Table of Contents
Executive created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chronology of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Relevant Background Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
A.
Federal Constitutional Law Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
B.
Federal Statutory Election Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C.
with Election Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.
The Right to demo in Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.
Declaring version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.
Security of Ballots and Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.
The Law of Recounts and Contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
D.
Determination of Ohio's Electoral College Votes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Detailed Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A.
Pre-Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Machine Allocations Why were there such long lines in Democratic
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leaning areas but not Republican leaning areas? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.
Cutting Back on the Right to Provisional Ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.
Cutting Back on the Right of Citizens to Register to Vote . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Targeting New Minority Voter Registrants Caging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.
5.
Targeting Minority and Urban Voters for Legal Challenges . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.
Denying Absentee Voters Who Never Got Their Ballots the Right to a
Provisional Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.
Denying Access to the News Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
B.
Election Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
1.
County-Specific Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.
Myriad Other Problems and Irregularities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
a.
Intimidation and Misinformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
b.
Machine Irregularities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
c.
Registration Irregularities and Official Misconduct and Errors . . 67
3.
General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Spoiled Ballots Hanging Chads Again? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
a.
b.
Exit Polls Bolster Claims of Irregularities and Fraud . . . . . . . . . 72
C.
Post-Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
1.
Confusion in Counting Provisional Ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied Recounts were Delayed Because of a
2.
Late Declaration of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Triad GSI Using a "Cheat Sheet" to Cheat the Voters in Hocking and
3.
Other Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Greene County Long Waits, the Unlocked Lockdown and Discarded
4.
Ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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