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In reply to the discussion: The so-called "bullet ballots" and too many voting for president only [View all]ConcernedCitizen1776
(19 posts)110. Steven Spoonamore on The Thom Hartmann Program Live (11/18/2024) - 02:16:30 - 02:28:45 -
Steven Spoonamore on The Thom Hartmann Program Live (11/18/2024) - 02:16:30 - 02:28:45 -
The Steven Spoonamore interview starts at approx. 02:16:30 to 02:28:45. [link:https://www.youtube.com/live/5s4iCxtf_Js
https://www.youtube.com/@thomhartmann/videos - https://www.thomhartmann.com/
Stephen Spoonamore - Duty to Warn Letter - to VP Harris - Re: Election 2024 - Nov 15, 2024 - https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941
https://freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/letter-to-vp-harris-111324.pdf
November 15, 2024
Honorable VP Kamala Harris
The White House
Office of the Vice President
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC 20500
Dear Madam Vice President.
This is my second Duty to Warn Letter regarding hacking of the 2024 Presidential Election. The first letter on November 7 was directed to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Officials. Both warnings are made per DNI Clappers 2015 directive to all agencies and contractors associated with intelligence and financial agency technologies to warn of suspicions of hacking.
Professionally I have worked as the CEO or CTO at seven high technology firms including two which specialized in hacking and counter-hacking operations. My clients have included numerous governments DoD, DHS, Dept. of State, F100 Financials and F500 Industrials.
I am a lifelong Republican who has long placed service and participatory democracy over party. In government, I have twice been invited to SoCom to give lectures on electronic warfare and techniques to find terrorist money laundering and gave a keynote speech of the National Counterintel Summit on this same topic. I served as an after-action reviewer of communications and data failures on 9/11 under the direction of Jim Woolsey and FDNY Commissioner Scopetta, and later co-wrote multiple hacking risk analysis of Smart Grid technologies for the Obama administration.
You should reverse your concession, call for both a full investigation of criminal activity and demand hand recounts in all seven swing states.
In my professional view there are multiple and extremely clear indications the Presidential vote was willfully compromised.
I wholly agree with the public letter of Duncan Buell, et. al. of Nov. 13th stating they believe there is a possibility of hacking and calling for hand-recounts.
https://freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/letter-to-vp-harris-111324.pdf
This letters clear call to action is commendable, but its cautious tone may belie the severity of what I believe has happened. In my view it is a near certainty the results have been changed at a scale which reversed the US Presidential Election. They imply there is a chance a hand-recount will show you won more votes. I am stating a hand recount will most likely show you did win. Both letters call on you to act.
In my view, a capable and skilled series of exploits, electronic tools and hacks were used to change the Presidential vote in all seven swing states. These activities have reversed the outcomes in at least Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. I will lay out the basics of the attack, starting with unusual elements within the results. I will then outline two processes which could have been followed to insert these false results into the system. Finally I will outline how I would recommend investigating.
Unusual elements within the results.
The results of the attack are improbable in the extreme and well tailored to the sole benefit of your opponent.
Approximately 600,000 votes are for Donald Trump but with no down ballot choices. These are either inserted bullet ballots for the Presidential race or manipulated data fields. They are surgically added to totals in limited jurisdictions and within only the seven swing States. This historically unprecedented set of numbers found in the 2024 swing states is absent in every other state. In AZ, MI, NC and WI the effect of these drop-off votes reverses the voters' will and even more improbably always pushes the winning margin beyond the mandatory recount numbers. It is a result too perfect for belief. It is a bespoke and programmed outcome. In other states including PA and NV, removing these strange and bespoke added votes, it appears Donald Trump may have won the cast votes but within a margin which would force recounts. The inserted votes raise his totals, to avoid any scrutiny during mandatory recount results which would have slowed his claim on the Presidency. In GA and FL the same pattern exists with unclear impact on the results.
This attack is not technically difficult. It is modest in scale. It would require:
Modest and common computer programming skills.
Access to 10-100 tabulators or to the handful of facilities programming them in advance.
A credible database of voter IDs of non-voters around which to create false ballots.
Perhaps as few as 1, but more likely 3-5 human program managers.
Access to eBollBook Data during the election to determine who had not voted.
(Possibly) Human access to some tabulators during counting.
If I was asked to lead this hack, I would expect to have a core team of 6-10 people, and operating costs under $10M with a timeline of 3-12 months.
The tell: A historically absurd number of Trump-only bullet ballots or undervote ballots.
There are always a handful of voters who cast a vote in one race which they care about, and do not make other selections on the ballot. These are called bullet ballots. In Presidential Races since 1980, these bullet ballots rarely account for more than 1% of the total votes including in Mr. Trumps winning 2016 election and losing 2020 election, and when they do it warrants further investigation. In 2024 in the 43 non-swing states, bullet ballots make up a nominal >1%. In the seven swing states the numbers are so high to be unbelievable, unprecedented and demanding of further investigation. Here is analysis from totals as of late Nov. 12th
Here are the unprecedented results of drop-offs in the two western swing states:
AZ - 123K+ 7.2%+ of Trumps total vote. Enough to reverse the outcome.
NV - 43K+ 5.5%+ of Trumps total vote. Enough to exceed recount threshold.
It is my belief these two states have illegally added votes.
For comparison, examine Trumps 2024 results in three states which border AZ and NV. They have equally passionate Trump supporters, but have the normal levels of drop off or bullet ballots.
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What does that even mean? Define %age difference, I don't know what you're talking about.
bucolic_frolic
Monday
#3
It's the percentage of votes cast in the presidential race in excess of the votes cast in the Senate race
onenote
Monday
#7
Yep. There are lots of low information voters who simply choose not to vote in a race they probably don't know
onenote
Monday
#63
Better than someone going down the ballot and randomly picking names based on whose name they like more.
MichMan
Tuesday
#106
first post huh? funny all these low post count numbers trying to whip up DU into an election conspiracy frenzy
Takket
Monday
#93
The guy pushing the conspiracy theory that the race was stolen is using that definition
EdmondDantes_
Monday
#87
lol, right...These are actual numbers, unlike the Spoon guy's make-believe numbers.
tritsofme
Monday
#16
Yeah, it's crazy that some swing states showed as much as 5% and 7% of "President Only" ballots..
Think. Again.
Monday
#13
I'm not sure why you think that matters in any way? Not everyone votes a straight ticket.
tritsofme
Monday
#45
lol...wow. There's no evidence to support the claim, but here's some guy who called into a radio show.
tritsofme
Monday
#18
Your math in post #26 has nothing to do with the claim that there was an inordinate number of bullet ballots.
onenote
Monday
#85
Steven Spoonamore on The Thom Hartmann Program Live (11/18/2024) - 02:16:30 - 02:28:45 -
ConcernedCitizen1776
Tuesday
#110
How are we supposed to avoid the emotions of the election results if we can't claim the results are fraudulent?
Fiendish Thingy
Monday
#17
It's this OP that is wrong, they used the numbers from both Dem and red ballots together.
Think. Again.
Monday
#32
The bullet ballots are the reason we won so many close Gov. Senate and House races
Fiendish Thingy
Monday
#20
And then how did the green Senate candidate end up with over 50k more than stein?
Think. Again.
Monday
#59
People splitting tickets differently than you think they should have is not evidence of fraud.
tritsofme
Monday
#71
Because there will have been people who voted Trump for president, and Quintana (Green) for senator
muriel_volestrangler
Tuesday
#104