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My analysis of the statements, claims & allegations made at the 25 Nov 2020 meeting in Gettysburg, PA, to discuss election issues and irregularities.
Note that no one was under oath and only Republicans participated.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election
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My analysis of the statements, claims & allegations made at the 25 Nov 2020 meeting in Gettysburg, PA, to discuss election issues and irregularities.
Note that no one was under oath and only Republicans participated.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election
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Giuliani: After 65% vote cast, Trump led in several states. What are the odds that they all switched overnight?
MISLEADING
Trump told supporters not to vote by mail. Many didn’t. Very many Democrats did. Fewer mailed ballots were for Trump.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 28:18
MISLEADING
Trump told supporters not to vote by mail. Many didn’t. Very many Democrats did. Fewer mailed ballots were for Trump.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 28:18
Giuliani: After 65% votes cast, Trump was leading in several states. They all switched by the next day.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 28:14
MISLEADING
US mail ballot requests: 45% by Dems, 29% by Reps
PA: ~5M Democrat ballots returned, ~2M Republican
https://politico.com/news/2020/11/03/democrats-more-mail-in-ballots-pennsylvania-433951
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 28:14
MISLEADING
US mail ballot requests: 45% by Dems, 29% by Reps
PA: ~5M Democrat ballots returned, ~2M Republican
https://politico.com/news/2020/11/03/democrats-more-mail-in-ballots-pennsylvania-433951
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Giuliani: In 3-4 counties, mail-in ballots weren’t INSPECTED [my emphasis] by any Republican
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 29:09
MISINFORMATION
It's not the poll watcher's job to double-check ballot verification.
Mandated social distancing.
PA rules: https://votespa.com/Your-Rights/Pages/Poll-Watchers.aspx
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 29:09
MISINFORMATION
It's not the poll watcher's job to double-check ballot verification.
Mandated social distancing.
PA rules: https://votespa.com/Your-Rights/Pages/Poll-Watchers.aspx
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Giuliani: In 3-4 counties, mail-in ballots weren’t inspected by any Republican
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 29:09
MISLEADING
Republicans WERE present to observe. Trump court case filed about not getting close enough to read writing outside ballots.
http://pacourts.us/assets/files/setting-7725/file-10364.pdf
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https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 29:09
MISLEADING
Republicans WERE present to observe. Trump court case filed about not getting close enough to read writing outside ballots.
http://pacourts.us/assets/files/setting-7725/file-10364.pdf
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Giuliani: In 3-4 counties mail-in ballots "were hidden from Republicans”
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 25:06
FALSE
They were not "hidden." See Trump court case filed about not getting close enough to read writing outside ballots.
http://pacourts.us/assets/files/setting-7725/file-10364.pdf
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 25:06
FALSE
They were not "hidden." See Trump court case filed about not getting close enough to read writing outside ballots.
http://pacourts.us/assets/files/setting-7725/file-10364.pdf
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Giuliani: witnesses "never heard of a situation in which the mail-in ballot was just put in without allowing a Republican, a Democrat, even 3rd-party members to take one look at it and object to it"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 26:11
MISLEADING
Implies ballots weren't verified.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 26:11
MISLEADING
Implies ballots weren't verified.
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Giuliani: "Republicans were uniformly not allowed, kept out, put in chutes [...], to keep them away from seeing these ballots"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 26:11
MISLEADING
Republicans WERE present to observe according to a Trump court case.
http://www.pacourts.us/assets/files/setting-7725/file-10364.pdf
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 26:11
MISLEADING
Republicans WERE present to observe according to a Trump court case.
http://www.pacourts.us/assets/files/setting-7725/file-10364.pdf
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Giuliani: 682,770 mail-in PA ballots were not observed by any Republican.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 29:09
FALSE
On Newsmax [10 Nov] Giuliani said “we’ve done the arithmetic” it's 633,000
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 29:09
FALSE
On Newsmax [10 Nov] Giuliani said “we’ve done the arithmetic” it's 633,000
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On Newsmax, Giuliani said it was 633,000.
I googled 633,00 the day I saw the Newsmax video.
It came up as the number of Republicans who had requested a mail-in ballot in PA.
I didn't bookmark the link. :-(
This is the best reference I can find now:
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/PA.html
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I googled 633,00 the day I saw the Newsmax video.
It came up as the number of Republicans who had requested a mail-in ballot in PA.
I didn't bookmark the link. :-(
This is the best reference I can find now:
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/PA.html
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Giuliani: "we want to disqualify 682,000 votes in"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 30:17
MISLEADING
The court on this exact issue was dismissed 21 Nov with prejudice (i.e., they can't refile).
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.pamd.127057/gov.uscourts.pamd.127057.202.0_1.pdf
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 30:17
MISLEADING
The court on this exact issue was dismissed 21 Nov with prejudice (i.e., they can't refile).
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.pamd.127057/gov.uscourts.pamd.127057.202.0_1.pdf
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Giuliani: PA "sent out [...] 1,823,148 absentee or mail-in ballots"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 31:10
FALSE
PA sent out ~2.5M mail-in ballots
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2020/10/13/Pennsylvania-mail-in-ballot-requests-2-6-million-registered-voters-PA-2020/stories/202010130153
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![Giuliani: PA "sent out [...] 1,823,148 absentee or mail-in ballots" https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 31:10FALSEPA sent out ~2.5M mail-in ballots https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2020/10/13/Pennsylvania-mail-in-ballot-requests-2-6-million-registered-voters-PA-2020/stories/20201013015311/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En2dxeGWEAE3fcG.jpg "Giuliani: PA \"sent out [...] 1,823,148 absentee or mail-in ballots\" https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 31:10FALSEPA sent out ~2.5M mail-in ballots https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2020/10/13/Pennsylvania-mail-in-ballot-requests-2-6-million-registered-voters-PA-2020/stories/20201013015311/")
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 31:10
FALSE
PA sent out ~2.5M mail-in ballots
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2020/10/13/Pennsylvania-mail-in-ballot-requests-2-6-million-registered-voters-PA-2020/stories/202010130153
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Giuliani: PA sent 1.8M mail-in ballots, rcvd 1.4M, President votes 2.5M, 700,000 too many
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 31:10
MISLEADING
PA sent over 2.5M mail-in ballots, received 1.4M
700,000 = Trump's lead before 1.4M mail-in ballots were counted
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/upshot/pennsylvania-election-results-ballots.html
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 31:10
MISLEADING
PA sent over 2.5M mail-in ballots, received 1.4M
700,000 = Trump's lead before 1.4M mail-in ballots were counted
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/upshot/pennsylvania-election-results-ballots.html
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Giuliani: "22,686 mail-in ballots that were returned on the day they were mailed. That’s a trick."
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
MISLEADING
Voters told to hand-deliver ballots after deadline. This number is likely hand-delivered ballots ('sent' & received the same day).
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
MISLEADING
Voters told to hand-deliver ballots after deadline. This number is likely hand-delivered ballots ('sent' & received the same day).
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Giuliani: 22,686 PA mail-in ballots returned the day they were mailed
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
POSSIBLE
USPS were instructed to try to process local ballots on the SAME DAY for delivery to the local election offices.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-judge-orders-usps-to-reinforce-extraordinary-measures-ballot-delivery-policy-idUSKBN27I05B
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
POSSIBLE
USPS were instructed to try to process local ballots on the SAME DAY for delivery to the local election offices.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-judge-orders-usps-to-reinforce-extraordinary-measures-ballot-delivery-policy-idUSKBN27I05B
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Giuliani: "How about 32,591 were returned the day AFTER they were mailed?"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
POSSIBLE
USPS were instructed to try to process local ballots by the next morning for delivery to local election offices.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-judge-orders-usps-to-reinforce-extraordinary-measures-ballot-delivery-policy-idUSKBN27I05B
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
POSSIBLE
USPS were instructed to try to process local ballots by the next morning for delivery to local election offices.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-judge-orders-usps-to-reinforce-extraordinary-measures-ballot-delivery-policy-idUSKBN27I05B
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Giuliani:
20,000 ballots were returned before they were mailed
8,021 ballots from dead people
4,984 received mail-in ballots not requested
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
UNABLE TO VERIFY
I created an account on http://data.pa.gov - the dataset used is not visible.
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20,000 ballots were returned before they were mailed
8,021 ballots from dead people
4,984 received mail-in ballots not requested
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
UNABLE TO VERIFY
I created an account on http://data.pa.gov - the dataset used is not visible.
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Guiliani "They only submitted 8,021 ballots from dead people, mail-in ballots for dead people. Probably easier for dead people to submit mail-in ballots than it is to vote in person. You had about 30,000 of those."
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
MISLEADING
8,021 or 30,000
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 32:03
MISLEADING
8,021 or 30,000
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Kweder: hundreds of thousands of ballots were processed by 100+ workers 10-200 feet away from observers, who couldn’t see with any specificity.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 38:47
MISLEADING
It’s not the job of observers to double-check the verification of every mail-in ballot
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 38:47
MISLEADING
It’s not the job of observers to double-check the verification of every mail-in ballot
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Kweder: mail-in ballots that were damaged and couldn’t be read by scanners were duplicated
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 40:26
TRUE
Enshrined in PA law:
https://legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1937/0/0320..PDF
Referred to in PA's Directive on Logic & Accuracy testing:
https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/Documents/PADOS_Directive_Logic_Accuracy.pdf
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https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 40:26
TRUE
Enshrined in PA law:
https://legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1937/0/0320..PDF
Referred to in PA's Directive on Logic & Accuracy testing:
https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/Documents/PADOS_Directive_Logic_Accuracy.pdf
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Context: the pink highlighter used to duplicate damaged mail-in ballots couldn't be read by the scanner
Kweder: individual workers were given "what amounted to BLANK [my emphasis] mail-in ballots” to fix
FALSE
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 41:06
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Kweder: individual workers were given "what amounted to BLANK [my emphasis] mail-in ballots” to fix
FALSE
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 41:06
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Context: the pink highlighter used to duplicate damaged mail-in ballots couldn't be read by the scanner
Kweder: “workers, individually, were to fill in the CORRECT HIGHLIGHTED OVALS [my emphasis] with dark pen”
TRUE
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 41:06
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Kweder: “workers, individually, were to fill in the CORRECT HIGHLIGHTED OVALS [my emphasis] with dark pen”
TRUE
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 41:06
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Context: pink highlighter used to duplicate damaged mail-in ballots couldn't be read by the scanner. Workers "were to fill in the correct highlighted ovals with dark pen"
Kweder: “They were marking thousands of blank mail-in ballots”
FALSE
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 41:54
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Kweder: “They were marking thousands of blank mail-in ballots”
FALSE
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 41:54
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Peterson: At warehouse where mail-in ballots were separated from envelopes. Kept 15'+ away, couldn’t see “anything that was REQUIRED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE [my emphasis]”
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 44:30
FALSE
They're not REQUIRED that.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 44:30
FALSE
They're not REQUIRED that.
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Hoopes: In backroom" in which pre-canvassing was transpiring" she couldn't get close enough to ballots
https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 50:56
MISLEADING
PA poll watchers may not challenge an absentee or mail-in ballot during pre-canvassing or canvassing.
https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/Documents/Poll%20Watcher%20Guidance%20Final%2010-6-2020.pdf
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https://rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 50:56
MISLEADING
PA poll watchers may not challenge an absentee or mail-in ballot during pre-canvassing or canvassing.
https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/Documents/Poll%20Watcher%20Guidance%20Final%2010-6-2020.pdf
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Stenstrom: walk-ins said their mailed ballot not in database. Should've been given provisional ballot. But some given a regular ballot. “We let it happen a few times.” Complained. Election Judges were very polite, forthcoming & apologised
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 53:25
OK
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 53:25
OK
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Stenstrom: needed legal help to get into counting center
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
MISLEADING
Poll watchers receive county credentials in advance & must be assigned to specific precincts. If he went to a diff precinct, new credentials needed.
https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/Documents/Poll%20Watcher%20Guidance%20Final%2010-6-2020.pdf
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
MISLEADING
Poll watchers receive county credentials in advance & must be assigned to specific precincts. If he went to a diff precinct, new credentials needed.
https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/Documents/Poll%20Watcher%20Guidance%20Final%2010-6-2020.pdf
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Stenstrom: "As [a forensic computer scientist] expert in this, I think it’s impossible to verify the validity of about 100,000 to 120,000 votes."
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
Read on and let's find out.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
Read on and let's find out.
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Stenstrom: saw, as a forensics expert, "an election process that was forensically destructive in the manner it was conducted with the envelopes being separated from the ballots and going to the other side of the room"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
MISINFORMATION
(cont.)
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
MISINFORMATION
(cont.)
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Stenstrom: ballots without envelopes makes a recount meaningless
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
MISINFORMATION
Giuliani @ 25:06 "separate the envelope with verifying information from the ballot [...] because [...] it’s an anonymous ballot, we want to keep it that way"
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![Stenstrom: ballots without envelopes makes a recount meaningless https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17MISINFORMATIONGiuliani @ 25:06 "separate the envelope with verifying information from the ballot [...] because [...] it’s an anonymous ballot, we want to keep it that way"29/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En28zitW4AEafeA.jpg "Stenstrom: ballots without envelopes makes a recount meaningless https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17MISINFORMATIONGiuliani @ 25:06 \"separate the envelope with verifying information from the ballot [...] because [...] it’s an anonymous ballot, we want to keep it that way\"29/")
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 55:17
MISINFORMATION
Giuliani @ 25:06 "separate the envelope with verifying information from the ballot [...] because [...] it’s an anonymous ballot, we want to keep it that way"
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Stenstrom: "observed USBV cards being UPLOADED [my emphasis] to the voting machines by the voting machine warehouse supervisor" multiple times"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 57:28
MISLEADING
USBs are used to COLLECT results Chester's ES&S machines.
https://www.essvote.com/blog/our-technology/truths-about-usbs-used-in-elections/
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 57:28
MISLEADING
USBs are used to COLLECT results Chester's ES&S machines.
https://www.essvote.com/blog/our-technology/truths-about-usbs-used-in-elections/
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Stenstrom: objected about the use of USBs to the Deputy Sheriff & Clerk of Elections. “This person is not being observed. He’s not part of the process that I can see.”
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 57:28
MISLEADING
USBs are used to COLLECT results.
https://www.essvote.com/blog/our-technology/truths-about-usbs-used-in-elections/
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 57:28
MISLEADING
USBs are used to COLLECT results.
https://www.essvote.com/blog/our-technology/truths-about-usbs-used-in-elections/
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Stenstrom: objected about the use of USBs to the Deputy Sheriff & Clerk of Elections
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 57:28
MISLEADING
Chester County used ES&S machines.
USBs are used to COLLECT results from ES&S machines.
https://chesco.org/3930/Voting-Equipment/
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 57:28
MISLEADING
Chester County used ES&S machines.
USBs are used to COLLECT results from ES&S machines.
https://chesco.org/3930/Voting-Equipment/
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Stenstrom: "[A]s of today, 47 USBV cards are missing, and they’re nowhere to be found. So, I was told personally that these 24 to 30 cards that were uploaded weren’t there."
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 58:31
UNPROVEN + HEARSAY
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 58:31
UNPROVEN + HEARSAY
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re: use of USBs
Stenstrom: "They didn’t update the vote live time. They only updated it about once every 2-3 hours. I demanded they updated the vote so I could see what the result was, and it was 50,000 votes" for Biden.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 58:31
MISINFORMATION
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Stenstrom: "They didn’t update the vote live time. They only updated it about once every 2-3 hours. I demanded they updated the vote so I could see what the result was, and it was 50,000 votes" for Biden.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 58:31
MISINFORMATION
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Stenstrom: was permitted access to locked room 5mins every 2hrs; observed ~70,000 unopened mail-in ballots, stacked neatly in boxes of 500, after mail-in ballots had been counted
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 59:33
MISLEADING
Likely challenged ballots
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1937/0/0320..PDF
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 59:33
MISLEADING
Likely challenged ballots
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1937/0/0320..PDF
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Stenstrom: "So, 120,000 mail-in ballots had already been counted, posted, and done. My question is, where did the 70,000 ballots go?" [this includes 50,000 he assumed to be uploaded by USB]
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:01:37
MISLEADING
So endeth the tale of the USBs.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:01:37
MISLEADING
So endeth the tale of the USBs.
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Stenstrom: “I think that people saw what they wanted to see"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:02:34
TRUE
In fact, one could say that Greg Stenstrom wanted to see fraudulent activity and believed he witnessed it.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:02:34
TRUE
In fact, one could say that Greg Stenstrom wanted to see fraudulent activity and believed he witnessed it.
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Stenstrom: There was only supposed to be 120,000 mail-in ballots, with 6,000 remaining. It was actually 200,000 votes. “So that’s a problem.”
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:02:34
MISLEADING
He is referring to the 70,000 suspicious votes he erroneously believes he discovered.
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:02:34
MISLEADING
He is referring to the 70,000 suspicious votes he erroneously believes he discovered.
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Stenstrom: "the BlueCrest sorter machine was only manned by one person. [...] How do people commit crimes? [...] I always look for the simplest thing. People are stuffing…you know, sticking USB sticks in, putting ballots in"
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:03:28
MISLEADING
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:03:28
MISLEADING
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Stenstrom: “We just learned two days ago that virtually all chain of custody logs, records, yellow sheets, everything, was gone. All forensic evidence, all custody sheets in Delaware County are gone.”
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:05:15
MISINFORMATION + NO EVIDENCE PROVIDED
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-senate-republican-lawmaker-hearing-transcript-on-2020-election @ 1:05:15
MISINFORMATION + NO EVIDENCE PROVIDED
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More to come. I am only a third of the way though. It takes a while to research everything.
