VIA EMAIL August 12, 2013

Ken Detzner Secretary of State The State of Florida 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399 (via email) - DivElections@dos.state.fl.us RE: Interstate ballot dilution in Florida and Maryland

Dear Secretary Detzner:

True the Vote has thousands of volunteers committed to promoting electoral integrity across the nation. We are ready to assist the State of Florida and local election officials by uncovering instances of fraud in registration and voting. We recognize that government agencies like yours have finite resources and cannot always dedicate the requisite attention to investigations. Our hope is that if and when we discover problems with the integrity of the electoral process, government agencies with oversight will undertake an appropriate inquiry. Because True the Vote has discovered a variety of potential violations of federal and state law in Florida, we are referring a number of the matters to your office. Supporting evidence accompanies this request to conduct further investigation of these matters. Because this is a preliminary referral, we hope that the State of Florida will make additional inquiries in light of these revelations. Nevertheless, once we complete further factual investigation, we will forward that information to you. True the Votes research began with a complete and up-to-date copy of the State of Floridas voter registration rolls and compared records to the State of Marylands statewide roll history. To date, True the Vote has currently identified exact matches of full name, date of birth and mailing address 127 cases of interstate double voting. These individuals have concurrently cast ballots in both Florida and Maryland in at least one federal election cycle.

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We are also referring an additional 46 cases of interstate double voting based on matches of name and birthdate between the two states for further study. As you know, 42 U.S.C. 1973i(e) and 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-10 are criminal statutes which relate to voter registration fraud and the illegal practice of voting twice in a single election. Furthermore, FL 97.041(a)4 requires potential voters to reside in the county which they seek cast ballots. In each of the 173 aforementioned cases, individuals have clearly ignored state and federal residence and procedural requirements. We understand some of these records may be listed as inactive or purged in your states records; as some voters may have moved. However, attention must be directed at voting histories, derived directly from your state and Marylands records. Attached to this communication is a summary workbook of our findings, divided into three (3) worksheets. The first sheet offers a master list of all records in question. Sheet two displays the 127 potential cases of interstate double voting matched on full name, date of birth and address. Sheet three shows the 46 potential cases matched on name and date of birth for further study. Single instances of double voting are highlighted in yellow, whereas multiple cases of double voting are highlighted in orange. Thank you for your attention on this matter. Authorities in Maryland and the U.S. Department of Justice have been notified of these matters as well. Please do not hesitate to contact True the Vote for any clarification.

Sincerely,

Catherine Engelbrecht Founder & President True the Vote ENCLOSURE: August 2013 True the Vote FL to MD.xls

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