedVoting movement.

Seldom have so many been totally SCREWN by so few. :(
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:07 AM
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18. Thank Brad for promoting her, when he knows what she is. n/t
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:34 PM
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11. As long as you are quoting a lying grifter
your posts mean squat.

How sad that your reputation is now tarnished. I used to look forward to your posts. I thought you had integrity. I was wrong.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:18 AM
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21. Well said...
and that's the same feeling that I've been getting from Brad's breathless posts about the NH recount.

Sid
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:42 PM
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12. What? NH can't afford plastic storage boxes?
:eyes:

50 Quart Opaque Shelf Tote - Pack of 6 - $59.94
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spacesavers_1985_31113433
STER-19376406-1case

similar

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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:53 PM
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15. I wouldn't make much of this post
It's from Bev Harris and we all know how much she lies. Looks like she's trying to get the spotlight back.

Un-fucking-believable.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:06 AM
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17. I don't know what it's going to take for you to get this, Brad.
Bev Harris is a fraud. She has done so much damage to our movement, it can't be counted.

You have tried to ignore that damage both to the movement and to people who once were your friends and supporters despite the fact that so many of us tried to warn you.

At some point, you have to just deal with your choices.

I spent five too short weeks dealing with Andy's cancer. He called me on average ten times a day and it probably cost me my marriage. (I wish he were still calling me ten times a day.) During that time, you know very well what that woman was doing -- undermining his care, calling him a liar, trying to fund herself on his back. And, you gave it a pass. You looked at that and decided that you'd rather have Bev as a source, as psychotic as she can be, than stand up for a decent man who called you friend.

That's all I need to know about you, Brad. I wish you clarity.




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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:14 AM
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19. Thanks Brad. n/t
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