Patrick Colbeck

Mandatory L&A Test Skipped After October 23, 2020 Database Modification – 7,060-Vote Discrepancy Resulted (MI)

Established Fact Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy uploaded a modified election project file to the Dominion ImageCast Precinct tabulators on October 23, 2020 – replacing the original project built on September 25, 2020 – without conducting the required public accuracy test on the newly programmed system as required by MCL § 168.798. This statutory violation

Mandatory L&A Test Skipped After October 23, 2020 Database Modification – 7,060-Vote Discrepancy Resulted (MI) Read More »

EMS, Adjudication Workstations, and RTM Laptops Excluded from L&A Testing – 172,000+ Absentee Votes Affected (MI)

Established Fact The City of Detroit deployed central Election Management System (EMS) workstations, Remote Tally Management (RTM) laptops, and adjudication workstations at the TCF Center to process over 172,000 absentee ballots. None of these centralized, high-risk systems were subjected to public accuracy testing before the election. MCL § 168.798 requires public testing of voting equipment;

EMS, Adjudication Workstations, and RTM Laptops Excluded from L&A Testing – 172,000+ Absentee Votes Affected (MI) Read More »

Fulton County L&A Testing for Advance Voting Tabulators Not Independently Verified – Dominion Personnel Conducted Testing (GA)

Reasonable Inference Dominion Voting Systems personnel, operating under a nearly $2 million on-site staffing contract with Fulton County, were directly involved in programming, testing, and post-election support for the county’s voting equipment, including participation in L&A testing procedures. Official L&A testing conducted by a vendor with a financial interest in the system’s continued deployment cannot

Fulton County L&A Testing for Advance Voting Tabulators Not Independently Verified – Dominion Personnel Conducted Testing (GA) Read More »

Late-Stage BMD Software Update Nullified Prior L&A Testing on All 30,000 Devices (GA)

Established Fact Shortly after L&A testing began across Georgia’s counties in advance of the November 2020 general election, a display bug was discovered in the Dominion ICX BMD software. The Secretary of State’s office coordinated a software patch – described as correcting the visual display of ballots – that was distributed and installed on all

Late-Stage BMD Software Update Nullified Prior L&A Testing on All 30,000 Devices (GA) Read More »

Truncated L&A Test Decks – Only One Race Per BMD Tested Statewide (GA)

Established Fact The Georgia Secretary of State’s L&A procedures manual, issued in January 2020, directed counties to test only one candidate race per Ballot Marking Device (BMD) for each ballot style, rather than all contests on the ballot. This truncated testing protocol directly contradicts O.C.G.A. § 21-2-379.25(c), which requires L&A testing to verify accurate recording

Truncated L&A Test Decks – Only One Race Per BMD Tested Statewide (GA) Read More »

COVID-19 Restrictions Invoked to Limit Observation of L&A Testing (AZ)

Reasonable Inference Maricopa County leveraged COVID-19 social-distancing protocols to restrict the number and proximity of public observers permitted to witness L&A testing sessions. The practical effect was that observers were unable to verify machine serial numbers against test tapes, confirm that the same machines tested were the same machines deployed, or meaningfully observe the testing

COVID-19 Restrictions Invoked to Limit Observation of L&A Testing (AZ) Read More »

Failure to Test Production Tabulators – Only Five Spare Units Tested (AZ)

Established Fact Contrary to representations made to the district court and the public, Maricopa County did not conduct statutorily mandated pre-election L&A testing on all its active vote-center tabulators prior to the November 2020 election. Instead, county officials tested only five spare tabulators – units not deployed to vote centers – leaving the actual production

Failure to Test Production Tabulators – Only Five Spare Units Tested (AZ) Read More »

Non-“Air Gapped” Scanner Configuration Deployed in Support of 2020 Election Operations (MI)

Established Fact Election records obtained in response to FOIA request for 2020 election records that were subpoenaed by the MI legislature revealed that LAN-enabled JF-prefix Serial Numbers were deployed in Livonia, MI rather than the “air-gapped” JS-prefix models. The deployed version significantly increased the risk of network-based subversion of the election and indicates that the

Non-“Air Gapped” Scanner Configuration Deployed in Support of 2020 Election Operations (MI) Read More »

ESS Tabulators with Embedded 4G Modems Not Disclosed Before or During L&A Testing – Connectivity Undetected (WI)

Established Fact As documented in the Gableman Report, ESS voting tabulators deployed in Wisconsin were manufactured and deployed with embedded 4G cellular wireless modems enabling internet connectivity. L&A testing protocols in Wisconsin – and nationally – do not include network traffic monitoring, port scanning, or connectivity verification as components of the accuracy test. As a

ESS Tabulators with Embedded 4G Modems Not Disclosed Before or During L&A Testing – Connectivity Undetected (WI) Read More »

Non-Certified Software Tools, Pre-Election EMS Changes, and Failed L&A Tests on Certified Dominion System (PA)

Disputed Fact Independent forensic examination of Fulton County’s Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5 server – conducted by a third-party consultant retained by Fulton County – found: (a) failure to meet Commonwealth certification requirements; (b) non-certified database tools installed on the Dominion system; (c) changes made to the EMS three weeks before the 2020 election; and (d)

Non-Certified Software Tools, Pre-Election EMS Changes, and Failed L&A Tests on Certified Dominion System (PA) Read More »