Election Integrity Project ® California Newsletter July 11, 2023

 

On Your Honor

Part 5 of 7

 

In an ideal world, we could be confident that all people are honest and trustworthy at all times. But that is not the world we live in, so we have laws, barriers, fences, and guardrails.

 

It is therefore a great mystery why California has created an electoral system that operates without the necessary barriers, fences or guardrails, instead of the On Your Honor vote-by-mail system used to destroy election integrity in our state.

 

Parts 1-4 in this article series discussed California’s “on your honor” policies of

 

The above State policies cause county elections offices to process millions of ballots before they can verify the legitimacy of the submitted mail-in ballot.

 

In 2022, approximately 80+ percent of all ballots

cast were mail-in ballots that needed processing.

 

Ballot processing is multi-step process that is very time and labor-intensive.

 

California subjects ballots to multiple opportunities for error, carelessness, incompetence or intentional wrongdoing that can lose, alter or disqualify legitimate ballots while failing to filter out those cast illegitimately or illegally.

 

One of the most significant steps in ballot processing is signature verification, marketed in a way that convinces voters that this process will ensure only lawful ballots are counted.

 

But, as they say, the devil is in the details and a closer look at the regulations surrounding this “verification process” make it far less reassuring.

 

  • Signatures on the ballot envelope are no longer required to “match” the signature of the actual voter.

 

  • The Secretary of State’s arguably illegal “emergency” regulations, which the legislature hurried to translate into law, now require signatures to simply be “compared to an electronic signature” and

 

  • no matter how dissimilar, the comparison “shall be liberally construed in favor of the voter.”

 

Perhaps nowhere is the On Your Honor system better exemplified than this statement in the emergency regulations (now law) first imposed in September 2020:

 

“…comparison of a signature shall begin with the basic presumption that the signature… is the voter’s signature”.

 

  • There is a long list of provided handwriting characteristics that processors may use to determine whether a signature “compares” (qualities such as slant, spacing and letter formation).

 

  • However, each county determines the definition of “compares.” Some counties require three points of similarity, some two and many only ONE.

 

  • Though the law requires further scrutiny for signatures that show “multiple, obvious and significant differences,” almost all signatures are accepted without real scrutiny.

 

  • EIPCa observers have reported that if the mandated “one-to-three-point comparison” is verified…. multiple, obvious and significant differences will not cause the signature to be challenged.

 

  • Thus, signatures clearly not written by the same individual are accepted.

 

  • EIPCa observers have observed election workers:
    • not verify the signature at all
    • conduct only a cursory comparison
    • accept signatures that clearly do not compare with the signature on file

 

It is not possible to overstate the significance of this problem because:

  • Hundreds of thousands of questionable ballots are in circulation due to unmaintained voter rolls.

 

  • The on-your-honor citizenship verification allows anyone to vote in someone else’s name.

 

  • Ballot harvesters can drop off ballots (legitimate or illegitimate) with no chain of custody requirements.

 

  • Signature verification procedures are so weak as to be virtually useless.

 

  • Bad actors may submit fraudulent ballots, alter ballots, forge signatures or dispose of “inconvenient” ballots without detection.

 

California law and regulations make it possible (probable) for large numbers of ineligible voters to vote, as well as for harvesters and other would-be manipulators to submit invalid ballots that will be counted.

 

Other issues creating chaos in the ballot processing arena include:

  • Ballots deemed damaged or unreadable by tabulating machines must be duplicated in a process that is not standardized and often poorly supervised.

 

  • This includes ballots damaged in handling or by the voter, voting choices sent in on regular paper or sample ballots and remote access vote by mail ballots.

 

  • Multiple ballots received in a single envelope must by law be counted, provided that the same number of signatures appears on the return envelope.

 

  • The fact is there is often no way to match the extra signatures with a signature on file.

 

Starting with the “On Your Honor” presumption that all ballots are legitimate lowers the vigilance of election officials and opens up the possibility of invalid votes, ineligible people voting in our elections, and/or inconsistencies between counties.

 

These problems have destroyed election integrity

by allowing invalid votes.

 

Please stay tuned for our next article in this continuing series of On Your Honor.



 

 

 

 

 

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The fight for election integrity around the Republic...

 

Note: EIPCa monitors the efforts to ensure fair, honest, and transparent elections around the Republic. It is apparent that various efforts are in alignment with State laws and the US Constitution, and others are in alignment primarily with partisan objectives. Featuring a particular news story does not indicate support of, nor opposition to partisan-originated or politically-motivated articles. 

Election Integrity News primarily from June

(Note: Don’t get greedy - only read what you can adequately digest)

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  EIPCa has Spanish language translations of our VoteSafe articles on our website: VOTE SEGURO EN 2022

  

Election News Across the Nation

 

Video Views:

 

Giuliani Targeted For Presenting Over 650000 Pennsylvania Ballots Barred From Republicans Inspectors – From Bannon's War Room  (7/10/23)  

 

Joe Hoft on The Steal, The Cover-Up and What is Next in 2024 – From The Gateway Pundit (6/26/23)

 

CISA Targeted Domestic Social Media Posts Regarding Election Fraud | Frank Speech the Home of Free Speech – From The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson (6/27/23)

 

Halderman Report Proves The Voting Machines Need To Go | Frank Speech the Home of Free Speech – From The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson (6/21/23)

 

Must Reads:

 

Supreme Court Fails to Uphold Constitutional Provision Protecting State Legislatures – From The Daily Signal (6/27/23)  

 

New SCOTUS Ruling Limits State Court Interference With Election Laws – From The Federalist  (6/27/23)

 

Justices Nix 'Independent State Legislature Theory' on Administration of Elections – From The Daily Signal (6/27/23)  

 

The Halderman Report Silences The Election Fraud Deniers – From Emerald Robinson’s The Right Way (7/5/23)

 

ICYMI > Halderman Report - 96 page Doc – From The Coalition for Good Governance.sharefile.com (Filed 06/14/23)

 

ICYMI > The ‘Wrongthink’ case against Biden could help end federal policing of public speech – From New York Post  (6/9/22)

 

Review > One Vote, Two Votes, Three Votes, Four: How Ranked Choice Voting Burdens Voting Rights and More – From University of Cincinnati Law Review (February 2021

 

Election News from the States – 

 

Why Has Election Day Turned Into Election Month? – From The Federalist (7/10/23)

 

HERE WE GO AGAIN: Democrats and Activists Renew Push to Lower the Voting Age to 16 – From The Gateway Pundit (7/7/23)

 

Deep partisanship will be on display as Congress releases competing voting bills – From the Washington Times (7/10/23)

 

From Arizona - 

New Evidence In Arizona Reopens Cases For Kari Lake – From Frank Clips - Frank Speech the Home of Free Speech (7/11/23)  

 

Katie Hobbs Again Refuses To Answer Questions About Election Irregularities – From Frank Clips - Frank Speech the Home of Free Speech (7/10/23)  

 

From California -    

The Right Stuff: Misinformation or information missed? - From the Daily Republic -  Solano County’s News Source (7/10)

 

Independence Day: Reviving Freedom by Restoring Fair and Honest Elections – From Election Integrity Project - California [Join EIPCa in true Self Governance] - (7/4/23)  

 

From Georgia -

Terri Sewell Questions Experts On Disproportionate Voting-Access In Georgia For African Americans

 

'Do You Consider IDs To Be Racist?': Marjorie Taylor Greene Grills Witnesses About Voter ID – From Forbes Breaking News (7/10/23)  

 

From Michigan -

Michigan lawmakers give local clerks “flexibility” for new early in-person voting under Prop 2 – – From Votebeat (6/14/23)

 

From North Carolina - 

A Court's Correction: NC Justices Reinstate Voter ID Law After 2 Liberal Judges Get Boot – From The Daily Signal (6/22/23)  

 

From Ohio - 

Election on constitutional amendments in Ohio could impact abortion rights measure – From AP News  (7/7/23)

 

From Washington D.C. -

House Republicans unveil national ‘election integrity’ bill, warn of Democrat deception – From BizPac Review (7/11/23) 

 

Election News Across the World 

 

Brazilian Court Bans Bolsonaro From Running For President For Discussing Voter Fraud  – From The Lindell Report - Frank Speech the Home of Free Speech (7/10/23)  

 

Cambodia Gears Up for July Election With Ruling Party Virtually Unchallenged - From Voice of America (VOA) News (7/7/23)

 

Guatemala president says he won't stay in power as courts continue to hold up election results - AP Report via The Register Citizen - Hearst Media CT Group (7/10/23) 

 

Review > Despite Outcry, Guatemala To Review First Round Election Outcome – From Barron's (7/3/23)

 

Addressing Election Integrity in Sierra Leone – From the Council on Foreign Relations (7/5/23)

 

ICYMI > Sierra Leone gears up for presidential election amid economic crisis, looming protests – From AP News  (6/18/23)

 

Conservative rival dominates Pedro Sánchez in Spanish TV debate From The Times  (7/11/23)

 

Thailand's prime minister, who seized power in a 2014 coup, quits politics after losing election  – From AP News  (6/18/23)

 

Ongoing Election Concerns: 

 

STAND WITH HERITAGE ACTION: STOP RANKED-CHOICE VOTING

(Please add your name today to the petition to help stop Ranked-choice voting)

 

RANKED CHOICE VOTING WOULD UNDERMINE VOTER CONFIDENCE AND DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS – From The Federalist

 

An Analysis of ERIC’s History, Mission, and Legal Compliance – A Judicial Watch White Paper

 

Vote-by-mail is the worst way to run an election - From Washington Times  

 

It’s Time to Audit: Every State, Every Election – From The Heritage Foundation

 

National Election Resource: Election Integrity Scorecard – From The Heritage Foundation

 

National Election Resource: Voter Fraud Map: Election Fraud Database – From Heritage 

 



 

 

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