Exhibit B to Affidavit of Christopher Gleason

4/29/24, 3:05 PM thejusticesociety.
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Christopher Gleason <chris@thejusticesociety.com>
EL45A Request Maryland

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Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 2:06

PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
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To: chris@thejusticesociety.com
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From: PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
To: info.sbe@maryland.gov
Cc:
Bcc: NatalieAbbas13@gmail.com, charltonwt@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 14:46:31 -0500
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST: 2020 & 2022 EL45A Reports Submitted By County Board of Elections
Statewide to Maryland State Board of Elections
Dear Maryland State Board of Elections,
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST: 2020 & 2022 EL45A Reports Submitted By County Board of Elections Statewide to
Maryland State Board of Elections
Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland. I am
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Maryland State Board of Elections office that were filed by each County
Board of Elections in Maryland:
· November 2020 General Election - Report EL45A

We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .csv, .txt, .pdf, or whichever format that you use
to keep track of this data.
We are requesting that this data be provided for the time period covering January 1, 2020 to Present.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland,
no request being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate unauthorized access to or the unauthorized
modification, disclosure, or destruction of:
1. Data or information, whether physical or virtual; or
2. Information technology resources as defined in the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101
through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, which includes:
a. Information relating to the security of a supervisor of elections’ technology, processes, and practices
designed to protect networks, computers, data processing software, and data from attack, damage, or
unauthorized access; or
b. Security information, whether physical or virtual, which relates to a supervisor of elections’ existing or
proposed information technology systems.”
Therefore, no part of this request should be denied. However, should you deny my request, or any part of the request,
please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial as required
by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland; and clearly print
your name and title, and sign this denial.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=b58f417ac4&view =pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1797693354590702352&simpl=msg-f:179769335459070… 1/12

4/29/24, 3:05 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - EL45A Request Maryland
Maryland’s Public Information Act (“PIA”) gives the public the right to access government records without unnecessary cost and
delay.
I will contact your office within 24 hours to discuss when I may expect the fulfillment of my request. If you have any
questions, please contact me at the email below.
Respectfully,
Elections - Public Records Requests

To: "NatalieAbbas13@gmail.com" <NatalieAbbas13@gmail.com>
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:19:08 -0500
Subject: Fwd: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
FYI
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Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 12:05 PM
Subject: Fwd: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
To: <charltonwt@comcast.net>, <CPGleason72@gmail.com>, <floridasoefoiarequests@gmail.com>,
<rquack4131@aol.com>
Partial Fill of the Maryland County Board of Elections PRR is Below: It shows a massive amount of "Ballots Cast - Blank"
in the 2020 November Election
The 2020 el45a is on our website at https://boe.baltimorecity.
gov/sites/default/files/2020-11-30%20%201027%20-%2003PG20%
20EL45A%20Election%20Summary%20Group%20Detail%20%20Report_0.pdf
https://share.getcloudapp.com/04uyxEmZ
Open with CloudApp

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As you can clearly see above there is an impossible number of "Blank Ballots" that were cast in the 2020 November
Election. We can expect to see a similar result for the November 2022 election as well.

From: Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov>
Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:54 AM
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
To: PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>

The 2020 el45a is on our website at https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/

sites/default/files/2020-11-30%20%201027%20-%2003PG20%
20EL45A%20Election%20Summary%20Group%20Detail%20%20Report_0.pdf
This years general is not up as of yet but will be once my IT person gets back from
vacation.
Hope that helps.

Abigail
Abigail Goldman, CERA

Deputy Election Director
MAEO (Maryland Association of Election Officials), Secretary

Certified Election Registration Administrator (CERA)
Baltimore City Board of Elections
Benton Office Bldg.
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 129
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-396-5570
Fax: 410-962-8747
"Embrace the Challenge"


Sent: Friday, December 30, 2022 11:45 AM
To: Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov>
Subject: Re: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Baltimore City IT Network Systems.
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Abigail,
Thank you for your prompt response, we are simply requesting the EL45A Election Summary Report that was generated
from your office that was subsequently sent to the State of Maryland.
Kindly forward a copy of that report to us.
Warm regards,
Elections Public Records Request
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:41 AM Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov> wrote:
Good afternoon
Do not contact our office in two days. We have 2 weeks to provide you with the
information. I have sent your request to the State Board of Election to see if they
can fulfil it easily.
Abigail


Benton Office Bldg.

Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-396-5570
Fax: 410-962-8747
From: Elections Public Records Requests <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>

To: Judge, Election (BOE) <election.judge@baltimorecity.gov>
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL45A
Dear Baltimore City Board of Elections,
Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland. I
am requesting the following: copies of reports within the Baltimore City Board of Elections office:
We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .csv, .txt, .pdf, or whichever format that you
use to keep track of this data.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of
Maryland, no request being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate unauthorized access to or the
unauthorized modification, disclosure, or destruction of:

by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland; and clearly
print your name and title, and sign this denial.
Maryland’s Public Information Act (“PIA”) gives the public the right to access government records without unnecessary
cost and delay.
Respectfully,

To: Worcester.Elections@maryland.gov
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:37:45 +0000
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
Dear Worcester Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Worcester Board of Elections office:


please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial as required by
the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland; and clearly print
delay.
Respectfully,

To: wicomico.elections@maryland.gov
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:37:42 +0000
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
Dear Wicomico Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Wicomico Board of Elections office:


delay.
Respectfully,

From: WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov>
To: Elections Public Records Requests <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
Cc: Kaye Robucci -SBE- <kaye.robucci@maryland.gov>, Teresa Morningstar -SBE-
<teresa.morningstar1@maryland.gov>
Bcc:
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 10:00:23 -0500
Subject: Re: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
Hello,
The EL45 reports you requested are publicly accessible on our website at https://www.washco-mdelections.org/election-
results.
Look for the "Summary" reports for the years you are interested in.
Let us know if you need any additional information.
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37 AM Elections Public Records Requests <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear Washington Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Washington Board of Elections office:


Maryland’s Public Information Act (“PIA”) gives the public the right to access government records without unnecessary cost
and delay.
Respectfully,

To: elections.somersetco@maryland.gov
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:37:30 +0000
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A
Dear Somerset Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Somerset Board of Elections office:

delay.

Respectfully,

To: susan.julian@co.saint-marys.md.us
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:37:27 +0000
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
Dear St Mary's Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the St Mary's Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,


To: wendy.adkins@co.saint-marys.md.us
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:37:23 +0000
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A

delay.
Respectfully,
8 attachments
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST: 2020 & 2022 EL45A Reports Submitted By County Board of Elections
Statewide to Maryland State Board of Elections.eml
13K

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
35K
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
11K
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
11K
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
17K
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
11K
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
11K
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL45A .eml
11K

4/29/24, 3:03 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - MPIA for EL52 Reports March 2023
MPIA for EL52 Reports March 2023

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Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 2:10

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To: elections@kentgov.org
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:05:58 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Dear Kent Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Kent Board of Elections office:
- November 2018 General Election - Report EL52

delay.
Respectfully,

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:05:42 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52

delay.
Respectfully,

To: sfratz@garrettcounty.org
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:05:27 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Dear Garrett Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Garrett Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,

To: Gwendolyn.dales@maryland.gov
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:05:12 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52
Dear Dorchester Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Dorchester Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,

To: election@carolinemd.org
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:04:57 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Caroline Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Dear Caroline Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Caroline Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,

To: Christine.Jones@maryland.gov
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:04:27 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52
Dear Queen Anne's Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Queen Anne's Board of Elections office:


delay.
Respectfully,

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:04:12 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52


delay.
Respectfully,

From: Diane Loibel <dloibel@alleganygov.org>
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:24:25 -0400
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52
This request has been taken care of by Tracey Hartman at the State Board of Elections. Let me know
if you did not receive a response from her for some reason.
Thanks,
Diane
Diane Loibel
Administrator of Elections
Allegany County Board of Elections
Allegany County Government
t: 301-777-5931
w: http://www.alleganygov.org
a: Allegany County Complex
Suite 231
701 Kelly Rd
Cumberland, MD 21502

Sent: Friday, March 10, 2023 3:04 PM
To: elections@alleganygov.org
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Dear Allegany Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Allegany Board of Elections office:
cost and delay.
Respectfully,

To: elections@calvertcountymd.gov
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:03:42 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Calvert Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Dear Calvert Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Calvert Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,

To: voting@ccgov.org
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:03:27 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Dear Cecil Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Cecil Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:03:12 -0800
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52


delay.
Respectfully,

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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:03:01 -0500
Subject: Undeliverable: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
ES&S Report EL52
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:02:57 -0800
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delay.
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4/29/24, 2:13 PM Gmail - Maryland Public Records Request - EVS - Certification
Maryland Public Records Request - EVS - Certification

Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:31
PM
To: "Tracey E. Hartman -SBE-" <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>
Thank you for your prompt response.
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:23 PM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I have received your request. In the future, please send your requests to info.sbe@maryland.gov, as I am not the only
person who handles public records requests. I will forward this request for you.
Thank you,
Tracey Hartman
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:16 PM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>

wrote:
Good afternoon,
requesting the following: copies of reports/documents within the State of Maryland Board of Elections office:
- ES&S Business Information Package

- Anti-Bribery and Anti-Debarment Affidavits
- Technical Data Package as required under Maryland Election Statutes and COMAR 33.09.05.05
A
Therefore, no part of this request should be denied. However, should you deny my request, or any part of the
request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial
as required by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland;
and clearly print your name and title, and sign this denial.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r193728305833208735&dsqt=1&simpl=msg-a:r19372830… 1/2

and delay.
Respectfully,
--
Tracey Hartman
Director of Special Projects
State Board of Elections
151 West Street, Suite 200
Annapolis, MD 21401
Main: (410) 269- 2840

4/29/24, 1:42 PM Gmail - Your PIA Request to the MD State Board of Elections
Your PIA Request to the MD State Board of Elections

Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov> Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:01 PM
To: electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com
To Whom it May Concern:
Attached please find the certification you requested for ES&S as a voting system provider.
I reached out to our Voting Systems division to request they provide me with the following EL68A reports: 2018, 2020, and
2022 and they do not have those available. Under PIA law, the custodian is not required to generate or produce a report
that the custodian does not already possess.
I believe for the below items you need to ask the actual business, Election Systems and Software, not SBE as a state
agency. We do not have the following and recommend reaching out directly to ES&S:
Sec. 33.09.03.06. Business Information Pack age

A. Scope. The information required by this regulation shall be provided separately for:
(1) The applicant's business; and
(2) If the applicant is not the manufacturer of the voting system, the manufacturer's business.
B. Required Information. The business information pack age shall include:
(1) History and description of the business, including:

(a) Year established;
(b) Products and services offered;
(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;
(f) Parent companies; and
(g) Subsidiaries of parent companies;
(2) Management and staff organization, including:
(a) Number of full-time employees by category; and
(b) Number of part-time employees by category;
(3) The name and address of each:
(a) Officer of the business;

(b) Person who is k nown to have a beneficial interest (as defined in State Finance and Procurement Article, §13-221,
Annotated Code of Maryland) in the business or any parent company;
(4) Financial history of business, including:
(a) A financial statement for each of the past 3 fiscal years;
(b) Gross sales in voting products and voting services for the past 3 fiscal years; and
(c) The percentage those sales represent of all sales of the business and its subsidiaries;
(5) Location and manufacturing capability of each facility that is or will be used to fabricate and assemble all or any part
of the voting system for which certification is being sought;
(6) Location and servicing capability, including any service limitations, of each facility that is or will be used to serve the
voting system for which certification is being sought; and
(7) The legal and financial relationship among all vendors and manufacturers of the voting system and its various
components.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 1:27 PM Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov> wrote:
I received your PIA request but several of the documents you mentioned we do not have as part of our contract approval
process. Maybe they are simply called something different.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1765984103132025340&dsqt=1&simpl=msg-f:176598410… 1/2

- There is no debarment affidavit. There is just a list of debarred companies available.
- I am not sure what a "Business Information Package" is- I have not heard this term before.
- Technical data package- are you referring to a technical proposal?
Also, I did not see which ES&S contract you are requesting, as we have more than one. Did you mean the Voting
System Solution contract by chance?
Thanks,
Whitney
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Director of Procurement
Whitney.LeRoux@Maryland.Gov
410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
Maryland is Open for Business. If you are an eMaryland Marketplace vendor, CLICK HERE to complete
registration for "eMMA" Maryland's new eProcurement platform which launched on July 22, 2019, or send
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443-223-3117 (cell)
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4/29/24, 3:04 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - MPIA EL68A, EL68 SYSTEM LOGS
MPIA EL68A, EL68 SYSTEM LOGS

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:51:15 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL68A System Log, EL68 Manual Entry Report,
November 2018 General Election - Report EL68A System Log, EL68, Manual Entry Report, & Results
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .LST, .txt, .or whichever format this data is
generated, stored, transmitted, or kept.

delay.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:51:29 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:50:44 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:50:59 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:49:59 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
Election Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A System Log, EL68 Manual Entry Report,
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:49:44 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:48:59 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:48:29 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:48:14 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:47:44 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Charles Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Charles Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Dear Charles Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Charles Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
Respectfully,

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:47:00 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Dear Frederick Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Frederick Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
Respectfully,

To: gmickley@howardcountymd.gov
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:46:47 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Howard Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Howard Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Dear Howard Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Howard Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
Respectfully,

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:46:24 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Dear Anne Arundel Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Anne Arundel Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:46:14 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Dear Baltimore County Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Baltimore County Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
Respectfully,

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 05:46:05 -0700
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Prince George's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Prince George's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Dear Prince George's Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Prince George's Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log

delay.
Respectfully,
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Reports EL68A .eml
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A .eml
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A .eml
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
Election Reports EL68A .eml
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A .eml
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL68A .eml
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Wed, May 17, 2023 at
10:10 AM
To: Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, linda.lamone@maryland.gov, andrea.trento@maryland.gov,
donna.duncan@maryland.gov, fred.brechbiel@maryland.gov, vincent.omenka@maryland.gov, eacoig@eac.gov
Bcc: Pavegecko@protonmail.com, pmbmap123@gmail.com, dolanchristine@aol.com, charltonwt@comcast.net,
NatalieAbbas13@gmail.com, JimHoft@gmail.com, jwhoft@gmail.com, tuckercarlson@gmail.com, rquack4131@aol.com,
players02@gmail.com, laura.loomer93@gmail.com, rc@rcmaxwell.com
Thank you for your prompt reply, Whitney.
According to the State of Maryland Election Law Statutes:

In order to certify the ES&S Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland, ES&S was required to submit
the following to the State of Maryland.
under Sec. 33.09.03.06. Business Information Pack age. According to the Maryland Certification the following
information was also required:
Am I to understand what you are saying in your previous email that this did not occur and the State of
Maryland did not comply with Maryland statutes?
I would also like to note that we had requested the Technical Data Package required for approval for
the use and certification of the Electronic Voting Systems in the State of Maryland. Kindly provide that to
us as soon as possible as that was also required in order to legally certify the Electronic Voting Systems
for use in the State of Maryland. SEE ATTACHED IMAGE WHICH CONTAINS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE
ARE REQUESTING, THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION IN MARYLAND.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Clear Ballot Systems, software,
and hardware in Maryland elections.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Runbeck software and hardware
in the use of Maryland elections.
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Thank you for providing the EAC Certification in your last email.
I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the use of modems in DS200 and DS850 is not certified for use
according to the EAC.
Thus the addition and use of modems with the ES&S Electronic Voting Systems effectively void their certification of the
machines. Please see the attached correspondence between the EAC and ES&S.
As you can clearly see on page 2 of the attached correspondence in the .pdf
I would like to bring to your attention the following information:

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As you can clearly see, the system must be tested, configured, and certified by EAC. The use of modems, including
cellular modems VOIDS the certification.
Furthermore, it is our understanding that the State of Maryland has a very specific statute regarding the REQUIRED
DECERTIFICATION of Electronic Voting Systems.
The ES&S Systems are required to generate an audit trail. The EL68A and EL68 are the audit trail to ensure:
(ii) protect the security of the voting process
(iii) count and record all votes accurately
(v) protect all other rights of voters and candidates
(vi) be capable of creating a paper record of all votes cast in order that an audit trail is available...
Is using illegally certified election systems that do not meet the EAC or State of Maryland legal
requirements not a violation of both Federal and State Election Laws?
How can elections be certified if the election systems used to administer the elections were illegally
certified and do not meet the legal requirements for use?
Is producing altered official election documents a crime in the State of Maryland?
Is refusing to produce the required AUDIT TRAIL - AUDIT LOGS- EL68A, and EL68 also not a violation of
Maryland State laws?
I look forward to the production of documents responsive to our Public Records Request.
Warmest regards,

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4/29/24, 2:36 PM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL6…
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> Thu, May 25, 2023 at 2:55 PM
To: WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov>
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your response. I just wanted to point out that your response is not legally correct nor is it factual.
The requested public records are in your possession. The requested responsive records are actually automatically
generated as a hard-coded functionality of the hardware, software, election management, and reporting software in use in
the administration of your county elections. As such, these public records according to Maryland and Federal Election
Law are a requirement in the administration of elections.
Please refer to your ES&S - ELECTION REPORTING MANAGER USER GUIDE in the Chapter that refers
to https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0uL2bKv
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Please provide the public records in their native unaltered file format which is
referred to as a .LST file.
In order to provide the RESPONSIVE PUBLIC RECORDS IN YOUR POSSESSION.

Refer to the following documentation under LOG:
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According to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 your county is required to have an
auditable trail of activity for your electronic voting systems. If it is your claim that the requested records do not exist then
your county has violated the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 and defrauded the
United States government through the acceptance of Federal HAVA Grant money and not complying with the Federal
HAVA Grant requirements set forth under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002.

This is a serious federal crime.

18 U.S. Code § 1031 - Major fraud against the United States
(a)Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, any scheme or artifice with the intent—
(1)to defraud the United States; or
(2)to obtain money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises,
in any grant, contract, subcontract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal
assistance, including through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, an economic stimulus, recovery
or rescue plan provided by the Government, or the Government’s purchase of any troubled asset
as defined in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, or in any procurement of property or
services as a prime contractor with the United States or as a subcontractor or supplier on a
contract in which there is a prime contract with the United States, if the value of such grant,
contract, subcontract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance,
or any constituent part thereof, is $1,000,000 or more shall, subject to the applicability of
subsection (c) of this section, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both.
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 was passed by the United States Congress to
make improvements to voting systems and voter access that were identified following the 2000 election. HAVA created
new mandatory minimum standards for states to follow in several key areas of election administration, including minimum
requirements for any voting system used in federal elections. The law also provided funding to help states meet these new
standards, replace voting systems, and improve election administration.
Voting Section 301(a) of HAVA specifies that voting systems must, at a minimum, meet certain requirements. Any voting
system used in a federal election must:
• Allow the voter to review selections before casting a ballot
• Allow the voter to change selections before casting a final vote
• Notify the voter when more selections are made than permitted
• Provide for the production of a permanent paper record suitable to be used in a manual recount
• Provide voters with disabilities the same opportunity for access and participation (including privacy and independence)
• Provide accessibility in minority languages for voters with limited English proficiency as required by Section 203 of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Provide for an error rate in operating the voting system that is no greater than the error rate set forth in the 2002 Voting
System Standards (2002 VSS)
Furthermore, if your county is refusing to comply with this records request then you are violating your mandatory, non-
discretionary duty to provide public records related to elections and public records requests.
Kindly provide the responsive records as requested in accordance with your mandatory, non-discretionary duties as
mandated by Maryland and Federal law.
Warm regards,

4/29/24, 3:05 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Fw d: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw are) Correspondence /…
Fwd: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Correspondence / Email Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
1 message
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 12:38 PM

To: Christopher Gleason <CPGleason72@gmail.com>, chris@thejusticesociety.com

From: Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Subject: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April
3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
To: <linda.lamone@maryland.gov>, <info.sbe@maryland.gov>, <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>,
<whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>, <jessica.perkins@maryland.gov>
Subject: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Correspondence / Email
Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
Dear Custodian of Records,
I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to submit an open records request under the Maryland Public Information
Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8 seeking access to public records of the acquisition of
any and all electronic voting systems and software purchased from ES&S (Election Systems & Software). As
concerned citizens, we believe it is essential to promote transparency and ensure the integrity of our electoral process.
We kindly request access to the following ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Any and All From Any Date April 1,
2020 - April 30, 2020
Letters/Emails From ES&S

Responses to emails from ES&S,
The responsive records are related to the correspondence below.

or a version like this:

We are requesting these public records in the electronic file format .PDF.
We understand that some of this information may already be publicly available, but we are seeking the official and
comprehensive records directly from the county's election authorities to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Please consider this letter as a formal request for disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act
(MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request,
please inform us in advance. We are prepared to cover reasonable costs, but we request that you provide an itemized
estimate before proceeding with any charges.
Please provide these records in a format that is consistent with the requirements of the Maryland Public Information Act
(MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8 If possible, We request that the records be provided
electronically, via email or a secure file-sharing platform.
If there are any associated fees for fulfilling this request, please inform me in advance. I am willing to pay reasonable fees
to cover the cost of duplication, or any other applicable expenses.
If portions of the requested records are exempt from disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act
(MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8, please provide us with a written explanation of the specific
legal basis for any redactions or withholdings.
We request that this public records request be processed promptly and in accordance with the statutory timelines for
response and production of records under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General
Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8.

I hereby certify that I will not:
(A) Use any list of name(s) or addresses contained in or derived from the records or information for the purpose of selling
or offering for sale any property or service to any person listed or to any person who resides at any address listed
(B) Sell, give, or otherwise make available to any person any list of name(s) or addresses contained in or derived from the
records or information for the purpose of allowing that person to sell or offer for sale any property or service to any person
listed or to any person who resides at any address listed.
As per Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8, we expect a
prompt response to this request. If, for any reason, you cannot comply with this request within the specified timeframe,
please provide a written explanation for the delay and indicate when we can expect the records to be made available.
Please take appropriate steps to ensure that records responsive to this request are not deleted by your office before the
completion of processing for this request. If records potentially responsive to this request are likely to be located on
systems where they are subject to potential deletion, including on a scheduled basis, please take steps to prevent that
deletion, including, as appropriate, by instituting a litigation hold on those records. To ensure that this request is properly
construed, that searches are conducted in an adequate but efficient manner and that extraneous costs are not incurred,
The Justice Society welcomes an opportunity to discuss its request with you before you undertake your search or incur
search or duplication costs. By working together at the outset, The Justice Society and your agency can decrease the
likelihood of costly and time-consuming litigation in the future.
Where possible, please provide responsive material in electronic format by email or via a shared online drive. If it will
accelerate the release of responsive records to The Justice Society, please also provide responsive material on a rolling
basis.
Conclusion
The Justice Society is a non partisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to promote transparency in government, to
educate the public about government activities, and to ensure the accountability of government officials. The Justice
Society uses the information gathered, and its analysis of it, to educate the public through reports, press releases, or
other media. The Justice Society also makes materials it gathers available on its public website https://
thejusticesociety.com and promotes their availability on social media platforms, such Twitter.
We share a common mission to promote transparency in government. The Justice Society looks forward to working with
your agency on this request. If you do not understand any part of this request, have any questions, or foresee any
problems in fully releasing the requested records, please contact Christopher Gleason at records@thejusticesociety.
com or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
/s/ Christopher Gleason
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
725 Gulf Shore Drive
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 2:27 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Maryland Public Records Request for Purchase Contracts, Invoices Proof of Payment w ith Clear Ballot
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com>
Maryland Public Records Request for Purchase Contracts, Invoices Proof of

Payment with Clear Ballot
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 3:37 PM
To: linda.lamone@maryland.gov, info.sbe@maryland.gov, traceye.hartman@maryland.gov, whitney.leroux@maryland.gov,
Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov, jessica.perkins@maryland.gov
Bcc: chris@thejusticesociety.com
Subject: Maryland Public Records Request for Purchase Contracts, Invoices Proof of Payment with Clear
Ballot
Dear Public Records Custodian,
any and all electronic voting systems and software purchased from Clear Ballot. As concerned citizens, we believe it is
essential to promote transparency and ensure the integrity of our electoral process.
We kindly request access to the following Clear Ballot Any and All From Any Date Purchase Contracts, Licensing
Agreements, Service Contracts, Invoices and proof of payment with/to Clear Ballot.
Please consider this letter as a formal request for disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), Maryland
Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 25. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please inform us
in advance. We are prepared to cover reasonable costs, but we request that you provide an itemized estimate before
proceeding with any charges.
If portions of the requested records are exempt from disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA),
Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 25, please provide us with a written explanation of the specific legal
basis for any redactions or withholdings.
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basis.
Conclusion
com or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:37 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Wicomico County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw a…
Subject: Wicomico County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Systems & Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200
Marketing Materials
Dionne Church -SBE- <dionne.church@maryland.gov> Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 5:00 PM
To: records@thejusticesociety.com
Good afternoon! We do not have any responsive records for this request.
Thank you,
Dionne Church
Election Director
Wicomico County Board of Elections
410-548-4830 ext. 104
dionne.church@maryland.gov

From: Wicomico Elections -SBE- <wicomico.elections@maryland.gov>
Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:20 AM
Subject: Fwd: Subject: Wicomico County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
To: Dionne Church -SBE- <dionne.church@maryland.gov>
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4/29/24, 12:33 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Washington County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Soft…
Subject: Washington County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
1 message
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 11:58 PM

To: WashCo.Elections@maryland.gov
Subject: Washington County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020

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basis.
Conclusion
problems in fully releasing the requested records, please contact Christopher Gleason at records@thejusticesociety.com
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:40 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Talbot County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw are) …
Subject: Talbot County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
Talbot Elections -SBE- <talbot.elections@maryland.gov> Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 12:11 PM
To: Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com>
Dear Christopher Gleason:
I have received your email dated August 15, 2023, in which you request certain records under
the Public Information Act, Annotated Code of Maryland, General Provisions Article (“GP”),
§ 4-101 et seq. In particular, you are requesting to inspect the records in a digital format, such
as .pdf for the following:
· ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Any and All From Any Date April 1,
2020 - April 30, 2020
Our office has determined that we do not have the documents that you are requesting. Under
General Provisions Article § 4-205(c)(4)(iii) a custodian is not required to “create, compile, or
program a new public record.” Therefore, we cannot provide for your inspection the
documents you are requesting.
Pursuant to GP § 4-362, you are entitled to seek judicial review of this decision. Alternatively,
you may file a request for mediation with the Public access Ombudsman and, if the
Ombudsman is unable to resolve the matter, may subsequently seek a resolution from the
Public Information Act Compliance Board for those matters within the Compliance Board’s
jurisdiction. Please see GP §§ 4-1A-01 et seq. and 4-1B-01 et seq. Also, if you have any
questions about this letter, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Tammy Stafford
Election Director
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4/29/24, 12:40 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Talbot County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw are) …
Talbot County Board of Elections

215 Bay Street #7 Easton, MD 21601
p: (410) 770-8099 f: (410) 770-8078

4/29/24, 12:31 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Prince George's County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & …
Subject: Prince George's County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S
(Election Systems & Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3,2020
Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
1 message

Subject: Prince George's County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020



Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 2. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please inform us in
advance. We are prepared to cover reasonable costs, but we request that you provide an itemized estimate before

basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:30 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Montgomery County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Soft…
Subject: Montgomery County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
To: elections@montgomerycountymd.gov
Subject: Montgomery County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:34 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Kent County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw are) C…
Subject: Kent County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
1 message
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:02 AM

Subject: Kent County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:39 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: How ard County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw ar…
Subject: Howard County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
Mickley, Guy <gmickley@howardcountymd.gov> Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 8:59 PM
The Howard County Board of Elections has no responsive documents for this PIA request.

Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2023 11:57 PM
To: Mickley, Guy <gmickley@howardcountymd.gov>
Subject: [Possible Phish Fraud]Subject: Howard County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems
& Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3, 2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
[Note: This email originated from outside of the organization. Please only click on links or attachments if
you know the sender.]
WARNING: Your email security system has determined the message below may be a potential threat.
It may pose as a legitimate company, tricking victims into revealing personal information.
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Subject: Howard County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:35 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Harford County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw ar…
Subject: Harford County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
Taylor, Stephanie <sltaylor@harfordcountymd.gov> Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 1:23 PM
Cc: "Taylor, Stephanie" <sltaylor@harfordcountymd.gov>
Good Afternoon,
We do not have any records to fulfill this request. The State Board of Elections handles the statewide contracts.
Respectfully,
Stephanie L. Taylor, CPO
Election Director
Harford County Board of Elections
133 Industry Lane
Forest Hill, MD 21050
Office (410) 638-3565
Cell (443) 465-1375
www.harfordvotes.gov

To: Elections <ElectionBoard@harfordcountymd.gov>
Subject: [SUSPECTED SPAM] [SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE] Subject: Harford County Maryland Public Records Request
for ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3, 2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing
Materials
[EXTERNAL SENDER]

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Subject: Harford County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020



basis.
Conclusion
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4/29/24, 12:32 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Frederick County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw a…
Subject: Frederick County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
1 message

Subject: Frederick County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:32 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Carroll County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw are)…
Subject: Carroll County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
1 message

To: ccboe@carrollcountymd.gov
Subject: Carroll County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:35 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Calvert County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw are…
Subject: Calvert County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
Scott, Kristen E. <Kristen.Scott@calvertcountymd.gov> Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Dear Mr. Gleason,
The Calvert County Election Board has received your request for ES&S Correspondence/Email dated April 3, 2020
regarding DS200 Marketing Materials. We have no responsive documents for this request. Thank you, Kristen
Kristen E. Scott
Executive Administrative Aide
Calvert County Election Board
30 Duke St. / Lower Level
PO Box 798
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-2214 x 4
Kristen.Scott@calvertcountymd.gov

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Subject: Subject: Calvert County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
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Marketing Materials
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Subject: Baltimore County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:32 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Baltimore City County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Sof…
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To: election.judge@baltimorecity.gov
Subject: Baltimore City County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:31 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Anne Arundel County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Sof…
Subject: Anne Arundel County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S
1 message

Subject: Anne Arundel County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:36 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Anderson County South Carolina Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & S…
Subject: Anderson County South Carolina Public Records Request for ES&S
4 messages
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:03 AM

To: acvote@andersoncountysc.org
Subject: Anderson County South Carolina Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to submit an open records request under the South Carolina Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4. seeking access to public records of
the acquisition of any and all electronic voting systems and software purchased from ES&S (Election Systems &
Software). As concerned citizens, we believe it is essential to promote transparency and ensure the integrity of our
electoral process.
2020 - April 30, 2020



Please consider this letter as a formal request for disclosure under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4.. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please inform
us in advance. We are prepared to cover reasonable costs, but we request that you provide an itemized estimate before
Please provide these records in a format that is consistent with the requirements of the South Carolina Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4. If possible, We request that the records be
provided electronically, via email or a secure file-sharing platform.
If portions of the requested records are exempt from disclosure under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4., please provide us with a written explanation of the specific legal
response and production of records under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of
Laws Title 30, Chapter 4..

As per South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4., we expect a
basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541
Laura R. Booth <lrbooth@andersoncountysc.org> Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 12:55 PM

To: "records@thejusticesociety.com" <records@thejusticesociety.com>
I apologize but was unable to see any pictures or inserts in your original email.
Thanks,

From: Hannah G. Treffeisen <hgtreffeisen@andersoncountysc.org>

To: Laura R. Booth <lrbooth@andersoncountysc.org>
Subject: FW: [External]Subject: Anderson County South Carolina Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems
& Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
Good morning,
I wasn’t sure if this was real or not, but since it said it was FOIA I wanted to go ahead and send it over to you.
Hannah

To: acvote <acvote@andersoncountysc.org>
Subject: [External]Subject: Anderson County South Carolina Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems &
Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Anderson County’s email system. Please do not click links or open
attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If you have any questions, please contact
the county helpdesk.
Subject: Anderson County South Carolina Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to submit an open records request under the South Carolina Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4. seeking access to public records of
the acquisition of any and all electronic voting systems and software purchased from ES&S (Election Systems &
Software). As concerned citizens, we believe it is essential to promote transparency and ensure the integrity of our
electoral process.
2020 - April 30, 2020



Please consider this letter as a formal request for disclosure under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4.. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please inform
us in advance. We are prepared to cover reasonable costs, but we request that you provide an itemized estimate before
Please provide these records in a format that is consistent with the requirements of the South Carolina Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4. If possible, We request that the records be
provided electronically, via email or a secure file-sharing platform.
If portions of the requested records are exempt from disclosure under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4., please provide us with a written explanation of the specific legal
response and production of records under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of
Laws Title 30, Chapter 4..

As per South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Code of Laws Title 30, Chapter 4., we expect a
basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 1:13 PM

To: "Laura R. Booth" <lrbooth@andersoncountysc.org>
Good morning Laura,
To further clarify, for you. On March 20,2020 the EAC sent ES&S a letter informing them that it was brought to the
attention of the EAC that ES&S had falsely claimed that the use of modems on the DS200 Tabulators were fully certified
by the EAC.
In fact the use of modems connected to the DS200 Tabulators, actually voids the EAC Certification for the entire ES&S
voting system in use to administer elections.
See attached correspondence from the EAC to ES&S dated on March 20, 2020.
See attached correspondence from ES&S to EAC dated on April 3, 2020.
See attached sample letters that ES&S was legally required to provide to the municipalities administering elections with
DS200 Tabulators.
If it is your response that there are no responsive records please let us know. Alternatively, kindly provide a copy of any
and all correspondence between your office and ES&S between the dates of April 1, 2020 and April 30, 2020.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason
3 attachments
ES&S_Letter_DS200_Modems_VOID_EAC_CERTIFICATION_ENTIRE_VOTING_SYSTEM.pdf
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ES&S Response EAC DS200 MODEM VOIDS EAC CERTIFICATION.pdf
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EAC_ES&S_DS200_Certification_Void_With_Modem.pdf
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Laura R. Booth <lrbooth@andersoncountysc.org> Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 8:42 AM

Thank you for clarification.
There are no responsive records in possession.
Thank you,

4/29/24, 12:36 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Allegany County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw ar…
Subject: Allegany County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
Diane Loibel <dloibel@alleganygov.org> Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 9:46 AM
I don not have any responsive documents for this request.
Thanks,
Diane
Diane Loibel
t: 301-777-5931
Suite 231
701 Kelly Rd

Subject: Subject: Allegany County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Subject: Allegany County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

Maryland Public Records Request for Purchase Contracts, Invoices Proof of

Payment with Clear Ballot
Records Requests <records@thejusticesociety.com> Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 3:37 PM
To: linda.lamone@maryland.gov, info.sbe@maryland.gov, traceye.hartman@maryland.gov, whitney.leroux@maryland.gov,
Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov, jessica.perkins@maryland.gov
Subject: Maryland Public Records Request for Purchase Contracts, Invoices Proof of Payment with Clear
Ballot
Dear Public Records Custodian,
any and all electronic voting systems and software purchased from Clear Ballot. As concerned citizens, we believe it is
essential to promote transparency and ensure the integrity of our electoral process.
We kindly request access to the following Clear Ballot Any and All From Any Date Purchase Contracts, Licensing
Agreements, Service Contracts, Invoices and proof of payment with/to Clear Ballot.
basis.
Conclusion
com or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 12:34 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Subject: Charles County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Softw ar…
Subject: Charles County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election
Marketing Materials
2 messages

Subject: Charles County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541
Elections <elections@charlescountymd.gov> Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 8:24 AM

Hello,
Charles County does not have any responsive records for your request. All contracts with name company are through the
Maryland State Board of Elections.

Thanks,
Tracy A. Dickerson
Director II
Charles County Board of Elections

tracy.dickerson@maryland.gov
301-934-8972
Visit us on Facebook or our Web-site

To: Elections <elections@charlescountymd.gov>
Subject: Subject: Charles County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
[External Content Warning] This message is from an external sender. Please exercise caution when opening
attachments and hover over any links before clicking.
Subject: Charles County Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software)
Dear ,
2020 - April 30, 2020




basis.
Conclusion
or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,
Christopher Gleason
on behalf of
The Justice Society
Destin, FL 32541

4/29/24, 1:57 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - MPIA REQUEST Baltimore City County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
MPIA REQUEST Baltimore City County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov> Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Please see attached Election judge manuals. There will be two separate emails.
In 2020 we used the one from 2018 due to the pandemic.

The 2024 manual is not ready yet.
All other requests will be coming VIA the State Board of Elections.
Thank you.



Benton Office Bldg.
Baltimore, MD 21202
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/?ik=d868bb60ff&view =pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1790983137995192483&dsqt=1&simpl=msg-f:179098313… 1/4

Telephone: 410-396-5570
Fax: 410-962-8747
Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's troubles, it empties today of its
strengths!
The only thing in life you have total control over is your attitude!

Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:52 AM
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Baltimore City County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Baltimore City County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
Dear Custodian of Records
Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland. We
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Baltimore City County Board of Elections
office:
Pursuant to Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 5 we are
requesting the following documents in .pdf format.
Baltimore City County Election Judge Manual for 2018

These PUBLIC RECORDS requested fall under Maryland PIA as they are automatically generated in the course of official
government business, duties in the administration of official elections. Maryland General Provisions Code § 4-101(k)(1)
“Public record” means the original or any copy of any documentary material that: (i) is made by a unit or an
instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision or received by the unit or instrumentality in
connection with the transaction of public business; and
(ii) is in any form, including:
2. a computerized record;
We are also requesting the following information regarding Runbeck Software and Services that you are currently using to
administer elections in Maryland.
· Audit Log For the NOVUS Runbeck Ballot Duplication Software used in the administration of
elections.
· Runbeck NOVUS - Certification For Use In Maryland
· Copies of any and all contracts with Clear Ballot, ES&S and Runbeck.
cost and delay.
questions, please contact me at the number below.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason
For The Justice Society

BALTIMORE CITY ELECTION JUDGE MANUAL 2022.pdf

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4/29/24, 2:30 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - Public Records Request to the Maryland State Board of Elections
Public Records Request to the Maryland State Board of Elections

Cyril Komp -SBE- <cyril.komp@maryland.gov> Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 2:20 PM
To: records@thejusticesociety.com
Dear Mr. Gleason,
This email is in response to your requests for the following records:
1. The full unredacted unaltered electronic copies of emails between The Maryland Board of Elections and Lynn
Garland
Towards this request, we will be providing all responsive documents. The State Board of Elections is required to redact
and keep redacted the personal information of individuals designated as confidential voters, the personal phone numbers
and emails of public employees, and the Maryland Public Information Act requires a custodian to “deny inspection of a
public record or any part of a public record if . . . by law, the public record is privileged or confidential.” (General
Provisions Article §§ 4-301, §§ 4-331, Annotated Code of Maryland).
2. The entire original email document, in its original unaltered electronic format.
Providing emails in a pdf format fulfills the requirement of the PIA that documents requested in an electronic format be
provided in an “electronic, searchable format,” General Provisions, § 4-205(c)(1). These documents are unaltered in their
content; redactions are necessary where required by law, privileged information, and to protect deliberative process,
General Provisions, § 4-301, § 4-344.
3. We are also seeking to obtain any and all email communications related to the original email and the emails
related to the production of the version attached to this request. Of particular interest are any and all internal
communications regarding the modification of the email prior to it being provided as part of an MPIA request.
There are no responsive documents towards this part of the request as there were no communications related to the copy
of the 2015 email provided in the PIA request you reference. The email was provided to the original requestor exactly as it
was archived in 2015.
We are providing all responsive records in fulfillment of this PIA request. We will respond to any additional requests within
30 days of their receipt. You have the option to file to refer any concerns about this decision to the Public Access
Ombudsman:
Office of the Public Access Ombudsman

c/o Office of the Attorney General,
200 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
pia.ombuds@oag.state.md.us
(410) 576-6560
Thank you,
Cyril Komp
--
Cyril (CJ) Komp
Annapolis, MD 21401-0486
PIA 2024 006 All Responsive Records Reviewed.pdf

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4/29/24, 2:02 PM thejusticesociety.com Mail - County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024

1 message


Cc:
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:56:57 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Somerset County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Somerset County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Somerset County Board of Elections
office:
Somerset County Election Judge Manual for 2018

instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision or received by the unit or instrumentality in connection with the
transaction of public business; and
Audit Log For the NOVUS Runbeck Ballot Duplication Software used in the administration of
elections.
Runbeck NOVUS - Certification For Use In Maryland
Copies of any and all contracts with Clear Ballot, ES&S and Runbeck.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:57:13 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Kent County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Kent County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Kent County Board of Elections office:
Kent County Election Judge Manual for 2018


elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:56:27 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Dorchester County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Dorchester County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Dorchester County Board of Elections
office:
Dorchester County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:56:42 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Garrett County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Garrett County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Garrett County Board of Elections office:
Garrett County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.
cost and delay.

Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:55:42 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Queen Anne's County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Queen Anne's County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Queen Anne's County Board of Elections
office:
Queen Anne's County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:56:12 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Caroline County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Caroline County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Caroline County Board of Elections office:
Caroline County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:54:43 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Cecil County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Cecil County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Cecil County Board of Elections office:
Cecil County Election Judge Manual for 2018


elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:54:12 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST St Mary's County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST St Mary's County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024

are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the St Mary's County Board of Elections
office:
St Mary's County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:53:12 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Carroll County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Carroll County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Carroll County Board of Elections office:
Carroll County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:53:57 -0800
office:

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:52:43 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Frederick County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Frederick County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Frederick County Board of Elections office:
Frederick County Election Judge Manual for 2018


elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:51:48 -0800
Subject: MPIA REQUEST Prince George's County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Prince George's County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Prince George's County Board of Elections
office:

Prince George's County Election Judge Manual for 2018

elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason
...

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2/16/24, 12 21 PM State of Maryland Mail FW SBE meeting July 22
Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
FW: SBE meeting July 22

1 message
Bill Voelp Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:48 PM

To: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>, Linda Hefler Lamone <Linda.Lamone@maryland.gov>
Thanks,
Bill
Bill Voelp
Signature Springs, LLC
Plant: 22 Spring Water Blvd, Brandonville, PA 17967
Phone: 443-288-6411
Cellular:
Fax: 443-288-6411
Conference Bridge: 515-603-3161, Access Code 230653#
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www.signaturesprings.com
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STATEMENT:
LinkedIn Profile
The information contained in this electronic
message and any attachments to this message are
intended for the exclusive use of the specified
recipient(s) and may contain confidential or
privileged information. If you are not the specified or intended recipient, please
notify me by email reply and please delete this email. No waiver of confidentiality or
privilege should be inferred from any error in sending. This message is for information
only. Any attachment or insertion to this message and any manipulation of that
attachment, with or without authorization, shall remain the property of the Signature
Springs, LLC. Unless otherwise specified, this does not constitute a binding
commitment by the sender.
From: lynn garland

Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:52 PM
To: Bill Voelp < >
Subject: SBE meeting July 22
Dear Mr. Voelp:
I enjoyed speaking with you several weeks ago. You asked me to follow up with a few items:
1. A reminder that transparency would be improved if the SBE meeting materials would be available to the public
several days prior to the meeting.
2. Information on the cost per pollbook based on the contracts of other jurisdictions. I think it would be best to ask
the SBE administration for this information to help the board members consider any pollbook contract and the unit
pollbook cost. If the SBE administration has not provided you with that information, here's my analysis for the
costs for pollbooks in other jurisdictions:
Cost #Poll Books $/poll book Wireless?
South Carolina $6,500,344 4600 (estimate). $1,413 No
Rhode Island. $2,213,210 1600 $1,383 No
Santa Clara, CA $3,200,000. 1200. $2,667 Yes
As you know, I remain concerned that many unsuspecting voters will choose online blank ballot delivery, depending on
the absentee ballot request form. Not only does online blank ballot delivery have security problems, but also, as Maryland
experienced in the last election, it caused:
- heavy burdens on LBEs for hand duplicating online delivered ballots.

- delayed results. Maryland was almost the very last state to finish counting ballots, only finishing on November 23,
despite being able to start counting earlier than other states. (Maryland would have finished even later without its
extensive outreach campaign to discourage the request of online blank-ballot delivery.)
- low return rates for online delivered ballots. I do not believe the final figures were published, but about 92% of
mailed ballots were returned overall, while only about 64% of online delivered ballots were returned. You could ask
the SBE administration for the final figures for the return rate comparison.
Have a good meeting!
Sincerely,
Lynn

2/16/24, 12 24 PM State of Maryland Mail Fwd Comments on Proposed Regulation "Same Day Registration and Address Changes"
recently advised that "Voting systems must not be capable of establishing wireless connections" because
"This helps to ensure that network functionality is not enabled by accident." Also, "Wireless connections can
expand the attack surface of the voting system by opening it up to over- the-air attacks. Over-the-air access
can allow for adversaries to attack remotely without physical access to the voting system. By disallowing
wireless capabilities in the voting system, this limits the attack surface and restricts any network connections
to be hardwired." (See: https://collaborate.nist.gov/voting/pub/Voting/
VVSG20DraftRequirements/vvsg-2.0-2020-01-31-DRAFT-requirements.pdf) Epoll books are
technically not part of the voting system, but NIST's rationale for avoiding wireless, where possible,
applies. For early voting, a wireless network of epoll books is required to prevent voters from voting in
multiple polling locations. But for election day voting, when each voter using same-day registration can only
vote a regular ballot at the one precinct where that voter is preregistered, no wireless network is needed.
Moreover, the many pollworkers assigned to setup and monitor the wireless network at hundreds of precincts
will generally be less skilled than the few technicians at the early voting sites.
Lack of Need- Because of the modification of MDvoters, the emergency legislation, and the assurance of
SBE administrations assistance to the counties, a wireless networks is no longer needed in order to transfer
the data on time.
Cost - Any federal funds spent on these wireless routers will not be available for Maryland's needs, such as
new epoll books and a new voting system.
There is no reason for making an exception to Maryland's practice of uniformity of election systems. Please
consider changing the regulation, "Same Day Registration and Address Changes," to prohibit wireless
network capability in the precincts on election day.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
02 Preparing the Early Voting Center.

A. For the purpose of networking the electronic pollbooks, each early voting center shall have a broadband network connection
that:
(1) Is used only for early voting; and
(2) Meets the requirements established by the State Administrator.
B. The network connection at each early voting center shall be tested in accordance with instructions issued by the State
Administrator.
Subtitle 19 Same Day Registration and Address Changes

Chapter 01 Definitions; General Provisions
Authority Election Law Article, §§1 101(v), 2 102(b)(4), 2 202(b), [and]3 305(e), and 3 306, Annotated Code of Maryland
.01 Applicability to Elections.
A. (text unchanged)
B. (text unchanged)
C. (text unchanged)
D. Same day registration and address changes during early voting is permitted for the special general election that
is to run concurrently with the regularly scheduled primary election on April 28, 2020.
.01 Applicability to Elections.

A. Same day registration is available during early voting and election day for the following regularly scheduled elections:
(1) Presidential primary and general elections; and
(2) Gubernatorial primary and general elections.
B. Same day address change is available during early voting for the following regularly scheduled elections:
2/16/24, 12 24 PM State of Maryland Mail Fwd Comments on Proposed Regulation "Same Day Registration and Address Changes"
(1) Presidential primary and general elections; and
(2) Gubernatorial primary and general elections.
C. For special primary and general e

2/16/24, 12 25 PM State of Maryland Mail Fwd Transparency Issues Concerning Wireless Network for Precincts on Election Day
Fwd: Transparency Issues Concerning Wireless Network for Precincts on Election

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1 message
info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 8:53 AM

To: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>, Donna Duncan -SBE- <donna.duncan@maryland.gov>

From:
Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 11:24 PM
Subject: Transparency Issues Concerning Wireless Network for Precincts on Election Day
To: <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Please forward this attached memo to the SBE board members.
Thank you!
Lynn Garland
Transparency for Jan 16 2020 SBE meeting.docx

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2/16/24, 12 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Fwd Wireless network for precincts on election day
Fwd: Wireless network for precincts on election day

1 message
Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:48 PM

To: nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
-----Original Message-----
From:
To: info.sbe <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Cc: nikki.charlson <nikki.charlson@maryland.go>; linda.lamone <linda.lamone@maryland.gov>
Sent: Tue, Sep 24, 2019 11:45 pm
Subject: Wireless network for precincts on election day
Please forward the attached letter to the members of the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
epoll wireless network f.docx

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2/16/24, 12 24 PM State of Maryland Mail Re FW Issues with videos of DIstrict 7 Canvasses
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To: Bill Voelp
Subject: Issues with videos of DIstrict 7 Canvasses
Dear Mr. Voelp,

I hope that you and your family are OK during this difficult time. I very much appreciate your
work and that of your fellow board members and the tough decisions you have to make to keep
our elections fair while keeping election workers and voters safe.
I thank you for suggesting that the canvasses be live streamed. The SBE decided that a single
individual, rather than a bi-partisan team, could make decisions such as accepting and rejecting
a ballot envelope, but only as long as there was a video. And the SBE voted that LBE members
do not have to be present for the canvass, assuming there would be a live stream of the video.
I hope you have had a chance to view the videos from Baltimore City, Baltimore County and
Howard County. (See Baltimore City at https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/ballot-canvassing-
live-stream)
Unfortunately, these videos, as they are currently shot, do not capture the information
necessary to evaluate individual decisions or to oversee the canvass. During the pandemic,
videos should have certain qualities for the canvass to be sufficiently transparent without the
benefit of in-person observation. Below are required qualities I suggest for these videos.
Your suggestion to have videos was a good first step. Now the next step is needed - - some
specificity to make sure the videos serve their intended purpose.
Thank you and stay healthy!
Lynn Garland
Needed Qualities for Live-Streaming Canvass when Observers are Not Allowed in Person
1. All rooms used in the canvassing must be live streamed. All parts of each room must be
viewable.
2. There should be signage in the room describing the activity at each station. In particular, if
ballots are sorted into accept and reject piles, the piles should be clearly marked.

3. There should be a video of the activity at each station where decisions are made, such as
ballot envelope acceptance/rejection. This video must show the documents clearly enough for
observers to independently evaluate the correctness of the decision.
4. As ballots are moved from one room to another, ....... (how will the chain of custody be
shown on the video?)
5. In order to raise issues, an observer must be able to contact, in real time, an election
official. Speed of communication can be critical, like when a ballot is going to be separated
from its envelope and the identity of the voter.

2/16/24, 12 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Re MVA data and request to speak
Re: MVA data and request to speak

1 message
Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:04 AM

To: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Primarily audits.
Thanks
Lynn
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 10, 2019, at 9:12 AM, Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> wrote:
Can you please let me know the topic(s) you’d like to present to the State Board?
Nikki Charlson
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 3:55 PM wrote:

Dear Ms. Charlson,
cc. Chairman McManus, Vice-chairman Hogan
As you know, last summer I requested the change of address voter registration data transferred from the
MVA to the SBE by month from 2014 to June 2018. The SBE provided the data for the change of
addresses from all sources, but, despite my repeated requests, did not provide the data from the MVA
alone. Luckily, I was able to get that data directly from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data does not make
sense to me. (See attached.) In particular, for several of the months the number of address changes from
the MVA exceeds the changes from all sources, which I thought included the MVA. Can you explain to me
the differences I am seeing?
Also, I request to speak briefly at tomorrow's SBE meeting.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
--
www.elections.maryland.gov

2/16/24, 12 22 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Regulation regarding ballot retrieval from drop boxes
Re: Regulation regarding ballot retrieval from drop boxes

1 message
Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 6:40 PM

Thanks - we need to include them with the memo for final adoption.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 6:38 PM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:
I did, yes. I had already saved those comments on the L drive, but thank you for the reminder.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 6:04 PM Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> wrote:
Didn't you also receive comments from MaryPIRG on the proof of residency definition?
Nikki

From: Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>
Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 9:04 AM
Subject: Fwd: Regulation regarding ballot retrieval from drop boxes
To: Nikki Charlson <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Good morning-
I received these comments on the proposed regs under COMAR 33.11.03.06 from Lynn Garland.
Thanks,
Tracey

From: lynn garland
Date: Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 7:55 PM
Subject: Regulation regarding ballot retrieval from drop boxes
To: traceye.hartman@maryland.gov <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>
Dear Ms. Hartman,

Thank you for considering comments for the draft regulation 33.11.03 Absentee ballot: Issuance and Return. I suggest that the regulation
offer more specificity on the chain of custody procedures for ballots deposited in drop boxes. In particular, the chain of custody procedures
should require that ballots are retrieved by bi-partisan teams and, upon arrival at the Local Board of Elections, are promptly logged. Here is
some suggested language:
33.11.03 Absentee ballots: Issuance and Return

.06 Return of Ballot.
G. Ballots Returned at a Designated Ballot-Return Location.
(1) A voter can return a voted ballot at a ballot drop box designated by the local board to serve as ballot return locations.
(2) The ballot drop box shall:
(a) Be designed to prevent an individual from accessing voted ballots once deposited;
(b) Include a statement that tampering with ballots is a crime; and
(c) Include the State Board’s phone number.
(3) The local board shall retrieve ballots and any other election materials according to chain of custody procedures issued by the
State Administrator. These procedures should require that ballots are collected from the drop boxes at least every day once the drop boxes
are open, that they be collected by two person, bi-partisan teams, and that the teams record the time of ballot retrieval and the time of ballot
delivery to the Local Board of Elections. The Local Board of Elections should promptly log these ballots into the system.
More specificity should improve security, confidence and consistency. Other states have such specificity in regulations as the below
examples from Colorado and California illustrate.
Thank you for your consideration,
Lynn Garland
Colorado 2 CCR § 20137 Section 8 CCR 1505-1-7.4 - Receipt and processing of ballots
7.5.5 The county clerk must arrange for the collection of ballots by bipartisan teams, of election
judges and/or staff, from each drop box location once it is open and receive the ballots into
SCORE:(a) If applicable, at least once every 72 hours after non-UOCAVA ballots are mailed
until the date that voter service and polling centers must open;(b) If applicable, at least once
every 24 hours during the days that voter service and polling centers must be open; and(c) At
least twice on election day, at approximately 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.(d) The county clerk may
meet the requirements of this Rule by:(1) Collecting and transporting the ballots to the central
counting location for receipt into SCORE; or(2) Collecting and transporting the ballots to the
nearest voter service and polling center for receipt into SCORE.7.5.6 The county clerk may
request a waiver from the Secretary of State for remote drop box locations in the county's
election plan or amended election plan, exempting them from the ballot collection requirements
in Rule 7.5.5. If the Secretary of State grants the waiver:(a) The county clerk must arrange for
the collection of ballots by bipartisan teams of election judges from all exempt drop box
locations once they are open as often as necessary, but at least:(1) Once each week after the
initial mailing of non-UOCAVA ballots until the Friday before election day; and(2) On the Friday
and Monday before election day and on election day at 7:00 p.m. MT.(b) The county clerk must
post a notice on each exempt drop box of the dates and approximate times ballots will be
collected.(c) If the Secretary of State determines that the county failed to collect ballots from a
remote drop box location as often as necessary, the Secretary of State may revoke or modify
the waiver.
California § 20137. Ballot Collection Procedures and Chain of
Custody.
(a) The county elections official shall develop ballot collection and chain of custody procedures,
which shall be substantially similar to the following:
(1) The county elections official shall assign at least two designated ballot retrievers to
retrieve voted vote-by-mail ballots from a drop box. Each designated ballot retriever shall
wear a badge or similar identification that readily identifies them as a designated ballot
retriever. In addition, each designated ballot retriever must take the following oath prior to
retrieving ballots: “I, ______________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and
defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California; that I take
this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will
well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.”
(2) Only designated ballot retrievers and law enforcement identified by the county elections
official may transport the retrieved voted vote-by-mail ballots.
(3) Upon arrival at a drop box, the two designated ballot retrievers shall note, on a retrieval
form prescribed by the county elections official, the location and unique identification
number of the drop box and the date and time of arrival.
(4) The designated ballot retrievers shall retrieve the voted ballots from the drop box and
place the voted ballots in a secure ballot transfer device, retrieve the secure ballot
container that is placed inside the drop box, or retrieve the staffed drop box which also
serves as a secure ballot container.
(5) If a drop box includes a secure ballot container, the designated ballot retrievers shall
place an empty secure ballot container inside the drop box prior to departure.
(6) After the final retrieval after the closing of the polls, an empty secure ballot container
shall not be placed in the drop box, and the drop box should be locked and/or covered to
prevent any further ballots from being deposited.
(7) The time of departure from the drop box shall be noted on the form described in (a)(3)
above.
(8) Upon arrival at the office of the county elections official, a ballot receiving center, a
designated central count location, or a ballot processing location, the designated ballot
retrievers who retrieved the ballots shall note the time of arrival on the form described in
(a)(3) above.
(9) The county elections official, or his or her designee, shall inspect the secure ballot
container for evidence of tampering and shall receive the retrieved ballots by signing the
retrieval form, and including the date and time of receipt. In the event tampering is evident,
that fact shall be noted on the retrieval form.
(10) The completed retrieval form shall be attached to the outside of the secure ballot
container or maintained in a manner prescribed by the elections official that ensures that
the form is traceable to its respective secure ballot container.
(11) When the secure container is opened by the county elections official at the office of
the county elections official, a designated central count location, or a ballot processing
location, the number of ballots retrieved and placed in that secure container shall be noted
on the retrieval form.
--
Tracey Hartman

Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840

2/16/24, 12 20 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Regulations
Re: Regulations
1 message
lynn garland Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Cc: Nikki Charlson <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Thanks so much for letting me know,
Be well!
Lynn
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 9:59 PM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:

Hi Lynn-
Happy New Year- I hope you're doing well.
SBE proposed two different sets of amendments to COMAR 33.11.03.06 in the last year. The first amendments were
proposed at the Board's June meeting, and were published in the August 13 issue of the Register, and had no public
comments, as stated in the October minutes. The amendments were adopted by the Board at its October meeting, and
published with a Notice of Final Action in the December 3 issue and became effective on December 13, 2021.
The amendments to COMAR 33.11.03.06 that were approved by the State Board at its July meeting (which is what I
believe you are referring to) could not be submitted for publication in the Maryland Register until the first set of
amendments became effective. That set of amendments will be published in the January 14th issue of the Maryland
Register, and the comment period will end on February 14.
You can view the specifics of the proposed amendments to COMAR 33.11.03.06 on SBE's Code of Maryland
Regulations" webpage. Scroll down to "Proposed Regulations" then click the link under "July 22, 2021 State Board
Meeting."
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Tracey
On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 1:26 PM lynn garland wrote:

Dear Tracey,
Hi again. I am still trying to follow up about this regulation, 33.11.03.06. The SBE minutes for the October 28th
meeting seem to indicate that 33.11.03.06 already had gone through the Maryland Register process:
APPROVAL OF FINAL REGULATIONS- COMAR 33.05.01.02 (VOTER REGISTRATION – DEFINITIONS;

GENERAL PROVISIONS), 33.11.01.01 (ABSENTEE BALLOTS - DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS),
33.11.02.03 (ABSENTEE BALLOT- INFORMAL, WRITTEN REQUEST), 33.11.02.05 (ABSENTEE BALLOT-
PROCESSING APPLICATIONS), 33.11.03.06C (ABSENTEE BALLOT- RETURN OF BALLOT), 33.11.05.07
(ABSENTEE BALLOTS – REJECTING FEDERAL WRITE-IN BALLOTS), AND 33.17.04.03 (EARLY VOTING
– EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS) Ms. Charlson presented proposed amendments to COMAR 33.05.01.02,
33.11.01.01, and 33.11.02.05, 33.11.03.06C, 33.11.05.07, and 33.17.04.03 for final adoption. These proposed
regulations were approved by the Board at its May 27 and June 22, 2021 meetings and published in the
August 13, 2021, issue of the Maryland Register (Vol. 48, Issue 17). The public comment period closed on
September 13, 2021. Ms. Charlson stated that no public comments were received.
But I don't believe it had. I would still like to comment on the regulation. Please let me know how I can comment.
Thank you very much,

Lynn
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 4, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:

Hi Lynn-
Thanks for your email and hope you are well. I think I was mistaken when I told you that the July regs
would be published in the September 10th issue. September 24th was the correct issue, but only for
some of the regs presented at that meeting. The regs you are referencing- 33.11.03.06 will actually be
published in the November 15th Maryland Register, unless otherwise noted. There were
amendments to that regulation presented at a prior meeting of the Board which are not final yet, and
the rules do not allow for proposed amendments to be published for a regulation that already has a
proposed amendment.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Tracey
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:58 PM lynn garland wrote:

Dear Ms. Hartman,
I still would like to comment on an SBE regulation. I did not see any SBE regulations in the
September 10 register. In the September 24th register, there were some, but not all the regulations
discussed at the July SBE meeting. I was hoping to comment on 33.11.03.06 “Return of Ballot”. Did I
miss it? Is it still coming up?
Lynn Garland
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 1, 2021, at 3:58 PM, Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>

wrote:

Thanks, Tracey, for responding to Lynn.
Lynn, I apologize for not responding sooner - I have been out of the office for several
days and am trying to catch up. I will assume that you called me for the same reason.
If you called me about another topic, please let me know.
Nikki Charlson
www.elections.maryland.gov________________________________________________________________
_____
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 1:29 PM lynn garland wrote:

Thank you so much and good luck with your power.

Lynn
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 1, 2021, at 11:28 AM, Tracey E. Hartman -SBE-

<traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:

Hi Lynn-
Thanks for your email. I'm sorry I missed your call earlier- my power
was out and I was saving my phone battery.
The proposed regs approved by the State Board at its May and June
meetings were both published in the August 13th issue of the Maryland
Register, and the due date for comments is September 13th. The
proposed regs approved by the State Board at its July meeting should
be published in the September 10th issue of the Maryland register.
Let me know if you have other questions.
Thanks,
Tracey
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 10:02 AM lynn garland

wrote:
Dear Ms. Hartman and Ms. Charlson:
I was planning on commenting on some of the regulations recently

approved by the SBE. I have not been able to find them in the
published issues of the Maryland Register. I hate to bother you
about this, but could you point me in the right direction? For recently
SBE approved regulations, could you let me know which issue of the
Maryland Register they are included and the associated due dates
for comments?
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840

--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840

2/16/24, 12 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Request to speak at tomorrow's meeting
Re: Request to speak at tomorrow's meeting

1 message
David J. McManus Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:47 AM

Yes
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 24, 2019, at 11:20 AM, Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> wrote:
Ok with her request?

From:
Date: Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: Request to speak at tomorrow's meeting
Cc: David J. McManus
As I mentioned in my email, I plan to speak about the audit regulation. Ok?
Best,
Lynn
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 24, 2019, at 7:44 AM, Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> wrote:
Can you please provide the topic on which you wish to speak?
Nikki Charlson
www.elections.maryland.gov_____________________________________________________________________
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 4:44 PM wrote:

Dear Ms. Charlson,
I request to speak at tomorrow's SBE meeting about the audit regulation.
Also, have you been able to figure out the inconsistency between the MVA and SBE data
regarding the 80,000 unsent change of addresses? (See attached.) I am still interested in
understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 12 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Request to speak at tomorrow's meeting
From:
To: nikki.charlson <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Cc: info.sbe <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Mar 27, 2019 11:20 pm
Subject: Re: MVA data
Dear Ms. Charlson, cc. Chairman McManus, Vice-chairman Hogan
I am still trying to understand the data surrounding the bug that prevented 80,000 change
of addresses from being sent from the MVA to the SBE to update the voter registration
database. As I wrote before the January 10th meeting, when the SBE did not provide the
requested data, I obtained the data from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data from the MVA
was inconsistent with the partial data from the SBE. Were you able to determine the
cause of the discrepancy between the MVA data and the SBE data?
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
From: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2019 10:01 am
Subject: Re: MVA data and request to speak
We are evaluating the data to determine the cause of the discrepancy.
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,
As you know, last summer I requested the change of address voter registration data
transferred from the MVA to the SBE by month from 2014 to June 2018. The SBE
provided the data for the change of addresses from all sources, but, despite my
repeated requests, did not provide the data from the MVA alone. Luckily, I was able to
get that data directly from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data does not make sense to
me. (See attached.) In particular, for several of the months the number of address
changes from the MVA exceeds the changes from all sources, which I thought included
the MVA. Can you explain to me the differences I am seeing?
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 12 27 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Request to speak, MVA transfer data and Agency Management System
Re: Request to speak, MVA transfer data and Agency Management System
1 message
Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 7:54 AM

Phew! Thanks for letting me know.
Best,
Lynn
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Thu, Jul 19, 2018 7:49 am
Subject: Re: Request to speak, MVA transfer data and Agency Management System
My apologies. I used language from another email and that individual provided testimony. Please disregard that portion
of my email.
Nikki Charlson
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:10 PM, wrote:

Dear Ms. Charlson,
Thank you for approving my request to address the members of the SBE. I am unsure of what you meant when you
said that you have included attached testimony. I don't believe I sent any attached testimony. Please let me know what
you meant.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 7:19 pm
The Chair of the State Board of Elections has approved your request to address the members of the State Board of
Elections at tomorrow's meeting. Remarks should be limited to 3 minutes. We included the attached testimony in the
board meeting folder, but if there are other handouts, please bring 10 copies.
The meeting will start immediately after the members convene as the State Board of Canvassers and certify the results
of the 2018 Primary Election. The meeting to certify the results starts at 2 pm and it expected to last approximately 15-
20 minutes.
We will respond to the other parts of your email by separate email.

2/16/24, 12 27 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Request to speak, MVA transfer data and Agency Management System
Nikki Charlson
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:38 PM, wrote:
Dear Ms, Charlson,
I request permission to speak to the SBE this Thursday.
Also, please provide me with the historical data on the transfer of voter registration information from the MVA to
the SBE. In particular, please provide me with both the paper based and the electronic based data transfer
quantity by month for the the last 12 years, if possible, for new registrations, address changes and party affiliation
changes.
At the December 2014 SBE meeting you said:

"SBE is currently performing a gap analysis between the current EMS system and the database functionality of the
new voting system. This will help SBE understand the impact of the cancellation and the steps needed to replace the
election management system functionality. " Now that there is an ongoing project to develop a new Agency Election
Management System, please provide documentation that shows what functionality this system will have that is also
available in ES&S's EMS system that Maryland leases. Please provide the analysis used to make the decision to
develop Maryland's own software for these functions rather than use ES&S's system. Also, please provide
documentation showing where this new AEMS system will be hosted and when this project to develop this system
was presented to the Board of Public Works, if it was presented.
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 12 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Re SBE 10/4 Meeting Request to Speak
Re: SBE 10/4 Meeting: Request to Speak

1 message
David J. McManus Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 1:10 PM

Cc: Donna Duncan <donna.duncan@maryland.gov>
Sorry, yes.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 4, 2018, at 12:58 PM, Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> wrote:
Dave,
Just wanted to see if you wanted to approve this request.
Nikki
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov> wrote:
Dave,
Lynn Garland has asked to speak at tomorrow's meeting. She'd like to discuss the regulations for post-
election audits.
Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
Nikki

From:
Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 2:36 PM
Dear Ms. Charlson,
I see that approval for regulations for post election audits is on the agenda. I would like to adress the
board about this issue Thursday.
Also, I still have not received all of the information from my July request below. I did receive a
spreadsheet with the information for new registrations both from the MVA and from other sources. I
received a spreadsheet with the change of adress data, but the MVA and other sources were combined
instead of being separate. I did not receive any spreadsheet on changes to party affiliation. I have not
yet received the information requested below about the Agency Election Management System. I am still
interested in recieving this information.

2/16/24, 12 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Re SBE 10/4 Meeting Request to Speak
Thank you,
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 12 27 PM State of Maryland Mail Re State Board of Elections Special Meeting 2/4 at 3 pm
Re: State Board of Elections - Special Meeting - 2/4 at 3 pm

1 message
Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 8:11 PM

Thank you very much for sending me this notice.
Lynn
To: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <ncharlson@elections.state.md.us>
Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2016 4:39 pm
Subject: State Board of Elections - Special Meeting - 2/4 at 3 pm
The State Board of Elections has called a special meeting for this Thursday, February 4th at 3 pm. Attached is the
meeting agenda.
Nikki Charlson

2/16/24, 12 25 PM State of Maryland Mail Re State Board of Elections' Meeting Approval to Speak
Re: State Board of Elections' Meeting - Approval to Speak

1 message
Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 9:27 AM

Thank you.
Lynn
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 8:09 am
Subject: State Board of Elections' Meeting - Approval to Speak
The Chairman has approved your request to speak at this afternoon's meeting of the State Board of Elections. Please limit
your remarks to 3 minutes.
Nikki Charlson

2/16/24, 12 25 PM State of Maryland Mail Request to address State Board
Request to address State Board

1 message
Donna Duncan -SBE- <donna.duncan@maryland.gov> Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 11:17 AM

To:
Bcc: Nikki.Charlson@maryland.gov
Ms. Garland: The State Board Chairman approved your request to address the Board on January 16, 2020. The
meeting is scheduled to begin at 2 pm. Attached is the current agenda for your convenience.
Should you have any questions, please let me know.
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Donna J. Duncan
Assistant Deputy for Election Policy
410.269.2851
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2/16/24, 12 24 PM State of Maryland Mail Will Maryland be able to certify the November election by the Electoral College deadline?
Lynn Garland
Montgomery County citizen
[i]My estimate of over one million electronically requested ballots is derived from estimates for turnout,
percent of voters voting absentee, and percent of those choosing to receive their blank absentee ballots
electronically. Maryland has 4 million registered voters. Assume that 3 million vote in November. With all
registered voters receiving absentee ballot request forms and most voters eager to avoid the health risk of
voting in person, the demand for absentee ballots will be extremely high - - perhaps 70% - 90%. (For
reference, 97% of voters voted by mail or drop box in the June 2 election, when all voters were mailed a
ballot.) In recent general elections, over one-third of absentee voters chose to have the blank ballot delivered
to them electronically. (38.6% in 2016 and 36.3% in 2018). An even higher percentage of voters may select
electronic delivery of their blank ballots in November's election because of concerns about the Post Office.
For November's election, assume that 37% of absentee voters request electronic blank ballot delivery. The
return rate for these electronically delivered ballots has been 71%. Putting that all together:
If demand for absentee ballots is very high:

3,000,000 voters x .90 absentee x .37 electronic = 999,000 requests for electronic delivery. With a
71% return rate, 709,000 ballots returned.
If demand for absentee ballots is not so high:

3,000,000 voters x .70 absentee x .37 electronic = 777,000 requests for electronic delivery. With a
71% return rate, 551,670 ballots returned.
[ii]The figure of 5 more team-member minutes is derived from Montgomery County's analysis of the
2018 election:
- 12,948 web delivery ballots returned: 1,718 canvass team member hours (8.0 team-
member-minutes per ballot)
- 24,092 mail delivery ballots returned: 1,261 Canvass team member hours (3.1 team-
member-minutes per ballot)
[iii]In 2016, using 46 two-person duplication teams, Montgomery County received and duplicated
19,133 web delivered ballots (31 % of the 61,937 for the state). The duplication took 5 days. With
700,000 ballots statewide, if Montgomery County again has 31% of the load, Montgomery County will
have about 217,000 ballots to duplicate. Assuming 46 teams, that would take about 57 days.
[iv]For the June 2 primary, the statistics presented in the June 18th Administrator’s report are
troubling: The SBE stated that it "sent emails to approximately 50,100 voters to download their ballot
from the SBE website. Approximately, 32,932 of these voters logged into the online account." Yet, the
table showing how the voters chose to mark their ballot had a total of 40,121 voters. How could
there be so many if only 32,932 logged into the online account?

2/16/24, 4 25 PM State of Maryland Mail Comments on proposed regulations posted on November 13, 2015
info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Comments on proposed regulations posted on November 13, 2015

2 messages
Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:18 AM

To: erin.perrone@maryland.gov
Cc: nikki.charlson@maryland.gov, info.sbe@maryland.gov
To: Erin Perrone, Administrative Assistant

cc: Nikki Charlson, Deputy State Administrator, David McManus, Chairman, P. J. Hogan, Vice-Chairman
From: Lynn Garland
Re: Comments on proposed SBE regulations posted on November 13, 2015
I recommend four substantive changes to the proposed regulations. These changes relate to recounts, registration
change of address, reporting results by precinct, and post-elections audits.
I also recommend several minor changes, clarifications, and corrections to the text. Some of the language in the proposed
regulations differs from its common English usage and usage in other states. The use of such inconsistent language can
cause misinterpretation within Maryland and when comparing Maryland's rules to the rules of other states, so I have
recommended changes for clarification. (See attached.) Also, throughout the proposed regulations there are still many
references to the old voting machines ("direct recording equipment" and "touchscreen voting units") that should be
changed (I have not highlighted each occurrence). For example: 33.08.05.05 Post-Election Verification: "A. Touchscreen
Voting Unit. For each precinct selected under Regulation .03, the election director shall: (1) Obtain the totals tapes from
each touchscreen voting unit deployed to the precinct;" and .06 Securing Materials After Recount: "A. Voting Machines.
Voting machines and direct recording equipment reviewed in the recount shall: ..."
RECOMMENDED SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES

1. The proposed section on Optional Recount Methods, 33.12.05.02, lists options for recount methods including manual
tabulation and rescanning on vote tabulation equipment. It then adds a new option D: "Any other recount option approved
by the State Administrator." The responsibility for “other recount options” is more appropriately maintained by the State
Board. The options may require the Board’s evaluation and certification of the equipment used. I recommend either
striking Option D in 33.12.05.02, or restating Option D to require the State Board to approve any alternative recount
option.
2. In several letters to the SBE, three computer scientists, Professor J. Alex Halderman, (University of Michigan), Dr.
David Jefferson, (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Dr. Barbara Simons (Past-President, Association for
Computing Machinery) wrote of their concerns regarding the vulnerability of Maryland's online registration system. As
stated in their February 20, 2013 letter: “Maryland’s elections would be even more at risk if this vulnerable voter
registration system were coupled with on-line delivery of ballots, especially since Maryland does not compare absentee
ballot signatures to the signatures of record.” In their letter of September 25th, 2012, they suggested that online address
changes be followed by a mailed notification to both the voter's new and old addresses in order to detect fraudulent
address changes. As an incremental security measure, I recommend that 33.05.05.04, Duplicate or Changed VNC, be
changed to require that this notification be sent to the voter's old address as well as the new address.
3. Election results should be reported by precinct, not just by "county, for votes cast during early voting or by absentee or
provisional voting" (33.08.01.10, Report of Votes Cast.) Not having results by precinct hinders candidates and political
scientists. Abnormal voting trends (either unusual or problematic) are more difficult to detect without results reported by
precinct. Reporting election results by precinct is considered a best practice and was required by Maryland regulation until
2012. Such reporting can be key for efficient and effective post-election tabulation audits.
4. Audits are crucial for checking the election process and the outcome of the election. The remainder and the majority of
my comments focus on the regulations for post-election audits. In the past, Maryland has conducted some post-election
audits to validate the election process. Now that Maryland will have paper ballots, audits should be used to check the
tabulation of the machines and the election outcomes as well. There are four different types of post election audits, each
of which is important: Ballot Accounting, to make sure that no ballots have been added or removed unofficially;
Reconciliation (referred to as a precinct audit in Maryland), "to confirm that the number of ballots cast equals the number
of voters who checked-in to vote at a polling place"; Verification of the Summation, to check that the subtotals of precincts,
early voting, and absentee voting are added correctly; and Verification of the Machine Interpretation and Tabulation of
votes to make sure the votes are counted correctly.
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Each type of audit and its timing should be included in the regulations. The records needed to perform these audits must
be maintained, including ballot images and machine cast vote records. The results of each type of audit should be
publically available and posted on the SBE website for transparency. And the documentation of the audits themselves
should be retained. More specifically:
a. Ballot Accounting. As stated in Maryland's own SBE report: "Accounting for every paper ballot, including unused and
spoiled ballots, is necessary to confirm that ballots have not been misplaced or misused." (See "Development of a Pilot
Election Audit Program, A Project For The Pew Charitable Trusts – Make Voting Work"
)
However, the proposed regulation appears to cover only polling place Ballot Accounting (33.10.11.34, Ballot Accounting
in Polling Place.) Absentee ballots should also be covered. The regulations should require that the LBEs check the
polling place ballot accounting and perform the absentee ballot accounting during the Canvass. The SBE should review
the LBEs' ballot accounting. (See Election law 9-216: "each local board shall establish and maintain a system to account
for, and maintain control over, the ballots from the beginning of production through postelection storage and disposition.
(b) The State Board shall monitor and periodically review the performance of the local boards in their compliance with
subsection (a) of this section.")
b. Reconciliation (also called precinct audit, 33.08.05.06). The proposed regulation for comparing the number of votes
cast to the number of voters in the polling place has a significant problem: it demands certification of the election even if
there are enough disparities between the number of votes cast and the number of voters to cast doubt on the outcome of
an election.
Under the proposed regulation, the number of manually counted vote authority cards and the number of ballots cast are
compared in 5% of the precincts, as well as in those precincts where the automatically calculated disparity between voters
checked into the e-polls and vote cast is 5 or more. "If the audit demonstrates an unexplained discrepancy between the
number of signed voter authority cards and the number of ballots cast and that discrepancy is: (1) Less than the vote
margin of any contest on the ballot in that precinct, the local board of canvassers shall accept the audit results and certify
the election." This is inappropriate for two reasons. First, if the discrepancies from only 5% of the precincts are smaller
than the vote margin, it does not mean that the discrepancies from all the precincts together will still be smaller than the
total vote margin. The purpose of a sample audit is to estimate the overall rate of discrepancies and the rate might vary
considerably among the precincts. A small discrepancy in 5% of precincts may indicate a large total discrepancy. Second,
if the sample selected shows large discrepancies, the audit should escalate from 5% of precincts to all precincts.
c. Verification of the Summation (also called post-election Verification, 33.08.05.05). First, during the Canvass, the
independent summation of all of the subtotals from the precincts, early voting centers and absentee ballots should be
100%, rather than 5% as proposed. The SBE should then do a check. (In practice, the LBEs may have been doing a
100% verification of the summation and the SBE may have done a 5% check, but this should be clear in the regulation.)
This summation should be performed on a system independent from the voting system and the Election Management
System. Second, the source of the subtotals should be obtained from the optical scan paper total tapes and the total of
any ballots placed in the manual ballot box. Third, the paper tape totals should be compared to the memory card totals;
this is considered best practice and was in the Maryland regulations until 2012.
d. Verification of the machine interpretation and tabulation of votes - This type of audit is extremely important to
validate elections, but is entirely missing from the proposed regulation. Given Maryland's use of new voting equipment,
this type of audit is especially important to validate its correct function. For this type of audit, a random sample of ballots is
selected. The auditors independently interpret each selected ballot (i.e. determine whom the voter selected), and they
then count the ballots for each selectee. Finally, the result is compared to the previously published result for that same
group of ballots. There are many different ways of performing such an audit, and the regulation should spell out how
Maryland will perform it.
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Comments on COMAR changes posted Nov 13 pdf
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Comments on COMAR changes posted Nov 13
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info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:47 PM

To: Donna Duncan -SBE- <donna.duncan@maryland.gov>

From: <
Date: Monday, December 14, 2015
Subject: Comments on proposed regulations posted on November 13, 2015
To: erin.perrone@maryland.gov
To: Erin Perrone, Administrative Assistant

cc: Nikki Charlson, Deputy State Administrator, David McManus, Chairman, P. J. Hogan, Vice-Chairman
From: Lynn Garland
Re: Comments on proposed SBE regulations posted on November 13, 2015
I recommend four substantive changes to the proposed regulations. These changes relate to recounts, registration
change of address, reporting results by precinct, and post-elections audits.
I also recommend several minor changes, clarifications, and corrections to the text. Some of the language in the proposed
regulations differs from its common English usage and usage in other states. The use of such inconsistent language can
cause misinterpretation within Maryland and when comparing Maryland's rules to the rules of other states, so I have
recommended changes for clarification. (See attached.) Also, throughout the proposed regulations there are still many
references to the old voting machines ("direct recording equipment" and "touchscreen voting units") that should be
changed (I have not highlighted each occurrence). For example: 33.08.05.05 Post-Election Verification: "A. Touchscreen
Voting Unit. For each precinct selected under Regulation .03, the election director shall: (1) Obtain the totals tapes from
each touchscreen voting unit deployed to the precinct;" and .06 Securing Materials After Recount: "A. Voting Machines.
Voting machines and direct recording equipment reviewed in the recount shall: ..."
RECOMMENDED SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES

1. The proposed section on Optional Recount Methods, 33.12.05.02, lists options for recount methods including manual
tabulation and rescanning on vote tabulation equipment. It then adds a new option D: "Any other recount option approved
by the State Administrator." The responsibility for “other recount options” is more appropriately maintained by the State
Board. The options may require the Board’s evaluation and certification of the equipment used. I recommend either
striking Option D in 33.12.05.02, or restating Option D to require the State Board to approve any alternative recount
option.
2. In several letters to the SBE, three computer scientists, Professor J. Alex Halderman, (University of Michigan), Dr.
David Jefferson, (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Dr. Barbara Simons (Past-President, Association for
Computing Machinery) wrote of their concerns regarding the vulnerability of Maryland's online registration system. As
stated in their February 20, 2013 letter: “Maryland’s elections would be even more at risk if this vulnerable voter
registration system were coupled with on-line delivery of ballots, especially since Maryland does not compare absentee
ballot signatures to the signatures of record.” In their letter of September 25th, 2012, they suggested that online address
changes be followed by a mailed notification to both the voter's new and old addresses in order to detect fraudulent
address changes. As an incremental security measure, I recommend that 33.05.05.04, Duplicate or Changed VNC, be
changed to require that this notification be sent to the voter's old address as well as the new address.
3. Election results should be reported by precinct, not just by "county, for votes cast during early voting or by absentee or
provisional voting" (33.08.01.10, Report of Votes Cast.) Not having results by precinct hinders candidates and political
scientists. Abnormal voting trends (either unusual or problematic) are more difficult to detect without results reported by
precinct. Reporting election results by precinct is considered a best practice and was required by Maryland regulation until
2012. Such reporting can be key for efficient and effective post-election tabulation audits.
4. Audits are crucial for checking the election process and the outcome of the election. The remainder and the majority of
my comments focus on the regulations for post-election audits. In the past, Maryland has conducted some post-election
audits to validate the election process. Now that Maryland will have paper ballots, audits should be used to check the
tabulation of the machines and the election outcomes as well. There are four different types of post election audits, each
of which is important: Ballot Accounting, to make sure that no ballots have been added or removed unofficially;
Reconciliation (referred to as a precinct audit in Maryland), "to confirm that the number of ballots cast equals the number
of voters who checked-in to vote at a polling place"; Verification of the Summation, to check that the subtotals of precincts,
early voting, and absentee voting are added correctly; and Verification of the Machine Interpretation and Tabulation of
votes to make sure the votes are counted correctly.
Each type of audit and its timing should be included in the regulations. The records needed to perform these audits must
be maintained, including ballot images and machine cast vote records. The results of each type of audit should be
publically available and posted on the SBE website for transparency. And the documentation of the audits themselves
should be retained. More specifically:

a. Ballot Accounting. As stated in Maryland's own SBE report: "Accounting for every paper ballot, including unused and
spoiled ballots, is necessary to confirm that ballots have not been misplaced or misused." (See "Development of a Pilot
Election Audit Program, A Project For The Pew Charitable Trusts – Make Voting Work"
)
However, the proposed regulation appears to cover only polling place Ballot Accounting (33.10.11.34, Ballot Accounting
in Polling Place.) Absentee ballots should also be covered. The regulations should require that the LBEs check the
polling place ballot accounting and perform the absentee ballot accounting during the Canvass. The SBE should review
the LBEs' ballot accounting. (See Election law 9-216: "each local board shall establish and maintain a system to account
for, and maintain control over, the ballots from the beginning of production through postelection storage and disposition.
(b) The State Board shall monitor and periodically review the performance of the local boards in their compliance with
subsection (a) of this section.")
b. Reconciliation (also called precinct audit, 33.08.05.06). The proposed regulation for comparing the number of votes
cast to the number of voters in the polling place has a significant problem: it demands certification of the election even if
there are enough disparities between the number of votes cast and the number of voters to cast doubt on the outcome of
an election.
Under the proposed regulation, the number of manually counted vote authority cards and the number of ballots cast are
compared in 5% of the precincts, as well as in those precincts where the automatically calculated disparity between voters
checked into the e-polls and vote cast is 5 or more. "If the audit demonstrates an unexplained discrepancy between the
number of signed voter authority cards and the number of ballots cast and that discrepancy is: (1) Less than the vote
margin of any contest on the ballot in that precinct, the local board of canvassers shall accept the audit results and certify
the election." This is inappropriate for two reasons. First, if the discrepancies from only 5% of the precincts are smaller
than the vote margin, it does not mean that the discrepancies from all the precincts together will still be smaller than the
total vote margin. The purpose of a sample audit is to estimate the overall rate of discrepancies and the rate might vary
considerably among the precincts. A small discrepancy in 5% of precincts may indicate a large total discrepancy. Second,
if the sample selected shows large discrepancies, the audit should escalate from 5% of precincts to all precincts.
c. Verification of the Summation (also called post-election Verification, 33.08.05.05). First, during the Canvass, the
independent summation of all of the subtotals from the precincts, early voting centers and absentee ballots should be
100%, rather than 5% as proposed. The SBE should then do a check. (In practice, the LBEs may have been doing a
100% verification of the summation and the SBE may have done a 5% check, but this should be clear in the regulation.)
This summation should be performed on a system independent from the voting system and the Election Management
System. Second, the source of the subtotals should be obtained from the optical scan paper total tapes and the total of
any ballots placed in the manual ballot box. Third, the paper tape totals should be compared to the memory card totals;
this is considered best practice and was in the Maryland regulations until 2012.
d. Verification of the machine interpretation and tabulation of votes - This type of audit is extremely important to
validate elections, but is entirely missing from the proposed regulation. Given Maryland's use of new voting equipment,
this type of audit is especially important to validate its correct function. For this type of audit, a random sample of ballots is
selected. The auditors independently interpret each selected ballot (i.e. determine whom the voter selected), and they
then count the ballots for each selectee. Finally, the result is compared to the previously published result for that same
group of ballots. There are many different ways of performing such an audit, and the regulation should spell out how
Maryland will perform it.
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Comments on COMAR changes posted Nov 13 pdf
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2/16/24, 4 26 PM State of Maryland Mail Wireless DS200 Precinct Ballot Scanners
Wireless DS200 Precinct Ballot Scanners

2 messages
Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:43 PM

May 13, 2015
Dear Chairman Mack, Vice-Chairman McManus, and Members of the State Board of Elections:
At the State Board of Elections meeting on April 30, the Board was informed that the administration intends to deploy
precinct ballot scanners equipped with wireless cellular modems. This version of the DS200 with wireless modems
installed has not been certified by the EAC or SBE and has not been approved by the Board of Public Works. As a
result, this equipment may not meet the requirements of Maryland law.
On October 23, 2014, the Board certified a new voting system from the vendor Election Systems and Software (ES&S)
that includes DS200 precinct ballot scanners. After obtaining Maryland certification from the Board, the administration
sought approval from the Board of Public Works at its December 14, 2014 meeting for a system already certified by the
EAC. At that time, the BPW was correctly advised by the administration that: "Under State law, a voting system must
be tested and shown to meet the standards in the federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) issued by the
U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The EAC certified the ES&S solution in July 2014, as meeting the federal
Voluntary Voting System Guidelines." (See page 128: http://bpw.maryland.gov/MeetingDocs/2014-Dec-17-Agenda.pdf
)
The version of ES&S DS200 scanners that was certified by the EAC in July 2014 was version 5.2.0.0. The certification
documents posted on the EAC website show that version 5.2.0.0 is not equipped with any type of modem. (See page
10 of the EAC certification document: http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/ESSEVS5200_scope_
cert_FINAL_7.2.14.pdf)
Wide Area Network – Use of Modems no
Wide Area Network – Use of Wireless no
Local Area Network – Use of TCP/IP no
Local Area Network – Use of Infrared no
Local Area Network – Use of Wireless no
A modem with cellular technology would fall under the category of "Wide Area Network - Use of Wireless." No DS200
scanners with modems have been certified by the EAC.
Installing a wireless modem in a voting machine makes the machine less secure. The VVSG states: "In general,
convenience is not a sufficiently compelling reason, on its own, to justify the inclusion of wireless communications in a
voting system." If a wireless modem is installed in a voting system, the VVSG has many additional security
requirements that must be met for certification, and election officials should take many additional precautions and
should conduct additional audits every election.
Also, in order to be considered for Maryland's selection process, vendors were required by the SBE to have already
submitted their systems for certification by the EAC, and the vendors were required to present proof of certification
prior to award.* At the time of the award, ES&S had not submitted a modem-equipped DS200 scanner for certification
to the EAC.
At the April 30 SBE meeting, the Board was asked to certify a modification to the system that the Board had certified in
October. The memo requesting this certification noted that this modification (EVS version 5.3.0.0) was a software
update, not a hardware change. Thus, this software certification did not certify the D200 hardware with the wireless
modem. This means that the modem-equipped DS200 has not been certified by the EAC or the SBE, and has not
been approved by the BPW.
The memo states: "This modification has undergone testing by the NTS of Huntsville, AL." The memo does not specify
whether NTS found that the system passed all of the requirements of the VVSG. Specifically:
• Was the system tested against all of the standards in the VVSG, including all of section 7.5
Telecommunications and Data Transmission and all of section 7.7 Wireless Communications?
• Did it pass all of the standards?
• Did NTS certify that the modem-equipped system complies with the VVSG?
It does not appear that the Board has ever expressly considered including a wireless modem in the hardware, or
discussed the security risks, comparative advantages, and additional costs of doing so. Deviating from the system
certified by the EAC, the SBE, and the BPW is a significant decision for Board members to fully understand, discuss
and approve.
The SBE should not deploy these modem-equipped scanners without detailed documentation showing that they
comply with Maryland law. Instead, the SBE should use the safer, less expensive**, EAC-certified version of the
scanners that were certified by the SBE in October and approved by the Board of Public Works.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
* Maryland Voting System RFP: http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/SBE%20VSS%20RFP%20-%

20D38B4400019%20%20v1.6.pdf
3.3 Voting System Certification Requirements
3.3.1 Federal Certification
The VSS proposed by the Offeror shall have been tested and successfully met the requirements of an EAC accredited
VSTL and the federal voting system standards and the EAC’s 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) prior
to the Offeror receiving an award. The Offeror may propose a VSS that is presently submitted to a VSTL and is
undergoing testing required for EAC certification and shall provide a copy of the certification prior to award.
** Some states, like Florida, are using the DS200 with the built-in modem because those states do not require EAC
certification. A document from Florida estimated the incremental cost of the modem to be $550 each (about $1 million
to equip each scanner in MD).
http://www.myfloridaelections.org/ew_pages/fsase_winter_2013_conf_ess.pdf
Other states, including New York and Virginia, have chosen th
info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:54 PM


From: < >
Date: Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:43 PM
Subject: Wireless DS200 Precinct Ballot Scanners
May 13, 2015
Dear Chairman Mack, Vice-Chairman McManus, and Members of the State Board of Elections:
At the State Board of Elections meeting on April 30, the Board was informed that the administration intends to deploy
precinct ballot scanners equipped with wireless cellular modems. This version of the DS200 with wireless modems
installed has not been certified by the EAC or SBE and has not been approved by the Board of Public Works. As a
result, this equipment may not meet the requirements of Maryland law.
On October 23, 2014, the Board certified a new voting system from the vendor Election Systems and Software (ES&S)
that includes DS200 precinct ballot scanners. After obtaining Maryland certification from the Board, the administration
sought approval from the Board of Public Works at its December 14, 2014 meeting for a system already certified by the
EAC. At that time, the BPW was correctly advised by the administration that: "Under State law, a voting system must
be tested and shown to meet the standards in the federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) issued by the
U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The EAC certified the ES&S solution in July 2014, as meeting the federal
Voluntary Voting System Guidelines." (See page 128: http://bpw.maryland.gov/MeetingDocs/2014-Dec-17-Agenda.pdf
)
The version of ES&S DS200 scanners that was certified by the EAC in July 2014 was version 5.2.0.0. The certification
documents posted on the EAC website show that version 5.2.0.0 is not equipped with any type of modem. (See page
10 of the EAC certification document: http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/ESSEVS5200_scope_
cert_FINAL_7.2.14.pdf)
Wide Area Network – Use of Modems no

Wide Area Network – Use of Wireless no
Local Area Network – Use of TCP/IP no
Local Area Network – Use of Infrared no
Local Area Network – Use of Wireless no
A modem with cellular technology would fall under the category of "Wide Area Network - Use of Wireless." No DS200
scanners with modems have been certified by the EAC.
Installing a wireless modem in a voting machine makes the machine less secure. The VVSG states: "In general,
convenience is not a sufficiently compelling reason, on its own, to justify the inclusion of wireless communications in a
voting system." If a wireless modem is installed in a voting system, the VVSG has many additional security
requirements that must be met for certification, and election officials should take many additional precautions and
should conduct additional audits every election.
Also, in order to be considered for Maryland's selection process, vendors were required by the SBE to have already
submitted their systems for certification by the EAC, and the vendors were required to present proof of certification
prior to award.* At the time of the award, ES&S had not submitted a modem-equipped DS200 scanner for certification
to the EAC.
At the April 30 SBE meeting, the Board was asked to certify a modification to the system that the Board had certified in
October. The memo requesting this certification noted that this modification (EVS version 5.3.0.0) was a software
update, not a hardware change. Thus, this software certification did not certify the D200 hardware with the wireless
modem. This means that the modem-equipped DS200 has not been certified by the EAC or the SBE, and has not
been approved by the BPW.
The memo states: "This modification has undergone testing by the NTS of Huntsville, AL." The memo does not specify
whether NTS found that the system passed all of the requirements of the VVSG. Specifically:
• Was the system tested against all of the standards in the VVSG, including all of section 7.5
Telecommunications and Data Transmission and all of section 7.7 Wireless Communications?
• Did it pass all of the standards?
• Did NTS certify that the modem-equipped system complies with the VVSG?
It does not appear that the Board has ever expressly considered including a wireless modem in the hardware, or
discussed the security risks, comparative advantages, and additional costs of doing so. Deviating from the system
certified by the EAC, the SBE, and the BPW is a significant decision for Board members to fully understand, discuss
and approve.
The SBE should not deploy these modem-equipped scanners without detailed documentation showing that they
comply with Maryland law. Instead, the SBE should use the safer, less expensive**, EAC-certified version of the
scanners that were certified by the SBE in October and approved by the Board of Public Works.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
* Maryland Voting System RFP: http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/SBE%20VSS%20RFP%20-%

20D38B4400019%20%20v1.6.pdf
3.3 Voting System Certification Requirements
3.3.1 Federal Certification
The VSS proposed by the Offeror shall have been tested and successfully met the requirements of an EAC accredited
VSTL and the federal voting system standards and the EAC’s 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) prior
to the Offeror receiving an award. The Offeror may propose a VSS that is presently submitted to a VSTL and is
undergoing testing required for EAC certification and shall provide a copy of the certification prior to award.
** Some states, like Florida, are using the DS200 with the built-in modem because those states do not require EAC
certification. A document from Florida estimated the incremental cost of the modem to be $550 each (about $1 million
to equip each scanner in MD).
http://www.myfloridaelections.org/ew_pages/fsase_winter_2013_conf_ess.pdf
Other states, including New York and Virginia, have chosen th

2/16/24, 4 26 PM State of Maryland Mail RFP issues
RFP issues
2 messages
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:17 AM

Attached please find a letter to the board members and the state administrator regarding RFP issues. Please forward this
letter to them.
Lynn Garland
RFP letter
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From:
Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:17 AM
Subject: RFP issues
Attached please find a letter to the board members and the state administrator regarding RFP issues. Please forward this
letter to them.
Lynn Garland
RFP letter
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2/16/24, 4 27 PM State of Maryland Mail Re MVA data
Re: MVA data

2 messages
Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:20 PM

Cc: info.sbe@maryland.gov
I am still trying to understand the data surrounding the bug that prevented 80,000 change of addresses from being sent
from the MVA to the SBE to update the voter registration database. As I wrote before the January 10th meeting, when
the SBE did not provide the requested data, I obtained the data from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data from the MVA
was inconsistent with the partial data from the SBE. Were you able to determine the cause of the discrepancy between
the MVA data and the SBE data?
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2019 10:01 am
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,
As you know, last summer I requested the change of address voter registration data transferred from the MVA to the
SBE by month from 2014 to June 2018. The SBE provided the data for the change of addresses from all sources,
but, despite my repeated requests, did not provide the data from the MVA alone. Luckily, I was able to get that data
directly from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data does not make sense to me. (See attached.) In particular, for several
of the months the number of address changes from the MVA exceeds the changes from all sources, which I thought
included the MVA. Can you explain to me the differences I am seeing?
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:10 AM


2/16/24, 4 27 PM State of Maryland Mail Re MVA data

From:
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:20 PM
To: <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Cc: <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
To: Lynn Garland <
Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2019 10:01 am
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,
SBE by month from 2014 to June 2018. The SBE provided the data for the change of addresses from all sources,
but, despite my repeated requests, did not provide the data from the MVA alone. Luckily, I was able to get that data
directly from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data does not make sense to me. (See attached.) In particular, for several
of the months the number of address changes from the MVA exceeds the changes from all sources, which I thought
included the MVA. Can you explain to me the differences I am seeing?
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 4 27 PM State of Maryland Mail Responses to proposed post election audit regulation
Responses to proposed post-election audit regulation

2 messages
Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:40 AM

Cc: dmcmanus@bbsclaw.com, traceye.hartman@maryland.gov, nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
Dear Chairman McManus, Vice-Chairman Hogan and Members of the State Board of Elections:
Last month, I submitted both summary and detailed comments regarding the proposed post-election audit regulations. You received
my detailed comments, but, unfortunately, may not have received the summary, which is attached to this email.
Since the last meeting, I have been able to review the administration's responses to my comments. Those responses fall into two
categories.
As to one category, the responses acknowledge the merit of the critiques, but suggest waiting to make corrections until some future
round of regulatory amendments. Respectfully, that approach is ill-advised. It means that, in the interim, any audits conducted
will be invalid. And given the cumbersome nature of the amendment process, it means such invalidity may persist for years.
As to the second category, the responses reject the critiques, but do so because they fail to understand the importance of those
comments. Correction of those errors is important to ensuring the integrity of the audits and, respectfully, should be completed
before the regulations are issued.
1. Responses that Inadvisably Suggest Waiting for Future Amendments to Make the Following Corrections:
- Specifying how the local boards select absentee and provisional ballots
- Outlining the timing of the precinct and contest selection
- Removing the ability to exclude precincts from possible selection
- Specifying that 2% of the precincts must be audited
- Including the source of any discrepancy in the online report
- Correcting the definition of "precinct" so it cannot mean an early voting center
- Adding a definition of "automated software audit"
2. Responses that Misunderstand the Importance of the Following Critiques:
The regulations should require publishing all preliminary results, including absentee and provisional subtotals, prior to the
sample selection so that the results cannot be adjusted after the audit. Contrary to the response, it is not sufficient to secretly
store the results with the ballots to be audited.
The regulations should ensure real randomness by specifying the mechanism for determining the random sample (pulling
paper slips out of a hat falls short) and by not excluding any groups of ballots from being randomly selected. Contrary to the
response, it is not correct that "the process used for the manual audit of the 2018 General Election was random and publicly
observable." The public could not observe that all precincts were represented once and only once on the slips of paper placed into
the hat. Moreover, the response that "ballots from 1 scanner at the end of day 1 are audited" excludes the results of all the other
days of early voting from being subject to audit.
The regulations should ensure the auditors are "blind" to the preliminary results. Contrary to the response, it is not correct
that "This requirement is not practical .... the precinct level results are posted online." Such "blindness" is not difficult to achieve
even if the results are published on the website.

The regulations should require that the voter's original ballot is the one audited, not a duplicated ballot that the voter has
never seen. Contrary to the response, it is not correct that, "public observation and the supervision by the bipartisan local board of
elections ... validates the accuracy of the ballot duplication process." I have witnessed this process on several occasions and there
is no validation. Also, the law says that "'manual audit' means the inspection of the voter verifiable paper records" and for absentee
voting "voter verifiable paper record" means "a paper ballot prepared by the voter to be mailed to the applicable local board."
The regulations should enable the State Board to conduct a manual audit for a primary election. Many elections in Maryland
are determined in the primary. The law says: "Following each statewide primary election, the State Board ... may complete a
manual audit of voter-verifiable paper records in a manner prescribed by the State Board."
I urge you to decline to approve the current proposed regulations until changes are made to ensure that Maryland implements the
law with quality manual audits in order to safeguard our voting system. Alternatively, I suggest that the current proposals be
withdrawn and new ones submitted after consultation with experts in the field of post-election audits.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
MD post election audit reg overall comments.docx

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info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM


From:
Date: Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:40 AM
Subject: Responses to proposed post-election audit regulation
To: <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Cc: <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>, <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Dear Chairman McManus, Vice-Chairman Hogan and Members of the State Board of Elections:
Last month, I submitted both summary and detailed comments regarding the proposed post-election audit regulations. You received
my detailed comments, but, unfortunately, may not have received the summary, which is attached to this email.
Since the last meeting, I have been able to review the administration's responses to my comments. Those responses fall into two
categories.
As to one category, the responses acknowledge the merit of the critiques, but suggest waiting to make corrections until some future
round of regulatory amendments. Respectfully, that approach is ill-advised. It means that, in the interim, any audits conducted
will be invalid. And given the cumbersome nature of the amendment process, it means such invalidity may persist for years.
As to the second category, the responses reject the critiques, but do so because they fail to understand the importance of those
comments. Correction of those errors is important to ensuring the integrity of the audits and, respectfully, should be completed
before the regulations are issued.
1. Responses that Inadvisably Suggest Waiting for Future Amendments to Make the Following Corrections:
- Specifying how the local boards select absentee and provisional ballots
- Outlining the timing of the precinct and contest selection
- Removing the ability to exclude precincts from possible selection

- Specifying that 2% of the precincts must be audited

- Including the source of any discrepancy in the online report
- Correcting the definition of "precinct" so it cannot mean an early voting center
- Adding a definition of "automated software audit"
2. Responses that Misunderstand the Importance of the Following Critiques:
The regulations should require publishing all preliminary results, including absentee and provisional subtotals, prior to the
sample selection so that the results cannot be adjusted after the audit. Contrary to the response, it is not sufficient to secretly
store the results with the ballots to be audited.
The regulations should ensure real randomness by specifying the mechanism for determining the random sample (pulling
paper slips out of a hat falls short) and by not excluding any groups of ballots from being randomly selected. Contrary to the
response, it is not correct that "the process used for the manual audit of the 2018 General Election was random and publicly
observable." The public could not observe that all precincts were represented once and only once on the slips of paper placed into
the hat. Moreover, the response that "ballots from 1 scanner at the end of day 1 are audited" excludes the results of all the other
days of early voting from being subject to audit.
The regulations should ensure the auditors are "blind" to the preliminary results. Contrary to the response, it is not correct
that "This requirement is not practical .... the precinct level results are posted online." Such "blindness" is not difficult to achieve
even if the results are published on the website.
The regulations should require that the voter's original ballot is the one audited, not a duplicated ballot that the voter has
never seen. Contrary to the response, it is not correct that, "public observation and the supervision by the bipartisan local board of
elections ... validates the accuracy of the ballot duplication process." I have witnessed this process on several occasions and there
is no validation. Also, the law says that "'manual audit' means the inspection of the voter verifiable paper records" and for absentee
voting "voter verifiable paper record" means "a paper ballot prepared by the voter to be mailed to the applicable local board."
The regulations should enable the State Board to conduct a manual audit for a primary election. Many elections in Maryland
are determined in the primary. The law says: "Following each statewide primary election, the State Board ... may complete a
manual audit of voter-verifiable paper records in a manner prescribed by the State Board."
I urge you to decline to approve the current proposed regulations until changes are made to ensure that Maryland implements the
law with quality manual audits in order to safeguard our voting system. Alternatively, I suggest that the current proposals be
withdrawn and new ones submitted after consultation with experts in the field of post-election audits.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
MD post election audit reg overall comments.docx

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2/16/24, 4 28 PM State of Maryland Mail Wireless network for precincts on election day
Wireless network for precincts on election day

1 message
Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:45 PM

Cc: nikki.charlson@maryland.go, linda.lamone@maryland.gov
Please forward the attached letter to the members of the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
epoll wireless network f.docx

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2/16/24, 4 29 PM State of Maryland Mail Request for data on MVA data transfer failure
Request for data on MVA data transfer failure

2 messages
Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 5:47 PM

Cc: info.sbe@maryland.gov, jared.demarinis@maryland.gov
cc. Chair Cogan, Vice-Chair Hogan
Dear Ms. Charlson:
Since July 2018, I have been trying to obtain the data related to the June 2018 MVA
software failure that resulted in 80,000 address changes not being transferred to the
voter registration system. I would still like the data that I requested.
Specifically, please send me the volume by month from 2014 to 2018 for the change of
address voter registration data transferred from the MVA to the SBE and explain the
inconsistency between the MVA and SBE data regarding the 80,000 unsent change of
addresses. Also, please send me a copy of the most recent run charts you use to view
the historical change of address data in order to evaluate current activity.
This MVA data transfer failure remains significant (a) because citizens may have been
disenfranchised by this failure; and this could have affected election outcomes: and (b)
because, if the SBE did not notice 80,000 missing changes of addresses - for 13
months - would tampering with online delivery of absentee ballots be noticed?
Below please find the chain of emails relating to my request. In response to my initial
request on July 16, 2018, the SBE, on August 2, sent me some piecemeal data. On
August 5, I asked for the full data in an excel spreadsheet format. Then, despite my
repeated requests, the SBE did not produce the requested data. Frustrated with the
lack of response from the SBE, I formally requested the information from the MVA on
November 25, 2018. The MVA promptly fulfilled my request. The data the MVA
provided was inconsistent with the data the SBE had provided, so on January 9, 2019, I
asked the SBE to explain the difference. In April, I was told the SBE was still working on
it. In May, I was informed that there was a problem with SBE's report and that, "We will
work with our vendor to correct the report used to generate the data on our website."
I assume the vendor has had the time to fix the reporting problem. I look forward to
receiving the requested information. Please feel free to call if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Lynn Garland
Email Exchange on request for data regarding MVA bug

From: Nikki Charlson -SBE- nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Mon, May 13, 20192:13 pm
Subject: Differences in Address Change Data
Thank you for your patienceas we investigated the difference between the address change data we post on our website
and the address change data we provide to MVA and they report.
On May 1st, we ran the report we use to generate the voter registration data on our website and the search we use to
provide data to MVA. There was a difference in the results, and it appears that the report used to generate the voter
registration data on our website is not capturing all address change transactions. The search we use to provide data to
MVA includes all address changes and is the accurate number. We will work with our vendor to correct the report used
to generate the data on our website.
Nikki Charlson
www.elections.maryland.gov____________________________________________________
From: Nikki Charlson SBE nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
Date: Wed, Apr 24, 2019at 11:52 AM
To: Lynn Garland
Cc: David J. McManus dmcmanus@bbsclaw.com
Sorry I missed the topic you wanted to discuss. The Chair has approved your request. Please plan to limit your
comments to 3 minutes and if you have any handouts, please plan to bring 10 copies.
With respect to the MVA data, we are still looking into why one report is providing a different number than an
application search. At the end of April, we will run the report and perform the applicant search at the same time and
compare the numbers. (This will reduce any risk of the report being impacted by the constant change of data in the
database.)
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,
Also, have you been able to figure out the inconsistency between the MVA and SBE data regarding the 80,000 unsent change of
addresses? (See attached.) I am still interested in understanding what happened.

Sincerely,
Lynn Garland

Date: March 28, 2019 at 11:44:13 AM EDT
To: Lynn Garland
I apologize that this is taking longer than expected.
We need to obtain and review the scripts that generated the reports. Since these scripts may have changed over time, we need to
obtain and review the scripts that were in place in the months where there are differences. We are working with the vendor to
obtain the scripts that were previously in place.
I will let you know whatwe find out.
Nikki Charlson
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:20 PM wrote:

Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Thu, Jan 31,2019 10:01 am
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,

SBE by month from 2014 to June 2018. The SBE provided the data for the change of addresses from all sources, but,
despite my repeated requests, did not provide the data from the MVA alone. Luckily, I was able to get that data directly
from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data does not make sense to me. (See attached.) In particular, for several of the
months the number of address changes from the MVA exceeds the changes from all sources, which I thought included
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
de
To ,Jared.DeMarinis Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov
Cc nikki.charlson nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
We have spoken on the phone, and I know that you have been busy with the election, but I have still not received the
data that I have requested. I was under the impression that the agency only has 30 days to respond to a PIA request.
This has been way over 30 days.
In addition to the data I have requested on the monthly volume of address changes, (separately from the MVA and
other sources), I have two new requests. Please provide:
1. The return rates for online delivered absentee ballots and for mailed absentee ballots for the 2016 and 2018 primary
and general elections.
2. County-by-county early voting center and polling place waittime data for the 2018 general election. Please provide
the data hour by hour, if possible, or however you have collected it.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
From:
To: Jared.DeMarinis <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>
Cc: nikki.charlson <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 4:52 pm
Subject: Re: Agency Management System
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I do not understand what you mean by "Hosting information falls within the security exemption for Public Information
Act requests." I am asking for the same information regarding change of addresses as you supplied for new
registrants. It is not a question of hosting but a question of where the requests came from, MVA or other sources. I
have no desire to know where the servers were hosted.
More specifically, in the sheet "Raw Data - New Registrations" in column B you list the MVA registations and in column
C you list all registrations. I would like the same type of information for the sheet "Raw data - - Address Changes."
Please let me know if this clarifies the request and whether you can fulfill it.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
From: Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>
To: lynn garland <
Cc: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 2:22 pm
Dear Ms. Garland:
These documents address your request for the gap analysis in the email below. Hosting information falls within the
security exemption for Public Information Act requests.
Here are the columns a-d as a pdf.

Jared DeMarinis
Director - Division of Candidacy and Campaign Finance
Phone: 410-269-2853
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:08 PM < > wrote:
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
Thank you for sending this analysis. For the gap analysis concise spreadsheet, I could not access columns a, b, c, and
d. What is in these columns? Could you send it again with these columns revealed?
Also, this is the gap analysis for 2016. I am confused. What about the analysis for the requirements of the new Agency
Election Management system?
Are you still working on getting me the MVA data that I still have not received? The adress change data from MVA vs.
other sources?
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
To: lynn garland >; Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 11:56 am
Subject: Agency Management System

Dear Ms. Garland:
Attached are the documents that you requested regarding the gap analysis between the EMS system and the newly
developed Agency Election Management System. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Jared DeMarinis
Phone: 410-269-2853
Reply Reply All Forward
From: <mailto:
Dear Ms. Charlson,
I see that approval for regulations for post election audits is on the agenda. I would like to adress the board about this
issue Thursday.
Also, I still have not received all of the information from my July request below. I did receive a spreadsheet with the
information for new registrations both from the MVA and from other sources. I received a spreadsheet with the change
of adress data, but the MVA and other sources were combined instead of being separate. I did not receive any
spreadsheet on changes to party affiliation. I have not yet received the information requested below about the Agency
Election Management System. I am still interested in recieving this information.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
Dear Mr. DeMarinis: August 5, 2018
Thank you for sending me the link for the MVA transaction data. Unfortunately, this data is in a form that is very difficult
to analyze because it is in separate pdf files by month. The SBE administration stated that it performed analysis on this
data and compared recent transaction volume to historical rates. Please provide me with all of the analysis and charts
that were created to analyze this data. If possible, please provide the supporting excel spreadsheets with the data.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland

From: Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>
Date: Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:23 PM
Subject: Public Information act request
To:
Dear Ms. Garland:
This email is in response to your email dated July 16, 2018.
SBE does not differentiate between paper and electronic data from the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA). SBE
treats a MVA transaction as a MVA transaction regardless of the method in the MDVOTERS system. Here is a link to
the voter registration data: https://elections.maryland.gov /voter registration/stats.html
I am in the process of the gathering the documents responsive to your other request.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Jared DeMarinis
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entry gmail&source gAnnapolis, MD 21401-0486
https://maps.google.com/?q 151+West+Street,+Suite+200+%0D%0A+Annapolis,+MD+21401&entry gmail&source gPhone:
410-269-2853

From: <
Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:38 PM
Subject: Request to speak, MVA transfer data and Agency Management System
To: nikki.charlson@maryland.go v
Dear Ms, Charlson,
Also, please provide me with the historical data on the transfer of voter registration information from the MVA to the
SBE. In particular, please provide me with both the paper based and the electronic based data transfer quantity by
month for the the last 12 years, if possible, for new registrations, address changes and party affiliation changes.


documentation showing where this new AEMS system will be hosted and when this project to develop this system was
presented to the Board of Public Works, if it was presented.
Lynn Garland
info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 8:58 AM

To: Mary Wagner -SBE- <maryc.wagner@maryland.gov>

From:
Date: Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 5:47 PM
Subject: Request for data on MVA data transfer failure
To: <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Cc: <info.sbe@maryland.gov>, <jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>
cc. Chair Cogan, Vice-Chair Hogan
Dear Ms. Charlson:
Since July 2018, I have been trying to obtain the data related to the June 2018 MVA
software failure that resulted in 80,000 address changes not being transferred to the
voter registration system. I would still like the data that I requested.
Specifically, please send me the volume by month from 2014 to 2018 for the change of
address voter registration data transferred from the MVA to the SBE and explain the
inconsistency between the MVA and SBE data regarding the 80,000 unsent change of
addresses. Also, please send me a copy of the most recent run charts you use to view
the historical change of address data in order to evaluate current activity.
This MVA data transfer failure remains significant (a) because citizens may have been
disenfranchised by this failure; and this could have affected election outcomes: and (b)
because, if the SBE did not notice 80,000 missing changes of addresses - for 13
months - would tampering with online delivery of absentee ballots be noticed?

Below please find the chain of emails relating to my request. In response to my initial
request on July 16, 2018, the SBE, on August 2, sent me some piecemeal data. On
August 5, I asked for the full data in an excel spreadsheet format. Then, despite my
repeated requests, the SBE did not produce the requested data. Frustrated with the
lack of response from the SBE, I formally requested the information from the MVA on
November 25, 2018. The MVA promptly fulfilled my request. The data the MVA
provided was inconsistent with the data the SBE had provided, so on January 9, 2019, I
asked the SBE to explain the difference. In April, I was told the SBE was still working on
it. In May, I was informed that there was a problem with SBE's report and that, "We will
work with our vendor to correct the report used to generate the data on our website."
I assume the vendor has had the time to fix the reporting problem. I look forward to
receiving the requested information. Please feel free to call if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
Email Exchange on request for data regarding MVA bug

To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Mon, May 13, 20192:13 pm
Subject: Differences in Address Change Data
Thank you for your patienceas we investigated the difference between the address change data we post on our website
and the address change data we provide to MVA and they report.
On May 1st, we ran the report we use to generate the voter registration data on our website and the search we use to
provide data to MVA. There was a difference in the results, and it appears that the report used to generate the voter
registration data on our website is not capturing all address change transactions. The search we use to provide data to
MVA includes all address changes and is the accurate number. We will work with our vendor to correct the report used
to generate the data on our website.
Nikki Charlson
www.elections.maryland.gov____________________________________________________
From: Nikki Charlson SBE nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
Date: Wed, Apr 24, 2019at 11:52 AM
To: Lynn Garland
Cc: David J. McManus
Sorry I missed the topic you wanted to discuss. The Chair has approved your request. Please plan to limit your
comments to 3 minutes and if you have any handouts, please plan to bring 10 copies.
With respect to the MVA data, we are still looking into why one report is providing a different number than an
application search. At the end of April, we will run the report and perform the applicant search at the same time and
compare the numbers. (This will reduce any risk of the report being impacted by the constant change of data in the
database.)
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,
Also, have you been able to figure out the inconsistency between the MVA and SBE data regarding the 80,000 unsent change of
addresses? (See attached.) I am still interested in understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland

Date: March 28, 2019 at 11:44:13 AM EDT
To: Lynn Garland
I apologize that this is taking longer than expected.
We need to obtain and review the scripts that generated the reports. Since these scripts may have changed over time, we need to
obtain and review the scripts that were in place in the months where there are differences. We are working with the vendor to
obtain the scripts that were previously in place.
I will let you know whatwe find out.
Nikki Charlson
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:20 PM wrote:

Sincerely,
https //mail google com/mail/b/AEoRXRRabymdvicUx0fsJQeKCCPrDBBSPxjbBaz7Oddc5FXvXwSF/u/0/?ik c64d8ecc6e&view pt&search all&per 10/15

Lynn Garland
To: Lynn Garland
Sent: Thu, Jan 31,2019 10:01 am
Nikki Charlson

Dear Ms. Charlson,
SBE by month from 2014 to June 2018. The SBE provided the data for the change of addresses from all sources, but,
despite my repeated requests, did not provide the data from the MVA alone. Luckily, I was able to get that data directly
from the MVA. Unfortunately, the data does not make sense to me. (See attached.) In particular, for several of the
months the number of address changes from the MVA exceeds the changes from all sources, which I thought included
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
Hide
To ,Jared.DeMarinis Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov
Cc nikki.charlson nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
We have spoken on the phone, and I know that you have been busy with the election, but I have still not received the
data that I have requested. I was under the impression that the agency only has 30 days to respond to a PIA request.
This has been way over 30 days.
In addition to the data I have requested on the monthly volume of address changes, (separately from the MVA and
other sources), I have two new requests. Please provide:
1. The return rates for online delivered absentee ballots and for mailed absentee ballots for the 2016 and 2018 primary
and general elections.
2. County-by-county early voting center and polling place waittime data for the 2018 general election. Please provide
the data hour by hour, if possible, or however you have collected it.

Thank you,
Lynn Garland
From:
To: Jared.DeMarinis <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>
Cc: nikki.charlson <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 4:52 pm
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I do not understand what you mean by "Hosting information falls within the security exemption for Public Information
Act requests." I am asking for the same information regarding change of addresses as you supplied for new
registrants. It is not a question of hosting but a question of where the requests came from, MVA or other sources. I
have no desire to know where the servers were hosted.
More specifically, in the sheet "Raw Data - New Registrations" in column B you list the MVA registations and in column
C you list all registrations. I would like the same type of information for the sheet "Raw data - - Address Changes."
Please let me know if this clarifies the request and whether you can fulfill it.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
To: lynn garland <
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 2:22 pm
Dear Ms. Garland:
These documents address your request for the gap analysis in the email below. Hosting information falls within the
security exemption for Public Information Act requests.
Here are the columns a-d as a pdf.

Jared DeMarinis
Phone: 410-269-2853
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:08 PM < > wrote:
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:

Thank you for sending this analysis. For the gap analysis concise spreadsheet, I could not access columns a, b, c, and
d. What is in these columns? Could you send it again with these columns revealed?
Also, this is the gap analysis for 2016. I am confused. What about the analysis for the requirements of the new Agency
Election Management system?
Are you still working on getting me the MVA data that I still have not received? The adress change data from MVA vs.
other sources?
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
To: lynn garland Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 11:56 am
Subject: Agency Management System
Dear Ms. Garland:
Attached are the documents that you requested regarding the gap analysis between the EMS system and the newly
developed Agency Election Management System. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Jared DeMarinis
Phone: 410-269-2853
Reply Reply All Forward
)---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <mailto:
Dear Ms. Charlson,
I see that approval for regulations for post election audits is on the agenda. I would like to adress the board about this
issue Thursday.

Also, I still have not received all of the information from my July request below. I did receive a spreadsheet with the
information for new registrations both from the MVA and from other sources. I received a spreadsheet with the change
of adress data, but the MVA and other sources were combined instead of being separate. I did not receive any
spreadsheet on changes to party affiliation. I have not yet received the information requested below about the Agency
Election Management System. I am still interested in recieving this information.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
Dear Mr. DeMarinis: August 5, 2018
Thank you for sending me the link for the MVA transaction data. Unfortunately, this data is in a form that is very difficult
to analyze because it is in separate pdf files by month. The SBE administration stated that it performed analysis on this
data and compared recent transaction volume to historical rates. Please provide me with all of the analysis and charts
that were created to analyze this data. If possible, please provide the supporting excel spreadsheets with the data.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland

From: Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>
Date: Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:23 PM
Subject: Public Information act request
To:
Dear Ms. Garland:
This email is in response to your email dated July 16, 2018.
SBE does not differentiate between paper and electronic data from the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA). SBE
treats a MVA transaction as a MVA transaction regardless of the method in the MDVOTERS system. Here is a link to
the voter registration data: https://elections.maryland.gov /voter registration/stats.html
I am in the process of the gathering the documents responsive to your other request.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Jared DeMarinis
https://maps.google.com/?q 151+West+Street,+Suite+200+%0D%0A+Annapolis,+MD+21401&
entry gmail&source gAnnapolis, MD 21401-0486

https://maps.google.com/?q 151+West+Street,+Suite+200+%0D%0A+Annapolis,+MD+21401&entry gmail&source gPhone:

410-269-2853

From:
Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:38 PM
Subject: Request to speak, MVA transfer data and Agency Management System
To: nikki.charlson@maryland.go v
Dear Ms, Charlson,
Also, please provide me with the historical data on the transfer of voter registration information from the MVA to the
SBE. In particular, please provide me with both the paper based and the electronic based data transfer quantity by
month for the the last 12 years, if possible, for new registrations, address changes and party affiliation changes.

documentation showing where this new AEMS system will be hosted and when this project to develop this system was
presented to the Board of Public Works, if it was presented.
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 4 29 PM State of Maryland Mail Re Same Day Registration Project
Re: Same Day Registration Project

3 messages
Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:40 PM

To: jared.demarinis@maryland.gov
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I am still very concerned about the plans to implement a wireless network for all epollbooks on election day in 6
counties. Perhaps, I will understand the situation better once I have received the related information I requested on
October 16. I am very anxious to get this information.
Thank you for letting me know that I would owe $300 - $400 to receive all information I requested October 16 regarding
the same-day registration planning process and that there would be no charge for the first $200 of materials. For now,
I am only interested in the material without a charge.
My top request is for "all technical analyses on the processing time and the volume expected for transferring the data
from the epollbooks to the centralized database." After that, assuming there is still $ left in the "free" category, I would
like all RFPs and then all contracts related to this project. As the 30 days is way past, I would like this request
expedited. Ideally I would like to receive the materials by December 9.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
cc Chair Cogan, Vice-Chair Hogan, Member Funn, Boardmember Funn, Boardmember Howells, Boardmember Voelp,
Deputy Administrator Charlson,
From:
To: jared.demarinis <jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 10:33 am
Subject: Same Day Registration Project
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I request information on the planning process for same-day registration. In particular, please send me:
- All minutes or notes from the Same Day Registration and Address Change Working Group.
- The schedule and budget for this project
- All RFPs related to this project.
- All contracts related to this project.
- All technical analyses on the processing time and volume expected for transferring the data from the
epollbooks to the centralized database.
- Any memos/emails between the SBE and the counties that relate to the connectivity/networking of the
epollbooks or that relate to the volume or speed of the processing of the data being transferred.
- Any minutes or correspondence regarding alternatives to networking considered for completing the data
transfer in time for the canvass.
Also, it has been reported that Clear Ballot had some problems reading some barcodes on ExpressVote
ballots in 2018. Please send me all correspondence relating to these problems.

Please feel free to call if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov> Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 4:21 PM

To: lynn garland
Cc: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>, info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov>
Ms. Garland:
Some effort by staff has been already committed to the request. The free hours were expended in that endeavor.
However, since you have limited the scope to your top request, I will communicate with the appropriate staff for those
documents. Finally, please understand that the documents in question need to be reviewed prior to release for redaction
of confidential security information.
Jared DeMarinis
Phone: 410-269-2853
On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:40 PM wrote:

Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I am still very concerned about the plans to implement a wireless network for all epollbooks on election day in 6
counties. Perhaps, I will understand the situation better once I have received the related information I requested on
October 16. I am very anxious to get this information.
Thank you for letting me know that I would owe $300 - $400 to receive all information I requested October 16
regarding the same-day registration planning process and that there would be no charge for the first $200 of
materials. For now, I am only interested in the material without a charge.
My top request is for "all technical analyses on the processing time and the volume expected for transferring the
data from the epollbooks to the centralized database." After that, assuming there is still $ left in the "free" category, I
would like all RFPs and then all contracts related to this project. As the 30 days is way past, I would like this request
expedited. Ideally I would like to receive the materials by December 9.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
cc Chair Cogan, Vice-Chair Hogan, Member Funn, Boardmember Funn, Boardmember Howells, Boardmember
Voelp, Deputy Administrator Charlson,
From:
Sent: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 10:33 am

Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I request information on the planning process for same-day registration. In particular, please send me:
- All technical analyses on the processing time and volume expected for transferring the data from the
epollbooks to the centralized database.
- Any memos/emails between the SBE and the counties that relate to the connectivity/networking of the
epollbooks or that relate to the volume or speed of the processing of the data being transferred.
- Any minutes or correspondence regarding alternatives to networking considered for completing the data
transfer in time for the canvass.
Also, it has been reported that Clear Ballot had some problems reading some barcodes on ExpressVote
ballots in 2018. Please send me all correspondence relating to these problems.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 9:19 AM

To: jared.demarinis@maryland.gov
Dear Mr. DeMarinis,
I still have not received any of the documents from my October 16 PIA request. As I stated below, my top request is to get
the documents
"all technical analyses on the processing time and the volume expected for transferring the data from the
epollbooks to the centralized database." Although I think I should be getting these specified documents for
free as part of the initial $200 amount that should be covered for a PIA request, I will pay for these specific
documents. Please expedite this request.
Also, my memo dated December 6 was supposed to be copied to the board members through info@SBE@maryland.gov.
Could you make sure that the board members receive this memo and my June 6th memo?
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 6, 2019, at 6:40 PM, wrote:
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I am still very concerned about the plans to implement a wireless network for all epollbooks on election
day in 6 counties. Perhaps, I will understand the situation better once I have received the related
information I requested on October 16. I am very anxious to get this information.

Thank you for letting me know that I would owe $300 - $400 to receive all information I requested
October 16 regarding the same-day registration planning process and that there would be no charge for
the first $200 of materials. For now, I am only interested in the material without a charge.
My top request is for "all technical analyses on the processing time and the volume expected for
transferring the data from the epollbooks to the centralized database." After that, assuming there is still $
left in the "free" category, I would like all RFPs and then all contracts related to this project. As the 30
days is way past, I would like this request expedited. Ideally I would like to receive the materials by
December 9.
Thank you,
Lynn Garland
cc Chair Cogan, Vice-Chair Hogan, Member Funn, Boardmember Funn, Boardmember Howells,
Boardmember Voelp, Deputy Administrator Charlson,
From:
Sent: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 10:33 am
Dear Mr. DeMarinis:
I request information on the planning process for same-day registration. In particular, please
send me:
- All technical analyses on the processing time and volume expected for transferring the data
from the epollbooks to the centralized database.
- Any memos/emails between the SBE and the counties that relate to the
connectivity/networking of the epollbooks or that relate to the volume or speed of the processing
of the data being transferred.
- Any minutes or correspondence regarding alternatives to networking considered for completing
the data transfer in time for the canvass.
Also, it has been reported that Clear Ballot had some problems reading some barcodes on
ExpressVote ballots in 2018. Please send me all correspondence relating to these problems.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland

2/16/24, 4 23 PM State of Maryland Mail DHS analysis of online registration and ballot delivery system
DHS analysis of online registration and ballot delivery system.

1 message
Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:12 PM

Cc: linda.lamone@maryland.gov, info.sbe@maryland.gov
Dear Ms. Charlson:
As you know, I attended your January 25th briefing to Maryland's Cyber Security Council and your January 26th briefing
to the House Ways and Means Committee. Both briefings were excellent, and I am pleased to see that the SBE is
making significant efforts to protect Maryland's election systems.
I was particularly gratified by your acknowledgement that Maryland's voting system is safer because it uses paper ballots
and sends the election results on thumb-drives by car instead of via wireless network.
You stated that the Russians attacked the online registration and ballot delivery system. You also provided the important
new information that an SBE cyber security contractor subsequently detected another attempted attack. In addition, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been performing weekly network scans and has completed a two-week risk
and vulnerability assessment. This week, DHS will be doing a more in-depth analysis of the online registration and ballot
delivery system.
I commend you for asking for DHS assistance. I would expect DHS to do a robust analysis, but it would be very helpful if
the Department would address the specific security issues that the independent computer scientists (Professor Alex
Halderman, Dr. Barbara Simons, Dr. David Jefferson, Professor Poorvi Vora, et al.) have raised in their letters to the SBE.
In particular, it would help if you asked DHS to address these security issues:
1. The weakness in upfront authentication because the authenticators are available on the internet.
2. The risk that the voters may fall victim to phishing emails, thinking they are from the SBE.
3. The possibility that voters' selections could be revealed, and their secret ballots compromised, if they mark their ballots
on screens.
4. The possibility of successful attacks without detection.
5. The possibility of an attack being detected but still causing confusion and undermining confidence in the accuracy of
the voting system and our elections.
6. The possibility that the unsolved (as far as I have heard) "hard delete" of the MDVoter database during Montgomery
County 2016 primary is somehow related to the Russian probe.
7. Whether the attack surface would be reduced, thereby reducing the risk, if Maryland limited the use of the online ballot
delivery system to military and overseas voters and voters with disabilities, as is the case in 48 states.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
cc. Ms. Linda Lamone, State Administrator of Maryland State Board of Elections
Mr. David McManus, Chair, and Members of the State Board of Elections

2/16/24, 4 24 PM State of Maryland Mail Fwd RFP for Ballot Duplication
Fwd: RFP for Ballot Duplication

2 messages
Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM

Cc: linda.lamone@maryland.gov
Dear Chairman McManus, Vice Chairman Hogan and Members of the State Board of Elections,
I wrote to you on August 9th about the risks of acquiring equipment to automatically duplicate returned absentee ballots
that voters received online. Please see my email below. As far as I know, the board has not yet addressed the risks and
legality of this approach. However, the minutes of the October 26 SBE meeting stated that, "The Request for Proposal for
software to duplicate during canvassing ballots that cannot be read by the scanning unit is in the process of being
awarded to a bidder. The vendor proposed to offer the software to the five largest counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties and Baltimore City). This solution is not mandatory for these local boards but
is optional if they are interested in the software. "
Maryland requires a certified voting system and requires that the voting system be uniform across the counties. As far as
I know, the equipment being considered is not certified. And using it in some counties and not others would not be
uniform.
I urge you to discuss the risks and legality of this approach before proceeding. The massive amount of manual
duplication that currently must be performed to copy these ballots onto ballot stock is only a symptom of the problem. The
source of the problem is that Maryland, unlike all other states except Alaska and Washington State, allows all voters both
to vote no-excuse absentee and to receive their blank ballots online.
As discussed in my previous email, online delivery of absentee ballots without signature comparison of returned ballots
creates serious security vulnerabilities. Maryland should continue to allow all voters to use the internet to request
absentee ballots. But the actual delivery of the blank ballots to voters over the internet should be restricted to those voters
for whom federal law requires such an option: military and overseas voters must be able to receive their blank ballots
electronically per the MOVE Act, and voters with disabilities must be able to receive and mark their absentee ballots
remotely according to the 4th Circuit NFB decision.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
CC
Ms. Linda Lamone, Maryland State Elections Administrator
From:
Sent: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 1:25 pm
Subject: RFP for Ballot Duplication
At the July 27th SBE meeting, the administration said that it had submitted an RFP for equipment to "duplicate
absentee ballots received by voters who requested to receive them via SBE’s website." I recommend against procuring
such equipment because it will introduce new risks to Maryland's voting system, while still not resolving the security
and low return rates for internet-delivered absentee blank ballots. Moreover, the legality of including such equipment in
Maryland's voting system is dubious. Instead of adding a band-aid to the system, internet delivery of absentee ballots
should be limited in order to avoid the associated massive ballot duplication workload and security vulnerabilities.

I have reviewed the RFP and raise the following issues for the Board to take into consideration.
RISKS
As far as I know, the board has not discussed the risks of using such a machine. The RFP itself does not seem to have
any requirements about the accuracy, speed and quality of the machine: will it work for all inks that a voter at home might
use to mark the ballot? Will it work no matter the lightness or darkness of the submitted ballot? What are the speed
requirements? Do ballots need to be individually fed or stacked? How many in a stack? Does it use ink that does not fade,
smear, or otherwise degrade the paper record over time?
Does the automatic duplication of ballots introduce new security problems? For instance, what if voters receiving their
ballots online were maliciously sent an altered email directing them to an alternative website with an alternative version
of the ballot. This fake ballot could look just like the real ballot, but the spacing could be different so that the ovals fall
in a slightly different place. If they were automatically duplicated, would the newly made ballot also have the ovals in
the wrong place? Therefore, would the votes be incorrectly counted?
LEGALITY
Doesn't such an automated ballot duplication machine have to be federally certified under Maryland law since it would
be part of the voting system? (See Election Law 9-102 below.) Note also that the definition of a voter-verifiable ballot
does not include a machine duplicated ballot.
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM NOT THE SYMPTOM

Automating the duplication of these internet-delivered ballots is addressing the symptom, not the problem. Yes, the
symptom is severe. In Montgomery County alone, over 19,000 ballots had to be hand duplicated in the last election.
Two-person teams filled up 3 rooms for 5 days just hand copying the ballots. As the RFP points out, "Human error can
occur when manually duplicating ballots." and "With the increase of voters requesting to receive an absentee ballot via
posting to the website, the number of ballots that need duplication will steadily increase." The problem is that, unlike
other states, Maryland allows all voters to have absentee ballots delivered to them over the internet.
When the Maryland General Assembly passed the law in 2013 to "authorize" (not require) the internet delivery of
ballots and the ballot marking tool, and when the SBE certified the tool, the security backdrop was very different than it
is today. Internet ballot delivery for all was established before parts of our election systems were under attack and
before Russians allegedly were researching vulnerabilities associated with internet delivery of absentee ballots. An
alleged NSA document says: "Russia/Cybersecurity: Main Intelligence Directorate Cyber Actors...Research Absentee
Ballot email addresses." *
Internet ballot delivery is potentially the most vulnerable sector of Maryland's voting system. The authentication is very
weak: as the computer security expert's letters have repeatedly advised the Board, the front-end authentication
parameters are too widely known to provide sufficient authentication and there is no back-end authentication because
Maryland does not compare signatures upon receipt of absentee ballots as other states do.** NIST (the federal
government’s technical authority on voting systems) says: “Any mechanism used to remotely authenticate voters will
serve as a secondary method to authenticate returned ballots, with voter signatures generally providing the primary
mechanism to authenticate returned ballots. As such, the strength of the remote authentication method can be
relatively weak as long as jurisdictions are confident in their ability to verify voter signatures."(4.2.1 Voter Identification
and Authentication, p. 33, Security Best Practices for the Electronic Transmission of Election Materials for UOCAVA
Voters http://www.nist.gov/itl/vote/upload/nistir7711-Sept2011.pdf)
Comprehensive post-election audits to check election outcomes are key for security, but they are greatly hindered by
having a significant number of duplicated ballots. Post-election audits must sample from the original ballots that the
voters verified, not the duplicated ballots, because only the voter-verified ballots provide the ground truth - - the voters
have never seen the duplicated ballots.
Return rates for internet-delivered ballots have been consistently lower than return rates for postal- delivered ballots - -
about 12% lower. One of the main reasons is probably that return envelopes are provided for mailed ballots but not
internet-delivered ballots. Although the intent of having internet-delivered ballots was to make voting more convenient,
for some it ended up making voting less convenient. For convenience sake, it is most important that the absentee
ballot can be requested online and less important that the blank ballot itself be delivered online. In fact, having the
blank ballot delivered by mail to the voter provides the convenience of a pre-addressed return envelope.
RECOMMENDATION
All voters should continue to be allowed to use the internet to request their absentee ballot. But the actual
delivery of the blank ballots over the internet should be restricted to those voters whose use is mandated by law
- - military and overseas voters must be able to receive their blank ballots electronically per the MOVE Act, and voters
with disabilities must be able to receive and mark their absentee ballots remotely according to the 4th Circuit NFB

I wrote to you on August 9th about the risks of acquiring equipment to automatically duplicate returned absentee ballots
that voters received online. Please see my email below. As far as I know, the board has not yet addressed the risks and
legality of this approach. However, the minutes of the October 26 SBE meeting stated that, "The Request for Proposal for
software to duplicate during canvassing ballots that cannot be read by the scanning unit is in the process of being
awarded to a bidder. The vendor proposed to offer the software to the five largest counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties and Baltimore City). This solution is not mandatory for these local boards but
is optional if they are interested in the software. "
Maryland requires a certified voting system and requires that the voting system be uniform across the counties. As far as
I know, the equipment being considered is not certified. And using it in some counties and not others would not be
uniform.
I urge you to discuss the risks and legality of this approach before proceeding. The massive amount of manual
duplication that currently must be performed to copy these ballots onto ballot stock is only a symptom of the problem. The
source of the problem is that Maryland, unlike all other states except Alaska and Washington State, allows all voters both
to vote no-excuse absentee and to receive their blank ballots online.
As discussed in my previous email, online delivery of absentee ballots without signature comparison of returned ballots
creates serious security vulnerabilities. Maryland should continue to allow all voters to use the internet to request
absentee ballots. But the actual delivery of the blank ballots to voters over the internet should be restricted to those voters
for whom federal law requires such an option: military and overseas voters must be able to receive their blank ballots
electronically per the MOVE Act, and voters with disabilities must be able to receive and mark their absentee ballots
remotely according to the 4th Circuit NFB decision.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
CC
Ms. Linda Lamone, Maryland State Elections Administrator
From:
Sent: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 1:25 pm
Subject: RFP for Ballot Duplication
At the July 27th SBE meeting, the administration said that it had submitted an RFP for equipment to "duplicate
absentee ballots received by voters who requested to receive them via SBE’s website." I recommend against procuring
such equipment because it will introduce new risks to Maryland's voting system, while still not resolving the security
and low return rates for internet-delivered absentee blank ballots. Moreover, the legality of including such equipment in
Maryland's voting system is dubious. Instead of adding a band-aid to the system, internet delivery of absentee ballots
should be limited in order to avoid the associated massive ballot duplication workload and security vulnerabilities.
I have reviewed the RFP and raise the following issues for the Board to take into consideration.
RISKS
As far as I know, the board has not discussed the risks of using such a machine. The RFP itself does not seem to have
any requirements about the accuracy, speed and quality of the machine: will it work for all inks that a voter at home might
use to mark the ballot? Will it work no matter the lightness or darkness of the submitted ballot? What are the speed
requirements? Do ballots need to be individually fed or stacked? How many in a stack? Does it use ink that does not fade,
smear, or otherwise degrade the paper record over time?
Does the automatic duplication of ballots introduce new security problems? For instance, what if voters receiving their
ballots online were maliciously sent an altered email directing them to an alternative website with an alternative version
of the ballot. This fake ballot could look just like the real ballot, but the spacing could be different so that the ovals fall
**Computer scientists sent letters to the SBE warning about the vulnerabilities of the online absentee ballot delivery
and marking system on September 25, 2012, March 23, 2014, and September 12, 2016. For example see, J. Alex
Halderman, David R. Jefferson, Barbara Simons, Poorvi L. Vora, Letter to State Board of Elections, 12 September
2016. Similarly, Michael Greenberger, Law School Professor and Director of the Maryland Center for Health and
Homeland Security, testified (March 27) and sent the SBE warning letters (e.g. February 12, 2004.)
ELECTION LAW
§ 9-102. Certification of voting systems.
a) ‘‘Voter-verifiable paper record’’ defined. — In this section, a ‘‘voter- verifiable paper record’’ includes:
(1) a paper ballot prepared by the voter for the purpose of being read by a precinct-based optical scanner;
(2) a paper ballot prepared by the voter to be mailed to the applicable local board, whether mailed from a domestic or an overseas
location; and
3) a paper ballot created through the use of a ballot marking device...
d) Standards for certification. The State Board may not certify a voting
system unless the State Board determines that: (1) the voting system will:
i) protect the secrecy of the ballot;
ii) protect the security of the voting process;...
vi) be capable of creating a paper record of all votes cast in order that an
audit trail is available in the event of a recount, including a manual recount; and
vii) provide a voter verifiable paper record that:
1. is an individual document that is physically separated from any
ther similar document and not part of a continuous roll;
2. is sufficiently durable to withstand repeated handling for the
purposes of mandatory random audits and recounts; and
3. uses ink that does not fade, smear, or otherwise degrade and obscure
or obliterate the paper record over time;
(2) the voting system has been:
i) examined by an independent testing laboratory that is approved by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission; and
ii) shown by the testing laboratory to meet the performance and test standards for electronic voting systems established by the
Federal Election Commission or the U.S. Election Assistance Commission;

2/16/24, 4 25 PM State of Maryland Mail Post Election Ballot Tabulation Audit comments
Post-Election Ballot Tabulation Audit - comments

2 messages
Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:53 PM

To: info.SBE@maryland.gov
Cc: nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
I am writing in response to your solicitation for comments on Maryland's "2016 General Election: Post Election Tabulation
Audit Overview." I am a co-author of Principles and Best Practices of Post-Election Audits. The principles outlined in this
paper include: Independence, Addressing Discrepancies, Comprehensiveness and Transparency.
(http://electionaudits.org/files/best%20practices%20final_0.pdf)
Independence
1. The "Overview" states that its proposed approach results in a "blind" audit. Because precinct election results were
known prior to the publication of the Clear Ballot tabulation results, Clear Ballot could have known the results from the
primary voting system while its tests were ongoing.
2. One of Maryland's stated goals was for the audit to "be entirely independent of the primary voting system" (P10 Post-
Election Tabulation Audit Pilot Program Report October 2016). But while the Clear Ballot approach may yield insights that
will help improve Maryland's election process, it is not a true audit unless it examines the voter verified paper ballots.
Without such an examination, it is not independent of the primary voting system: the input to the Clear Ballot system, the
ballot images, is an output from the very voting system it is auditing. As one renowned computer scientist has explained:
“'Audit[ing]' an election starting from vendor-supplied scan data is like … [having] a 'home inspection' based on pictures
supplied by the builder. Not totally useless, but hardly satisfactory."
Some problems in the election process, such as malfunctioning scanners, could be detected by the suggested Clear
Ballot approach. Other problems, such as interfering dust in a scanner or a scratched lens, may also be detected if the
results are analyzed with a discerning eye. But other significant problems cannot be detected with this suggested
approach that is dependent on the scans rather than the original voter-verified paper ballots. For example:
- If voters marked their ballot with a type of ink that the voting system scanner did not properly image, the suggested
approach using the ballot image for conducting the audit would not work.
- If the ballot images from the voting system were distorted, or the voting system hacked, the usefulness of the Clear
Ballot audit would be questionable. Note that ballot images are not like true photographs - they are computer generated
images that can be hacked. See: "Comments on: 2016 General Election: Post- Election Tabulation Audit Procedures"
https://www.seas.gwu.edu/~poorvi/MarylandAudits/Final-Audit-Comments-11-27-16.pdf. These comments are from
respected professors: Mark Lindeman, Political Science, Columbia University; Ronald Rivest, Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, MIT; Philip Stark, Statistics, Berkeley; and Poorvi Vora, Computer Science, George Washington
University, as well as from experts in the field of election auditing from California, Connecticut, New York and Colorado.
Unfortunately, the suggested process for verifying "that the ballot images from the voting system are identical in content to
the ballot cast by the voters" is not adequate for two reasons. First, such a process would need to be more robust to
evaluate the accuracy of images: the procedure would need to specify the number of scanners and individual
comparisons to check, how they would be selected, and the specifics of the comparison process. Second, the tests
cannot be conducted before the election, as suggested, because it is possible for malware to discern when tests are done
prior to the election and to perform as expected, but then to perform differently during the actual election. Such a program
was found to be operating during Volkswagen emission testing. Thus, this type of verification would have to happen after
the election using the real ballots that voters had verified and cast - - a proposition that is not easy because of the
difficulty of matching voted ballots to their associated image.
These independence problems are not inherent in the Clear Ballot product. Other states have developed audit processes
in which voted ballots are rescanned into Clear Ballot machines after the election so that Clear Ballot does not need to
rely on the images produced by the voting system.
Addressing Discrepancies
The audit procedures should also state the process for addressing discrepancies between the election results and the
Clear Ballot retabulation results. Who investigates and adjudicates these differences? Which results will be accepted
when there is a discrepancy?
Comprehensiveness
The suggested approach would not detect any problems in the ballot duplication process because Clear Ballot only looks
at the images of the remade ballots, not the voters' original ballots. Currently, tens of thousands of Maryland online-
delivered absentee ballots are manually duplicated. Only the remade ballots are scanned and counted by the voting
machine, and then their image is relayed to Clear Ballot. In this past election, Montgomery County had such a large
number of ballots to duplicate that for a week 15 - 20 two-person teams in each of three rooms worked simultaneously.
There was simply no way for these teams to be closely supervised by the members of the board of elections. In some
rooms, there were no board members present while the canvassing was proceeding. And there was no assurance that
the two-member teams always consisted of citizens from opposing parties. This flawed duplication process should be
checked as part of the post-election audit, but it is not checked as part of the Clear Ballot retabulation of the scan images
of those remade ballots.
Transparency/ Public Observation/Public Comment

"The public must be allowed to observe, verify, and point out procedural problems in all phases of the audit without
interfering with the process." (Principles and Best Practices of Post-Election Audits)
The Clear Ballot proposed approach is totally opaque to the public. It therefore may do little to boost public confidence in
the results. In the proposed process, with no examination of the voter-verified paper ballots, one black box "verifies"
another: the scanned images from the voting system are put on a memory stick and shipped to a vendor who processes
the images inside a computer. There is no opportunity for public observation.
The proposed procedure discusses reports delivered by Clear Ballot to Maryland. It should also specify that all the
reports will be made public on the SBE website and that they will be archived appropriately.
Although as early as last Spring board members inquired at SBE meetings about soliciting public comment, no such
solicitation was made until now, after the October request to the Board of Public Works for $275,000 for Clear Ballot to
perform a second pilot audit and after the pilot audit of the general election. The pilot audit for the primary considered
three separate options, all of which shared the same flaw of depending on the images produced by the voting system. A
much earlier opportunity for public comment would have been useful.
Voting experts throughout the nation have offered to help Maryland in designing a professional, independent audit. Going
forward, it would be helpful to have a more open and inclusive dialogue about auditing Maryland's elections.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
Bethesda, Maryland
info sbe -SBE- <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:37 AM


From: < >
Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:53 PM
Subject: Post-Election Ballot Tabulation Audit - comments
To: info.SBE@maryland.gov
Cc: nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
I am writing in response to your solicitation for comments on Maryland's "2016 General Election: Post Election Tabulation
Audit Overview." I am a co-author of Principles and Best Practices of Post-Election Audits. The principles outlined in this
paper include: Independence, Addressing Discrepancies, Comprehensiveness and Transparency.
(http://electionaudits.org/files/best%20practices%20final_0.pdf)
Independence
1. The "Overview" states that its proposed approach results in a "blind" audit. Because precinct election results were
known prior to the publication of the Clear Ballot tabulation results, Clear Ballot could have known the results from the

primary voting system while its tests were ongoing.
2. One of Maryland's stated goals was for the audit to "be entirely independent of the primary voting system" (P10 Post-
Election Tabulation Audit Pilot Program Report October 2016). But while the Clear Ballot approach may yield insights that
will help improve Maryland's election process, it is not a true audit unless it examines the voter verified paper ballots.
Without such an examination, it is not independent of the primary voting system: the input to the Clear Ballot system, the
ballot images, is an output from the very voting system it is auditing. As one renowned computer scientist has explained:
“'Audit[ing]' an election starting from vendor-supplied scan data is like … [having] a 'home inspection' based on pictures
supplied by the builder. Not totally useless, but hardly satisfactory."
Some problems in the election process, such as malfunctioning scanners, could be detected by the suggested Clear
Ballot approach. Other problems, such as interfering dust in a scanner or a scratched lens, may also be detected if the
results are analyzed with a discerning eye. But other significant problems cannot be detected with this suggested
approach that is dependent on the scans rather than the original voter-verified paper ballots. For example:
- If voters marked their ballot with a type of ink that the voting system scanner did not properly image, the suggested
approach using the ballot image for conducting the audit would not work.
- If the ballot images from the voting system were distorted, or the voting system hacked, the usefulness of the Clear
Ballot audit would be questionable. Note that ballot images are not like true photographs - they are computer generated
images that can be hacked. See: "Comments on: 2016 General Election: Post- Election Tabulation Audit Procedures"
https://www.seas.gwu.edu/~poorvi/MarylandAudits/Final-Audit-Comments-11-27-16.pdf. These comments are from
respected professors: Mark Lindeman, Political Science, Columbia University; Ronald Rivest, Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, MIT; Philip Stark, Statistics, Berkeley; and Poorvi Vora, Computer Science, George Washington
University, as well as from experts in the field of election auditing from California, Connecticut, New York and Colorado.
Unfortunately, the suggested process for verifying "that the ballot images from the voting system are identical in content to
the ballot cast by the voters" is not adequate for two reasons. First, such a process would need to be more robust to
evaluate the accuracy of images: the procedure would need to specify the number of scanners and individual
comparisons to check, how they would be selected, and the specifics of the comparison process. Second, the tests
cannot be conducted before the election, as suggested, because it is possible for malware to discern when tests are done
prior to the election and to perform as expected, but then to perform differently during the actual election. Such a program
was found to be operating during Volkswagen emission testing. Thus, this type of verification would have to happen after
the election using the real ballots that voters had verified and cast - - a proposition that is not easy because of the
difficulty of matching voted ballots to their associated image.
These independence problems are not inherent in the Clear Ballot product. Other states have developed audit processes
in which voted ballots are rescanned into Clear Ballot machines after the election so that Clear Ballot does not need to
rely on the images produced by the voting system.
Addressing Discrepancies
The audit procedures should also state the process for addressing discrepancies between the election results and the
Clear Ballot retabulation results. Who investigates and adjudicates these differences? Which results will be accepted
when there is a discrepancy?
Comprehensiveness
The suggested approach would not detect any problems in the ballot duplication process because Clear Ballot only looks
at the images of the remade ballots, not the voters' original ballots. Currently, tens of thousands of Maryland online-
delivered absentee ballots are manually duplicated. Only the remade ballots are scanned and counted by the voting
machine, and then their image is relayed to Clear Ballot. In this past election, Montgomery County had such a large
number of ballots to duplicate that for a week 15 - 20 two-person teams in each of three rooms worked simultaneously.
There was simply no way for these teams to be closely supervised by the members of the board of elections. In some
rooms, there were no board members present while the canvassing was proceeding. And there was no assurance that
the two-member teams always consisted of citizens from opposing parties. This flawed duplication process should be
checked as part of the post-election audit, but it is not checked as part of the Clear Ballot retabulation of the scan images
of those remade ballots.
Transparency/ Public Observation/Public Comment

"The public must be allowed to observe, verify, and point out procedural problems in all phases of the audit without
interfering with the process." (Principles and Best Practices of Post-Election Audits)
The Clear Ballot proposed approach is totally opaque to the public. It therefore may do little to boost public confidence in
the results. In the proposed process, with no examination of the voter-verified paper ballots, one black box "verifies"
another: the scanned images from the voting system are put on a memory stick and shipped to a vendor who processes
the images inside a computer. There is no opportunity for public observation.
The proposed procedure discusses reports delivered by Clear Ballot to Maryland. It should also specify that all the
reports will be made public on the SBE website and that they will be archived appropriately.
Although as early as last Spring board members inquired at SBE meetings about soliciting public comment, no such
solicitation was made until now, after the October request to the Board of Public Works for $275,000 for Clear Ballot to
perform a second pilot audit and after the pilot audit of the general election. The pilot audit for the primary considered
three separate options, all of which shared the same flaw of depending on the images produced by the voting system. A
much earlier opportunity for public comment would have been useful.
Voting experts throughout the nation have offered to help Maryland in designing a professional, independent audit. Going
forward, it would be helpful to have a more open and inclusive dialogue about auditing Maryland's elections.
Sincerely,
Lynn Garland
Bethesda, Maryland

4/29/24, 10:26 AM Gmail - Your PIA Request to the MD State Board of Elections

To: Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>
Cc: Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>, Jessica Perkins -SBE- <jessica.perkins@maryland.gov>
Thank you for your response.
1. If you have more than one contract with ES&S we would like them all.
2. Regarding ES&S disclosures and documents, we would like to formally request the following reports for all Maryland counties for the years 2018, 2020, and 2022.
November 2018 General Election - Report EL68A System Log, EL68, Manual Entry Report, & Results Corrections Log
We are requesting that this data be provided in the digital format in which this report is generated such as. LST, .txt or whichever format this data is generated, stored, t
We are requesting that this data be provided for the time period covering October 1, 2018 to Present.
3. REGARDING THE BUSINESS INFORMATION, Please see below for reference:
Code of Maryland Regulations (Last Updated: April 6, 2021)

Title 33. State Board of Elections
Subtitle 09. VOTING SYSTEMS—CERTIFICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 33.09.03. State Board Certification—Preliminary Submissions
Sec. 33.09.03.06. Business Information Package
B. Required Information. The business information package shall include:
(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;
(b) Person who is known to have a beneficial interest (as defined in State Finance and Procurement Article, §13-221, Annotated Code of Maryland) in the business or any par
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(5) Location and manufacturing capability of each facility that is or will be used to fabricate and assemble all or any part of the voting system for which certification is being sou
(6) Location and servicing capability, including any service limitations, of each facility that is or will be used to serve the voting system for which certification is being sought; an
(7) The legal and financial relationship among all vendors and manufacturers of the voting system and its various components.
C. Required Affidavit. The package also shall include the affidavits required by Regulation .07 of this chapter.
D. Identification of Submissions. Each item in the package shall be clearly identified.
If you have any further questions, comments or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us
Warmest regards,




(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

components.
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INFO.SBE <info.sbe@maryland.gov> Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 1:50 PM
Reply-To: info.sbe@maryland.gov
Cc: info.sbe@maryland.gov
Good Afternoon,
We have determined that we have responded to all requests for public records submitted to the agency with any
responsive records of which we are the custodian. You have the option to file to refer any concerns about this decision to
the Public Access Ombudsman pursuant to Gen. Prov. §§ 4-1B-01 – 04-1B-04.
---- on Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:39:17 -0500 "PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData"<electionspublicr

ecordsrequest@gmail.com> wrote ----
Good Morning,
I am following up with the previous email that I sent to you regarding the illegal administration of elections in
Maryland using ES&S, Runbeck and Clear Ballot systems that have either NO EAC Certification or EAC
Certifications that were VOID in their entirety.
The lack of any type of a response that refutes the facts that I previously presented clearly demonstrates that
you are not refuting any claims that I made in my previous email. I personally find this highly troubling. In light
of the two recent cases where elections have been overturned due to "ELECTION FRAUD" in Connecticut and
Louisiana it would seem that now is the time for you all to come forward and actually do the right thing, as you
are all required by Federal and Maryland law to begin with.
Those of us that refuse to accept rigged elections and the removal of the consent of the governed are not going
away. We expect you to give us answers and the requested public records related to the administration of
elections.
Warmest regards,
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:02 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen,
At what point exactly is the Maryland State Board of Elections and their co-conspirators in the various
county boards of elections going to stop lying to "We the People" about the administration of elections in
Maryland? It is very clear that under the direction of the Maryland Board of Elections a dire
Constitutional crisis has been created.
We are going to request one final time that you kindly provide the data and public records previously requested
as you are legally required to under both Maryland and Federal law. This duty to provide "PUBLIC RECORDS"
related to the administration of Federal and Maryland elections is mandatory and non discretionary.
We have now made countless lawful requests for public records and data that you are the custodians of. Your
inactions and refusals to provide these "election records" are inexcusable.
How has the Maryland Board of Elections legally certified ANY election in Maryland since 2015?

If all Maryland Elections have been administered on ES&S voting systems, Runbeck Ballot Duplication
Systems and Clear Ballot systems, that have modems and network devices attached then under your
direction Maryland Elections have been illegally administered on voting systems with either VOID EAC
Certifications or NO EAC Certifications. If it is your official legal position that this is not the case kindly
provide the EAC Certifications for the use of ES&S, Runbeck and Clear Ballot systems that have modems,
use of wireless, use of TCP/IP, use of Infrared, use of wireless and the use of FIPS cryptographic modules.
Q. How does the Maryland Board of Elections legally certify elections

administered on electronic voting systems with:
No EAC or Maryland Certifications?
EAC Certifications that are "VOID IN THEIR ENTIRETY"?
We all know that it is irrefutable that the ES&S Systems that are being used in Maryland do in fact have
modems and network devices attached to them.
To deny these facts at this point is wilful blindness and deliberate indifference.

The EAC has previously made it abundantly clear that the addition of the above mentioned devices to ES&S
DS200 Tabulators voided the EAC Certification for the ENTIRE VOTING SYSTEM...
We are all aware of the issues that your wilful and deliberate actions have raised. To continue down this path
is no longer an acceptable option.

We have requested all of the audit logs, system logs, configuration logs and error logs for all of the systems
that you have used to illegally administer elections in Maryland.
We can clearly see that hundreds of thousands of Maryland voters have been illegally deprived of their right to
cast ballots in multiple elections and have their votes accurately counted.
Under your direction the various county Boards of Elections have been unlawfully concealing and obstructing
the mandatory disclosure of Elections related "PUBLIC RECORDS" in willful and malicious direct violation of
numerous COMAR, MPIA, HAVA and Federal laws and regulations.

Why are you the Maryland Board of Elections refusing to execute your mandatory, non discretionary duty in
such a flagrant disregard of numerous Maryland and Federal laws?
It is extremely clear why.
You and your co-conspirators are wilfully and maliciously concealing your violation of hundreds of
thousands of Maryland voters Constitutional rights to cast a ballot and vote in both Federal and
Maryland State and local elections under the color of law.
For every single "BLANK BALLOT CAST" is one voter whose right to vote has been illegally interfered with and
their right to vote for anything on the ballot was illegally cancelled. This is the outright willful and malicious
removal of any and all consent of the governed.


According to Clear Ballot, the company that you have been using to conduct Election Audits in Maryland
Elections:
THE VOTING SYSTEM READS EACH BALLOT SCANNED, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF PAGES
AS 1 BALLOT.

The sheer number of these Maryland voters ballots being illegally adjudicated as " BALLOTS CAST - BLANK"
throughout Maryland in Federal, State and Local elections are significant enough to have changed the
outcome of every election conducted in Maryland since at least 2014.

The only explanation is that the ES&S Tabulators in Maryland were purposefully configured to accept "BLANK
BALLOTS". Are we really expected to believe that hundreds of thousands of Maryland Voters intentionally cast
"BLANK BALLOTS" with not one voting position chosen?
Intentionally configuring Maryland voting systems to not notify Maryland voters that they were casting a 100%
blank ballots and not giving Maryland voters the ability to cure the casting of "ZERO VOTING POSITIONS" is a
clear violation of both Federal and Maryland State election laws.

We know that ALL of this information is contained in automatically generated machine readable "AUDIT
LOGS" and data files contained in the systems that you used to conduct your official duties administering
Federal and Maryland State and local county elections.
Is it still your official legal position that these audit logs were not automatically generated in the course of your
official duties?
How do you explain what a "BLANK BALLOT" is now? We have seen some of your co-conspirators claim that
"BLANK BALLOTS" are "Undervotes".
ES&S is very clear.
We all know that the requested audit logs, system logs, error logs and configuration logs are all
automatically generated.
THIS IRREFUTABLE FACT MAKES THEM "PUBLIC RECORDS" AS THEY WERE GENERATED IN THE
COURSE OF YOUR ADMINISTERING ELECTIONS.
For every single election administered on a voting system that has a VOID EAC Certification or NO EAC
Certification you have illegally certified those elections.
How does the Maryland Board of Elections explain this?
Maryland took millions of dollars in HAVA Grant money from the United States Government to acquire voting
systems that complied with Maryland Statutes, Federal Statutes such as HAVA and complied with the VVSG.

For the Maryland Board of Elections and the various Maryland County Boards of Elections to take Federal
grant money and then not comply with the terms of those grants is a direct violation of Federal law and is
considered "MAJOR GOVERNMENT FRAUD" according to US Code.
The only explanation that any reasonably prudent person can make from your willful and malicious actions and
refusal to comply with the law is that you are concealing the fact that you have removed the consent of the
governed and are now concealing the evidence of your overthrow of the Constitutional form of government in
Maryland and have colluded to subvert Federal elections and the Constitution of the United States of
America.
There is only one clear way to refute and clear up these issues once and for all, release all of the "Public
Records" and "Election Data" in their original electronic machine readable formats, in their unaltered,
unredacted, that they are generated in, stored in and transmitted in. If the Maryland Board of Elections has
complied with the law there should be nothing to hide. The clear explanation will be in the automatically
These logs are REQUIRED TO BE GENERATED and
generated logs.
RETAINED.
If it is your official legal position that the systems being illegally used to administer elections in Maryland
under your direction are not in fact automatically generating the requested "public records" and as a result,
you and your co-conspirators do not have any responsive records, you have no choice to immediately cease
and desist from using these electronic voting systems as they do not comply with HAVA, VVSG or COMAR.
Maryland has one sole choice.
The Maryland Election Law is clear.
Maryland. Code, Elec. Law § 9-103 (“(2) shall decertify a previously certified voting system if the voting
system no longer meets one or more of the standards in § 9 102(d)(1)(i) through (iii) of this subtitle.”) Md.
Code, Elec. Law § 9-102 (“(d) The State Board may not certify a voting system unless the State Board
determines that:(1) the voting system will:(i) protect the secrecy of the ballot;(ii) protect the security of the
voting process;(iii) count and record all votes accurately;”)
The analysis of the data for the 2020 and 2022 November elections clearly show ES&S EVS 5.2.0.0 does not
meet two of the three requirements necessary to decertify voting systems (ii) protect the security of the voting
process or ;(iii) count and record all votes accurately.
According to the Election Systems and Software EVS 5.2.0.0 Certification Report issued by the Maryland
State Board of Elections dated 12/4/2014 the EVS 5.2.0.0 never fully satisfied the requirements as set forth in
the Election Law Article of the Annotated code of Maryland and the Code of Maryland Regulations.
Two examples that were never met are COMAR 33.09.05.05 A and COMAR 33.09.09.05 B.
This is a final demand for your full compliance with all Federal and Maryland laws to include Maryland.
Code, Elec. Law § 9-103 (“(2), and our previous lawful requests for "PUBLIC RECORDS" and
election data generated in the course of administering elections under both Maryland Law and Federal laws.
We demand that you cease and desist from any further administration of elections administered on electronic
voting systems with VOID EAC Certifications, NO EAC Certifications.
We demand that you cease and desist from the illegal certification of elections administered on these
systems that are not now nor have been legal to administer elections on.
We hereby further request for the preservation of all audit logs, error logs, system logs, configuration logs,
SLOGs, PLOGS, emails, text messages, public records and documents as your continued and willful non
compliance with the both Federal and Maryland laws will be addressed by any and all legal remedies
available.
Warmest regards,
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 10:10 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:

In order to certify the ES&S Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland, ES&S was
required to submit the following to the State of Maryland.
under Sec. 33.09.03.06. Business Information Pack age. According to the Maryland Certification the
following information was also required:
Am I to understand what you are saying in your previous email that this did not occur and
the State of Maryland did not comply with Maryland statutes?
I would also like to note that we had requested the Technical Data Package required for
approval for the use and certification of the Electronic Voting Systems in the State of
Maryland. Kindly provide that to us as soon as possible as that was also required in order to
legally certify the Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland. SEE
ATTACHED IMAGE WHICH CONTAINS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING, THAT
WAS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION IN MARYLAND.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Clear Ballot
Systems, software, and hardware in Maryland elections.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Runbeck software
and hardware in the use of Maryland elections.
I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the use of modems in DS200 and DS850 is not certified
for use according to the EAC.
Thus the addition and use of modems with the ES&S Electronic Voting Systems effectively void their
certification of the machines. Please see the attached correspondence between the EAC and ES&S.


Open with Zight

Maryland_Closed_Certification Testing Report for ES&S EVS_FINAL.pdf - Adobe.. 2023-05-17 at 9.16.35
AM
As you can clearly see, the system must be tested, configured, and certified by EAC. The use of modems,
including cellular modems VOIDS the certification.
Furthermore, it is our understanding that the State of Maryland has a very specific statute regarding the
REQUIRED DECERTIFICATION of Electronic Voting Systems.

The ES&S Systems are required to generate an audit trail. The EL68A and EL68 are the audit trail
to ensure:
Is using illegally certified election systems that do not meet the EAC or State of Maryland
legal requirements not a violation of both Federal and State Election Laws?
How can elections be certified if the election systems used to administer the elections were
illegally certified and do not meet the legal requirements for use?
Is refusing to produce the required AUDIT TRAIL - AUDIT LOGS- EL68A, and EL68 also not a
violation of Maryland State laws?
Warmest regards,

On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:01 PM Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov> wrote:
I reached out to our Voting Systems division to request they provide me with the following EL68A
reports: 2018, 2020, and 2022 and they do not have those available. Under PIA law, the custodian is not
required to generate or produce a report that the custodian does not already possess.
I believe for the below items you need to ask the actual business, Election Systems and Software, not
SBE as a state agency. We do not have the following and recommend reaching out directly to ES&S:


(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

(b) Person who is k nown to have a beneficial interest (as defined in State Finance and Procurement
Article, §13-221, Annotated Code of Maryland) in the business or any parent company;
(5) Location and manufacturing capability of each facility that is or will be used to fabricate and assemble
all or any part of the voting system for which certification is being sought;
(6) Location and servicing capability, including any service limitations, of each facility that is or will be
used to serve the voting system for which certification is being sought; and
(7) The legal and financial relationship among all vendors and manufacturers of the voting system and its
various components.
I received your PIA request but several of the documents you mentioned we do not have as part of our
contract approval process. Maybe they are simply called something different.
Also, I did not see which ES&S contract you are requesting, as we have more than one. Did you mean
the Voting System Solution contract by chance?

Thanks,
Whitney
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Christopher Gleason <cpgleason72@gmail.com>
Re: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems &
Software) Correspondence / Email Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200
Marketing Materials
To: Christopher Gleason <CPGleason72@gmail.com>, chris@thejusticesociety.com

Date: Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Subject: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Correspondence / Email
Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
To: <linda.lamone@maryland.gov>, <info.sbe@maryland.gov>, <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>,
<whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>, <jessica.perkins@maryland.gov>
Subject: Maryland Public Records Request for ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Correspondence
/ Email Dated April 3,2020 Regarding DS200 Marketing Materials
Dear Custodian of Records,
I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to submit an open records request under the Maryland Public
Information Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8 seeking access to public
records of the acquisition of any and all electronic voting systems and software purchased from ES&S
(Election Systems & Software). As concerned citizens, we believe it is essential to promote transparency
and ensure the integrity of our electoral process.
We kindly request access to the following ES&S (Election Systems & Software) Any and All From Any
Date April 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020

We understand that some of this information may already be publicly available, but we are seeking the official
and comprehensive records directly from the county's election authorities to ensure accuracy and
completeness.
Please consider this letter as a formal request for disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act
(MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling
this request, please inform us in advance. We are prepared to cover reasonable costs, but we request that
you provide an itemized estimate before proceeding with any charges.
Please provide these records in a format that is consistent with the requirements of the Maryland Public
Information Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8 If possible, We request that the
records be provided electronically, via email or a secure file-sharing platform.
If there are any associated fees for fulfilling this request, please inform me in advance. I am willing to pay
reasonable fees to cover the cost of duplication, or any other applicable expenses.
If portions of the requested records are exempt from disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act
(MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8, please provide us with a written explanation of
the specific legal basis for any redactions or withholdings.
We request that this public records request be processed promptly and in accordance with the statutory
timelines for response and production of records under the Maryland Public Information Act
(MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8.
(A) Use any list of name(s) or addresses contained in or derived from the records or information for the
purpose of selling or offering for sale any property or service to any person listed or to any person who resides
at any address listed
(B) Sell, give, or otherwise make available to any person any list of name(s) or addresses contained in or
derived from the records or information for the purpose of allowing that person to sell or offer for sale any
property or service to any person listed or to any person who resides at any address listed.
As per Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), Maryland Code, General Provisions Title 4, Subtitle 8, we
expect a prompt response to this request. If, for any reason, you cannot comply with this request within the
specified timeframe, please provide a written explanation for the delay and indicate when we can expect the
records to be made available.
Please take appropriate steps to ensure that records responsive to this request are not deleted by your office
before the completion of processing for this request. If records potentially responsive to this request are likely
to be located on systems where they are subject to potential deletion, including on a scheduled basis, please
take steps to prevent that deletion, including, as appropriate, by instituting a litigation hold on those records.
To ensure that this request is properly construed, that searches are conducted in an adequate but efficient
manner and that extraneous costs are not incurred, The Justice Society welcomes an opportunity to discuss
its request with you before you undertake your search or incur search or duplication costs. By working
together at the outset, The Justice Society and your agency can decrease the likelihood of costly and time-
consuming litigation in the future.
Where possible, please provide responsive material in electronic format by email or via a shared online drive. If
it will accelerate the release of responsive records to The Justice Society, please also provide responsive
material on a rolling basis.
Conclusion
The Justice Society is a non partisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to promote transparency in
government, to educate the public about government activities, and to ensure the accountability of government
officials. The Justice Society uses the information gathered, and its analysis of it, to educate the public
through reports, press releases, or other media. The Justice Society also makes materials it gathers available
on its public website https://thejusticesociety.com and promotes their availability on social media platforms,
such Twitter.
We share a common mission to promote transparency in government. The Justice Society looks forward to
working with your agency on this request. If you do not understand any part of this request, have any
questions, or foresee any problems in fully releasing the requested records, please contact Christopher
Gleason at records@thejusticesociety.com or (754) 444-1486.
Sincerely,

Fwd: FW: 2nd PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of

Elections, Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at
10:01 AM
To: CPGleason72@gmail.com, chris@thejusticesociety.com
SBE - Provided all the data...
SBE - Should be the provider for Audit Logs too

From: Brajkovic, Boris <Boris.Brajkovic@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Date: Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Subject: FW: 2nd PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov
2022 Election Reports EL30A
To: electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
Good morning,
My understanding is that below requested documents have been provided by the Maryland State Board of
Elections.
Please let me know if you have not received requested documents.
Best regards,
Boris
Boris Brajkovic
Elections Director
Montgomery County Board of Elections
18753 N. Frederick Avenue, Suite 210
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
240-777-8523 (office)
240-372-5152 (cell)
Boris.Brajkovic@montgomerycountymd.gov
From: Elections, Board-Of <Board-Of.Elections@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 1:58 PM
To: Brajkovic, Boris <Boris.Brajkovic@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Subject: FW: 2nd PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov
To: Elections, Board-Of <Board-Of.Elections@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Subject: RE: 2nd PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov
[EXTERNAL EMAIL]
Dear Montgomery Board of Elections,
RE: 2nd PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of
Maryland. I am requesting the following: copies of reports within the Montgomery Board of Elections office:
- November 2018 General Election - Report EL30A

We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .csv, .txt, .pdf, or whichever format
that you use to keep track of this data.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code
of Maryland, no request being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate unauthorized access to or the
request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the
denial as required by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code
of Maryland; and clearly print your name and title, and sign this denial.
Maryland’s Public Information Act (“PIA”) gives the public the right to access government records without
unnecessary cost and delay.
I will contact your office within 24 hours to discuss when I may expect the fulfillment of my request. If you
have any questions, please contact me at the email below.
Respectfully,
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4/29/24, 10:22 AM Gmail - Response to your Public Information Act Request
Response to your Public Information Act Request

Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at
10:38 AM
Ideally, we would like them for the following elections.
2016 November General Election

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:23 AM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:

Hello again,
Can you please confirm the exact elections you are requesting the EL30a and EL52 reports for?
Thank you,
Tracey
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 9:02 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>

wrote:
Tracey,

We would like to request the EL30A Reports and the EL52 Reports for all counties for the requested time period.
The EL52 Report is also called the "NUMBERED KEY CANVASS"
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 7:36 AM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:

Good morning,
I am sorry but we no longer have the EL45a reports from 2018 or 2016. By federal law, we have to keep election
materials for 22 months after an election, and that period has passed for both of those elections. You are welcome
to reach out to individual local boards of elections, but I highly doubt anyone still has EL45a reports from five to
seven years ago.
Regarding the question you had with the Mail-in Ballot Requests by County report, "Web Delivery" refers to
individuals who request to receive their ballot via email. Specifically, a link to the voter's specific ballot is emailed to
email address provided by the voter. "Agent" refers to when someone comes to the Board of Elections office to
pick up a mail-in ballot for another person. Agent delivery isn't that common but it is used. I find that adult children
picking up a ballot for elderly parents is usually the most common scenario.
Hope this clarifies things for you.
Thank you,
Tracey
On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 12:44 PM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you very much for the clarification.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r-1792379615237371411&dsqt=1&simpl=msg-a:r-179237… 1/3

Would you be able to send me the EL45A reports for the November 2016 and November 2018 elections as
well?
We have one report that we need some clarification on. On the Maryland State Report titled Mail-in Ballot
Requests by County, there are a few columns that we would like clarification on.
What is the "AGENT" column and "WEB DELIVERY" column?
Warm regards,
On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 11:09 AM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:

Good morning,
Thank you for your email. I apologize for the confusion, but these are the final reports. If you are referring to
the report saying "Unofficial Results" that is because all results are unofficial until the election is certified.
There are no further EL45a reports to share with you.
Thank you,
Tracey Hartman
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 8:52 PM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning Tracey,
We have a few questions for you.
Why were we sent the preliminary EL45A reports for both the 2020 and 2022 General Elections?
Why were we not sent the FINAL EL45A reports for both the 2020 and 2022 General Elections?
Do you not have the Final EL45A reports after the canvassing was done?
We would be most appreciative if you sent us the FINAL EL45A reports for the 2020 and 2022 General
Elections.
Warm regards
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 6:07 AM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:
Good morning,
This email is in response to your Public Information Act request, received by the Maryland State Board of
Elections on January 9, 2023, requesting, " ....the following: copies of reports within the Maryland State
Board of Elections office that were filed by each County Board of Elections in Maryland: November 2020
General Election - Report EL45A; November 2022 General Election - Report EL45A." A number of local
boards of elections in Maryland have received the same request. Please note that this email additionally
serves as a response to any requests you have sent to local boards of election requesting the same
information, and any requests that you intend to send in the near future.
The EL45a reports for each local board of elections can be downloaded from HERE. This link will take
you to a folder named "EL45a Reports" on the Microsoft OneDrive. In that folder, there is a subfolder for
each requested election, and in each subfolder is one EL34a report for each local board of election.
Please let me know if you have questions or have issues accessing the files.
Thank you,
Tracey Hartman
Maryland SBE

--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840

4/29/24, 10:08 AM Gmail - Response to your Public Information Act Request- March 2023
Response to your Public Information Act Request- March 2023

Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:32 AM
Good morning,
This email is in response to your Public Information Act request, received by the Maryland State Board of Elections on
March 8, 2023, requesting copies of the EL45a, EL30a, and EL52s reports from the voting system used by the Maryland
State Board of Elections and local election offices within the State for the 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 General Elections.
A number of local boards of elections in Maryland have received the same request. Please note that this email
additionally serves as a response to any requests you have sent to local boards of election requesting the same
information, and any requests that you intend to send in the near future.
The reports for each local board of elections can be downloaded from HERE. This link will take you to a folder named
"electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com" on the Microsoft OneDrive. In that folder, there is a subfolder for each
requested election, and in each subfolder are the reports for each local board of election. Please note that EL52 reports
were not required by the local boards to be produced in 2016, so there are no EL52 reports for 2016. Additionally, there
are no reports at all for Baltimore City from 2016 or 2018, and no EL30a or El52 reports for Mongomery County in 2020.
You will have to contact those two local boards directly for those specific reports if you require them.
Please let me know if you have questions or have issues accessing the files. The files will be available to you until Friday
April 7, 2023.
Thank you,
Tracey Hartman
Maryland SBE
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Direct: (410) 269- 2931
Main: (410) 269- 2840

4/29/24, 10:17 AM Gmail - REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS ES&S EL68A Reports Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS ES&S EL68A Reports Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
1 message
PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> M

RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS ES&S EL68A Reports Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland. I am requesting the following: copies of ES&S reports and Public Record
Elections office:
- November 2018 General Election - ES&S Report EL68A - Also known as the System Log
- November 2020 General Election - ES&S Report EL68A - Also known as System Log
We are requesting that this data be provided in the original digital format, that it was generated, stored, kept and transmitted. See the image below extracted from the reports section of the O
Section.
These PUBLIC RECORDS requested fall under Maryland PIA as they are automatically generated in the course of official government business, duties in the administration of official elections
Provisions Code § 4-101(k)(1) “Public record” means the original or any copy of any documentary material that: (i) is made by a unit or an instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivi
unit or instrumentality in connection with the transaction of public business; and
6. a form;
The data format that the ES&S Software AUTOMATICALLY generates these public records is the .LST file format.
The following reports/logs are being specifically requested for the each and all DS200, DS850
Tabulator used to administer the election:
a.) ***Machine Configuration***
b.) ***Initial State Report*** for each and every tabulator used.
c.) ***Zero Total Report***
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1779913955108555035&simpl=msg-f:177991395510855… 1/2

4/29/24, 10:17 AM Gmail - REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS ES&S EL68A Reports Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
d.) ***STATUS REPORT***
e.) ***VOTING RESULTS REPORT***
f.) ***BALLOT STATUS ACCOUNTING REPORT***
g.) ***AUDIT LOG*** to include all entries
h.) ***System Configuration***
i.) ***Election Configuration***
We are also requesting the following information regarding Runbeck Software and Services that you are currently using to administer elections in Maryland.
Audit Log For the NOVUS Runbeck Ballot Duplication Software used in the administration of elections.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, no request being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate u
the unauthorized modification, disclosure, or destruction of:
2. Information technology resources as defined in the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, which includes:
a. Information relating to the security of a supervisor of elections’ technology, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, computers, data processing software, and dat
b. Security information, whether physical or virtual, which relates to a supervisor of elections’ existing or proposed information technology systems.”
Therefore, no part of this request should be denied. However, should you deny my request, or any part of the request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statu
the denial as required by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland; and clearly print your name and title, and sign this denial.
Maryland’s Public Information Act (“PIA”) gives the public the right to access government records without unnecessary cost and delay.
I will contact your office within 24 hours to discuss when I may expect the fulfillment of my request. If you have any questions, please contact me at the number below.
Respectfully,
Maryann Judy
410-924-3919 Direct
For Elections - Public Records Requests

4/29/24, 2:20 PM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020
& Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
CCBOE <ccboe@carrollcountymd.gov> Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 7:51 PM
Your request has been transferred to the Maryland State Board of Elections for fulfillment of this
information.
The Official Election Team at the Carroll County Board of Elections

410-386-2080

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 8:47 AM
To: CCBOE <ccboe@carrollcountymd.gov>
Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL68A
This message originated outside of Carroll County Government. Use caution when
opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information.
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Dear Carroll Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Carroll Board of Elections office:
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .LST, .txt, .or whichever
format this data is generated, stored, transmitted, or kept.

4/29/24, 2:20 PM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
delay.
Respectfully,

Please note that e-mail and any attachments sent to and from this address may be subject to the Maryland Public
Information Act and unless otherwise privileged, must be disclosed to third parties.

4/29/24, 9:31 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
1 message
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37

Elections Public Records Requests <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
AM

delay.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 10:12 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL6…
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
1 message
Mon, May 15, 2023 at

8:49 AM
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
delay.
4/29/24, 10:12 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL6…
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 9:31 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
1 message
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37

AM

delay.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 2:23 PM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
Dionne Church -SBE- <dionne.church@maryland.gov> Tue, May 23, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Dear Elections Public Records Request,
Good afternoon! This email correspondence is sent to you in response to your email correspondence dated Monday, May
15, 2023, in which you requested certain materials.
There are no documents responsive to the request.
Very truly yours,
Dionne Church
Election Director
Wicomico County Board of Elections
410-548-4830 ext. 104
dionne.church@maryland.gov

4/29/24, 9:32 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
2 messages
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37

AM

delay.
Respectfully,
WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 10:00 AM

Cc: Kaye Robucci -SBE- <kaye.robucci@maryland.gov>, Teresa Morningstar -SBE- <teresa.morningstar1@maryland.gov>
Hello,
The EL45 reports you requested are publicly accessible on our website at https://www.washco-mdelections.org/election-
results.
Look for the "Summary" reports for the years you are interested in.
Let us know if you need any additional information.


RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2018 & Nov
WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:02 AM
We perform multiple audits after each election.
One of which is the automated audit on 100% of ballots cast during each election (primary and general). We use a third
party vendor, Clear Ballot, to verify that the scanning units captured the votes on the paper ballots correctly. You can find
more information about the automated audit at https://elections.maryland.gov/voting_system/ballot_audit_plan.html.
The next audit we perform is the comprehensive audit. This is an internal audit required by the State Board of Elections
(SBE) after each election (primary and general) that verifies that each Local Board of Elections (LBE) is following federal
and state Election Law and the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) in the conduct of the election.
The third audit is the manual audit, performed after each general election. This is performed on a sample size of paper
ballots from Early Voting, Election Day, Mail In Ballots, and Provisional Ballots. The number of ballots audited is
determined by the size of voter registration in each jurisdiction. Early Voting and Election Day precincts are selected at
random by SBE. The audit is performed by bipartisan teams, hand counting each ballot selected and comparing the
results against the scanning unit results.
You can find more information about each of these audits on SBE's website, https://elections.maryland.gov/.

wrote:
Thank you for the clarification.
Who is the vendor that you are sending the ballot images to?
Does this mean that the audit does not include the actual paper ballots that have been cast?
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 2:26 PM WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> wrote:

MIB stands for Mail in Ballot. Each Local Board of Elections (LBE) in Maryland performs a "canvass" of the mail in
ballots, where the ballot envelopes are inspected for signature and timeliness, then opened and the ballot separated
from the envelope to be cast in the scanning unit for tabulation. We also perform an automated audit of every paper
ballot cast in each election, including the mail in ballots that we receive. So we separate them into MIB1, ballots
that we tabulate during the week after Election Day, and MIB2, ballots that we tabulate the following week, leading
up to certification. At the completion of MIB1, the scanned images of the ballots from MIB1 are sent to the vendor for
the automated audit. Then we begin MIB2, and at the completion of MIB2 the following week, the scanned images of
the ballots from MIB2 are sent to the vendor. That's why there is a distinction between MIB1 and MIB2.
Hopefully, this answers your question. Let us know if not.

wrote:
Can you explain to me what the categories columns MB1 and MB2 reflect?
Warm regards
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 10:25 AM WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> wrote:

See attached...

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 9:48 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest
@gmail.com> wrote:
Would you please also send the official results for the 2020 general election?
warm regards,
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 9:02 AM WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> wrote:

Per your request, please see the attached EL45A reports for the 2018 and 2022 elections. Let us know if
you need anything else.
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 3:23 PM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of
Maryland. I am requesting the following: copies of reports within the Washington Board of Elections office:

We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .csv, .txt, .pdf, or whichever
format that you use to keep track of this data.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated
Code of Maryland, no request being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate unauthorized
access to or the unauthorized modification, disclosure, or destruction of:
2. Information technology resources as defined in the PIA in the General Provisions Article
(“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, which includes:
a. Information relating to the security of a supervisor of elections’ technology, processes, and

practices designed to protect networks, computers, data processing software, and data from
attack, damage, or unauthorized access; or
b. Security information, whether physical or virtual, which relates to a supervisor of elections’

existing or proposed information technology systems.”
Therefore, no part of this request should be denied. However, should you deny my request, or any
part of the request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation
authorizing the denial as required by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-
601, Annotated Code of Maryland; and clearly print your name and title, and sign this denial.
I will contact your office within 24 hours to discuss when I may expect the fulfillment of my request. If
you have any questions, please contact me at the email below.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 9:32 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
1 message
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37

AM

delay.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 10:11 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
1 message

8:48 AM
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
delay.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 9:32 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
1 message
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37

AM

delay.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 10:13 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
1 message

8:51 AM
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
delay.
4/29/24, 10:13 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 9:24 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, Nov 2020 &
Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:37
AM

delay.
Respectfully,

4/29/24, 10:13 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports …
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018,
Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL68A
1 message

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
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requesting the following: copies of reports within the Montgomery Board of Elections office:

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
Brajkovic, Boris <Boris.Brajkovic@montgomerycountymd.gov> Fri, May 26, 2023 at 4:20 PM
To: "electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com" <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email.
Please note that Montgomery County Board of Elections is not in possession of the documents listed in your request.
Best regards,
Boris
Boris Brajkovic
Election Director
240-777-8523 (office)
240-372-5152 (cell)

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· November 2018 General Election - Report EL68A System Log, EL68, Manual Entry Report,
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· November 2020 General Election - Report EL68A System Log, EL68, Manual Entry Report,
& Results Corrections Log
· November 2022 General Election - Report EL68A System Log, EL68, Manual Entry
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4/29/24, 9:19 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
CCBOE <ccboe@carrollcountymd.gov> Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 9:46 AM
Cc: "Jared.demarinis@maryland.gov" <Jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>
Good Morning,
The information you are requesting can be found on our website here. If you have any further questions or
concerns, please let me know.
Election Results - Carroll County Board of Elections

Disclaimer The Carroll County Board of Elections is pleased to provide the information on this site as a
service to the general public. We hope you will find the information useful and informative.
elections.carrollcountymd.gov
Kind Regards,
Katherine Berry
Election Director
The Official Election Team at the Carroll County Board of Elections

410-386-2080

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Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
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4/29/24, 9:19 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Caroline Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
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4/29/24, 10:10 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Repor…
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4/29/24, 9:16 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 &
Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:45
AM
To: "Goldman, Abigail (BOE)" <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov>
Abigail,
Thank you for your prompt response, we are simply requesting the EL45A Election Summary Report that was generated
from your office that was subsequently sent to the State of Maryland.
Kindly forward a copy of that report to us.
Warm regards,
Elections Public Records Request
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:41 AM Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov> wrote:
Good afternoon
Do not contact our office in two days. We have 2 weeks to provide you with the
information. I have sent your request to the State Board of Election to see if they
can fulfil it easily.
Abigail


Benton Office Bldg.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-396-5570

Fax: 410-962-8747

Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL45A
am requesting the following: copies of reports within the Baltimore City Board of Elections office:

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4/29/24, 9:18 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections, Nov 2020 &
Richard Siejack -SBE- <richard.siejack@maryland.gov> Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Cc: Brenda Yarema <eoyare21@aacounty.org>, Tryphena E Johnson <eoelli21@aacounty.org>, Thomas Gardner
<eogard21@aacounty.org>, Trudy McFall <trudymcfall@hotmail.com>, Robert Atkins <eoatki22@aacounty.org>, Jim Praley
<jpraley@lesspral.com>, David Garreis -SBE- <david.garreis@maryland.gov>
Good afternoon,
In response to the December 30, 2022 request pursuant to the General Provisions Article, §§ 4-101 through 4-601, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, please find attached hereto the following:

These reports can also be found posted on our website at: https://www.aacounty.org/boards-and-commissions/board-of-
elections/ under the "Past Election Results" tab.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.
Thank you,
Richard T. Siejack, Deputy Director

Anne Arundel County Board of Elections
6740 Baymeadow Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
410-222-6600 (Ext. 0401)
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 12:14 PM Robert Brady -SBE- <robert.brady@maryland.gov> wrote:
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Robert G. Brady
Voter Registration Department
Anne Arundel County Board of Elections
6740 Baymeadow Drive
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
robert.brady@maryland.gov
Main Line: 410-222-0492
Direct Line: 410-222-0472
Fax: 410-222-6833
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4/29/24, 9:17 AM Gmail - RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL45A
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RE: 2nd PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2018,
Brajkovic, Boris <Boris.Brajkovic@montgomerycountymd.gov> Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Good morning,
My understanding is that below requested documents have been provided by the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Best regards,
Boris
Boris Brajkovic
Elections Director
240-777-8523 (office)
240-372-5152 (cell)
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Allison Murphy -SBE- <allison.murphy@maryland.gov> Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Cc: election@carolinemd.org
Good Afternoon,
Your request has been forwarded to the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Allison Murphy,
Election Director
Caroline County Board of Elections

Health and Public Services Bldg.
403 S. Seventh Street, Suite 247
Denton, MD 21629
410-479-8145 Phone
410-479-5736 Fax
www.carolinemdelections.org
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4/29/24, 9:55 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Worcester Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020,
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4/29/24, 9:53 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Wicomico Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
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4/29/24, 9:53 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
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4/29/24, 9:53 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 4:12 PM
We have received your request and will provide an update on the status as soon as possible.
WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:51 PM

Please see the attached EL52 reports, as per your request.
On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:02 PM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>

wrote:
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PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:49 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Good Afternoon,
Per your request, the EL30A Reports for the 2020 General & the 2022 General are attached.
For the 2018 General that report was not available. I have attached the report that was available at that time, it has a
different format, and contains most of the same information.
All of this requested information can be found on our State Board of Elections Website: For instance to find the 2018
General Report Go to the following:
elections.maryland.gov/election data & reports/2018 general election reports/ statewide by party and precinct (CSV).
Thank You,
The Washington County Board of Elections
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Washington_By_Precinct_2018_General.csv
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PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 3:06 PM

Thank you for your prompt response. However, when I click the link that you provided above it does not work for me. Is the
link incorrect?
WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 3:25 PM

No, the link is elections.maryland.gov
Election Data & Reports is the next option to click on to find the requested information.
Sorry for the confusion.
The Washington County Board of Elections


4/29/24, 9:57 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Somerset Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
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4/29/24, 9:55 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Queen Anne's Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
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4/29/24, 9:49 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020,
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Brajkovic, Boris <Boris.Brajkovic@montgomerycountymd.gov> Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Good morning,
My understanding that below requested documents have been provided by the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Best regards,
Boris
Boris Brajkovic
Elections Director
240-777-8523 (office)
240-372-5152 (cell)
Subject: FW: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S
Report EL52
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52

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4/29/24, 9:37 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Montgomery Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
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4/29/24, 9:57 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
2022 ES&S Report EL52
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4/29/24, 9:44 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Kent Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:51 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST How ard Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Howard Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:38 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST How ard Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Howard Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 10:04 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
Taylor, Stephanie <sltaylor@harfordcountymd.gov> Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:11 AM
Good Morning,
As per your request.
Sincerely,
Election Director
133 Industry Lane
Office (410) 638-3565
Cell (443) 465-1375

Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
3 attachments

EL52S - GG2022.txt
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EL52S - PG2020.LST
8K
EL52S GG2018.LST
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4/29/24, 9:39 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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To: elections@harfordcountymd.gov
Dear Harford Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Harford Board of Elections office:

delay.
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4/29/24, 9:39 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
Taylor, Stephanie <sltaylor@harfordcountymd.gov> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Cc: "Taylor, Stephanie" <sltaylor@harfordcountymd.gov>
Per you request, please see the attachments.
Election Director
133 Industry Lane
Office (410) 638-3565
Cell (443) 465-1375

Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:30 PM
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
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EL30A 2018 General Precinct Report.txt
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434K
1572K

4/29/24, 9:56 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:43 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Garrett Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:51 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020,
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4/29/24, 9:38 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Frederick Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:56 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020,
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4/29/24, 9:43 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Dorchester Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:52 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Charles Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Charles Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:40 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Charles Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Charles Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:54 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:41 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Cecil Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:52 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:40 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Carroll Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:56 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Caroline Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Caroline Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:43 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Caroline Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Caroline Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:54 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Calvert Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Calvert Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:41 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Calvert Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Calvert Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:51 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:36 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
4 messages
PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Pursuant to the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland. I am requesting the
following: copies of reports within the Baltimore County Board of Elections office:

We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .csv, .txt, .pdf, or whichever format that you use to keep
track of this data.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, no request
being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate unauthorized access to or the unauthorized modification, disclosure, or
destruction of:
2. Information technology resources as defined in the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601,
Annotated Code of Maryland, which includes:
a. Information relating to the security of a supervisor of elections’ technology, processes, and practices designed to protect
networks, computers, data processing software, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access; or
Therefore, no part of this request should be denied. However, should you deny my request, or any part of the request, please
state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial as required by the PIA in the
General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland; and clearly print your name and title, and sign
this denial.
I will contact your office within 24 hours to discuss when I may expect the fulfillment of my request. If you have any questions, please
contact me at the email below.
Respectfully,
Kimberly Phillips <kphillips1@baltimorecountymd.gov> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:06 AM

Good Morning,
Thank you for reaching out to the Baltimore County Board of Elections. I have received your email and forwarded it for processing.

Kimberly M Phillips
Program Manager

To: Elections Supervisor <elections@baltimorecountymd.gov>
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore County Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
CAUTION: This message from electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com originated from a non Baltimore County Government or non BCPL
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Ruie LaVoie <rlavoie@baltimorecountymd.gov> Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:02 PM

To: Kimberly Phillips <kphillips1@baltimorecountymd.gov>, PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData
<electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com>
Cc: James Harris <jharris1@baltimorecountymd.gov>
Dear Sir:
The response to this request has been completed by the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Respectfully,

Ruie Marie Lavoie

Director, Baltimore County Board of Elections
Vice President, Maryland Association of Election Officials
Local Leadership Council, US Election Assistance Commission
Office: 410-887-5700 | rlavoie@baltimorecountymd.gov
11112 Gilroy Road, Suite 104, Hunt Valley, MD 21031

Ruie LaVoie <rlavoie@baltimorecountymd.gov> Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Good Afternoon,
Attached please find the requested reports. We do not hav e records of wait times. Please know that election results and other
reports are av ailable on our election website and the State Board website.
Best,
Ruie Marie Lavoie

Director, Baltimore County Board of Elections
Vice President, Maryland Association of Election Officials
Local Leadership Council, US Election Assistance Commission
Office: 410-887-5700 | rlavoie@baltimorecountymd.gov
11112 Gilroy Road, Suite 104, Hunt Valley, MD 21031

Election Law Clinic Report.zip

1695K

4/29/24, 9:52 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov
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Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov> Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 12:16 PM
I have forwarded your request to the State Board of Elections and Ms. Tracey
Hartmen.



Benton Office Bldg.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-396-5570
Fax: 410-962-8747
strengths!


Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report
EL52

4/29/24, 9:38 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
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Goldman, Abigail (BOE) <Abigail.Goldman@baltimorecity.gov> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:48 AM
Those files can be found on our website at https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/boe-past-

results



Benton Office Bldg.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-396-5570
Fax: 410-962-8747
strengths!


Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Baltimore City Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports
EL30A

4/29/24, 9:50 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov
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4/29/24, 9:37 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Anne Arundel Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov
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4/29/24, 9:54 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020,
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4/29/24, 9:54 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022 ES&S Report EL52
Diane Loibel <dloibel@alleganygov.org> Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 2:24 PM
This request has been taken care of by Tracey Hartman at the State Board of Elections. Let me know
if you did not receive a response from her for some reason.
Thanks,
Diane
Diane Loibel
t: 301-777-5931
Suite 231
701 Kelly Rd

4/29/24, 9:42 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022
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4/29/24, 9:42 AM Gmail - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
Diane Loibel <dloibel@alleganygov.org> Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Good Afternoon.
Two of the reports (2018 General & 2022 General) that you are requesting are on the website at the
same link I sent earlier. They are called the Precinct Summary Report. It looks like the 2020 General
had a different report posted, so let me take a look and get back to you on that report.
Thanks,
Diane
Diane Loibel
t: 301-777-5931
Suite 231
701 Kelly Rd

4/29/24, 10:15 AM Gmail - PIA - REQUEST - CONTRACTS ELECTION SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS, RUNBECK, CLEAR BALLOT
PIA - REQUEST - CONTRACTS ELECTION SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS, RUNBECK,

CLEAR BALLOT
1 message
Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 11:57

AM
To: info.sbe@maryland.gov, Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, Jared DeMarinis -SBE-
<Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>, Jessica Perkins -SBE- <jessica.perkins@maryland.gov>, "Tracey E. Hartman -SBE-"
<traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>, linda.lamone@maryland.gov
Good afternoon,

- Technical Data Package as required under Maryland Election Statutes and COMAR 33.09.05.05 A
- Copies of any and all contracts with ES&S aka Election Software & Systems (All Years)
- Copies of any and all contracts with Runbeck Election Systems (All Years)
- Copies of any and all contracts with Clear Ballot (All Years)
delay.
Respectfully,
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r6445271085202131285&simpl=msg-a:r1833987142443… 1/2

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Fwd: Dorchester County 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
9:58 AM
To: chris@thejusticesociety.com, CPGleason72@gmail.com
NO CHECKSUMS, NO HASH VERIFICATIONS

Date: Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: Dorchester County 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
To: Kim Jones -SBE- <kim.jones1@maryland.gov>
Cc: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>, Tracey E. Hartman -SBE-
<traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>
Please send us the official EL30A report generated. The data that you provided was not machine-generated
reports and do not meet the requested public records request.
ES&S Systems Provides A Precinct By Precinct Detailed Report, it is called the EL30A -
ES&S Systems Provides An Election Detailed Report - It provides all of the Election Reporting Data and
detailed total for the entire election.
Thank you for your compliance with our request.
Warm regards,
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:28 PM Kim Jones -SBE- <kim.jones1@maryland.gov> wrote:
Kimberly K. Jones, CERA

Election Information Systems Specialist
Dorchester County Board of Elections
P O Box 414 / 501 Court Lane Rm.105
Cambridge MD 21613
410.228.2560
410.228.9635 - fax
443.521.2986 - cell
kim.jones1@maryland.gov
4/29/24, 10:17 AM Gmail - New SBE Contact Information Re: PIA - REQUEST - CONTRACTS ELECTION SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS, RUNBECK, CLEA…
New SBE Contact Information Re: PIA - REQUEST - CONTRACTS ELECTION

SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS, RUNBECK, CLEAR BALLOT
Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 11:58 AM
Tracey Hartman's last day at SBE was June 23, 2023.
Please forward your email to the appropriate person listed below.
- Expanding voting at correctional facilities - morgan.rhoden@maryland.gov

- Election audits - nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
- Public comments on proposed regulations - nikki.charlson@maryland.gov
If you need additional assistance with other topics, please call

410.269.2840 or email info.SBE@maryland.gov.

Fwd: Your PIA Request to the MD State Board of Elections

PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:37
<electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> AM
MULTIPLE FAILURES TO RESPOND

Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Your PIA Request to the MD State Board of Elections
To: Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, <linda.lamone@maryland.gov>,
<donna.duncan@maryland.gov>, <fred.brechbiel@maryland.gov>, <vincent.omenka@maryland.gov>,
<eacoig@eac.gov>
Good morning,
I wanted to follow up with the previous emails that were sent out regarding our multiple previous requests as
we have not heard anything back from you and they have gone unanswered.
Furthermore, we wanted to inquire as to why your office would claim that you are unable to provide us with the
requested public records as you are not the custodian, yet your office advised all of the Maryland counties
that they did not have to comply with our lawful public records requests.
The system logs are not reports that must be compiled to be generated. The system logs have already been
generated during the course of the administration of the elections.
Thus making them "PUBLIC RECORDS" that already exist on the electronic voting systems.
These "PUBLIC RECORDS" were generated:
in the course of official public business

in the course of public officials' duty administering elections
using public funds to conduct official public business
using public funds to purchase the technology that generated the public records in the course of
public business, administering elections
Kindly provide all the requested public records that were previously requested. I will contact you within 24
hours to confirm that my request has been received and the status.
Warm regards,
On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 8:36 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning,
I wanted to follow up with the previous emails that were sent out regarding our multiple previous requests as
we have not heard anything back from you and they have gone unanswered.
Furthermore, we wanted to inquire as to why your office would claim that you are unable to provide us with
the requested public records as you are not the custodian, yet your office advised all of the Maryland
counties that they did not have to comply with our lawful public records requests.
The system logs are not reports that must be compiled to be generated. The system logs have already
been generated during the course of the administration of the elections.

in the course of public officials' duty administering elections
Kindly provide all the requested public records that were previously requested.
Warm regards,
On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:38 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning,
I wanted to follow up with the previous email that was sent out regarding our previous requests as we
have not heard anything back from you and they have gone unanswered.
Furthermore, we wanted to inquire as to why your office would claim that you are unable to provide us
with the requested public records as you are not the custodians, yet your office advised all of the
Maryland counties that they did not have to comply with our lawful public records requests?
The system logs are not reports that must be compiled to be generated. The system logs have already
been generated during the course of the administration of the elections.

in the course of public officials duty administering elections
Warm regards,
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 10:10 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData

<electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> wrote:

Am I to understand what you are saying in your previous email that this did not occur
and the State of Maryland did not comply with Maryland statutes?
I would also like to note that we had requested the Technical Data Package required
for approval for the use and certification of the Electronic Voting Systems in the State
of Maryland. Kindly provide that to us as soon as possible as that was also required in
order to legally certify the Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland.
SEE ATTACHED IMAGE WHICH CONTAINS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE
REQUESTING, THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION IN
MARYLAND.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Runbeck
software and hardware in the use of Maryland elections.
I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the use of modems in DS200 and DS850 is not
certified for use according to the EAC.
Open with Zight

Maryland_Closed_Certification Testing Report for ES&S EVS_FINAL.pdf - Adobe.. 2023-05-17 at
9.16.35 AM
As you can clearly see, the system must be tested, configured, and certified by EAC. The use of
modems, including cellular modems VOIDS the certification.
Furthermore, it is our understanding that the State of Maryland has a very specific statute regarding
the REQUIRED DECERTIFICATION of Electronic Voting Systems.
The ES&S Systems are required to generate an audit trail. The EL68A and EL68 are the audit
trail to ensure:
Is using illegally certified election systems that do not meet the EAC or State of
Maryland legal requirements not a violation of both Federal and State Election Laws?
How can elections be certified if the election systems used to administer the elections
were illegally certified and do not meet the legal requirements for use?
Is refusing to produce the required AUDIT TRAIL - AUDIT LOGS- EL68A, and EL68 also
not a violation of Maryland State laws?
Warmest regards,
reports: 2018, 2020, and 2022 and they do not have those available. Under PIA law, the custodian is
not required to generate or produce a report that the custodian does not already possess.
I believe for the below items you need to ask the actual business, Election Systems and Software,
not SBE as a state agency. We do not have the following and recommend reaching out directly to
ES&S:


(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

(5) Location and manufacturing capability of each facility that is or will be used to fabricate and
assemble all or any part of the voting system for which certification is being sought;
(6) Location and servicing capability, including any service limitations, of each facility that is or will
be used to serve the voting system for which certification is being sought; and
(7) The legal and financial relationship among all vendors and manufacturers of the voting system
and its various components.
I received your PIA request but several of the documents you mentioned we do not have as part of
our contract approval process. Maybe they are simply called something different.
Also, I did not see which ES&S contract you are requesting, as we have more than one. Did you
mean the Voting System Solution contract by chance?
Thanks,
Whitney
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410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
complete registration for "eMMA" Maryland's new eProcurement platform which launched
on July 22, 2019, or send questions to central.procurement@maryland.gov.
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410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)


(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

Warmest regards,


PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData Wed, May 17, 2023 at 8:56
<electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> PM
To: CPGleason72@gmail.com

<andrea.trento@maryland.gov>, <donna.duncan@maryland.gov>, <fred.brechbiel@maryland.gov>,
<vincent.omenka@maryland.gov>, <eacoig@eac.gov>

In order to certify the ES&S Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland, ES&S was required
to submit the following to the State of Maryland.
Am I to understand what you are saying in your previous email that this did not occur and the
State of Maryland did not comply with Maryland statutes?
legally certify the Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland. SEE ATTACHED
IMAGE WHICH CONTAINS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING, THAT WAS
REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION IN MARYLAND.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Clear Ballot Systems,
software, and hardware in Maryland elections.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Runbeck software and
hardware in the use of Maryland elections.
I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the use of modems in DS200 and DS850 is not certified for
use according to the EAC.
Open with Zight

The ES&S Systems are required to generate an audit trail. The EL68A and EL68 are the audit trail to
ensure:
Warmest regards,
I believe for the below items you need to ask the actual business, Election Systems and Software, not SBE
as a state agency. We do not have the following and recommend reaching out directly to ES&S:


(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

(6) Location and servicing capability, including any service limitations, of each facility that is or will be used
to serve the voting system for which certification is being sought; and
various components.
Thanks,
Whitney
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info.sbe@maryland.gov, civilrights@oag.state.md.us, press@oag.state.md.us, chairman@mdgop.org,
mdmanual@maryland.gov, Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>, daniel.korbin@maryland.gov,
katherine.berry@maryland.gov, Melissia.Dorsey1@maryland.gov, Natasha.Walker@maryland.gov,
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Good Morning Maryland Election Administrators,
I wanted to take this opportunity this morning to help nudge you to repent and do the right thing. As we all know full well,
ES&S voting systems automatically generate a secure "Audit Log" of the administration of activities in the conducting of
elections.
We are aware that your motivation for concealing these automatically generated public records aka "audit logs" is solely
based on the fact that you are all conspiring to cover up and or destroy the evidence of your Federal and State of
Maryland criminal RICO enterprise.
Your illegal actions have created a Constitutional crisis and are nothing less than actual seditious conspiracy and in a
greater context treason. It is for this reason that I have taken the liberty to CC the United States Federal Judges for
Maryland. The failure to report felonies and report treason are Federal crimes. I am doing my duty to report these
felonies and treasonous activities to Federal judges as required under Federal law.
18 USC 4: Misprision of felony,

§4. Misprision of felony
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States,
conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or
military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three
years, or both.
18 USC Ch. 115: TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

§2382. Misprision of treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason
against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President
or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is
guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or
both.
§2384. Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States,
conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war
against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution
of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary
to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or
both.
For almost a year now you have been illegally denying lawful MPIA requests, claiming that you do not generate the
requested ES&S, Runbeck and Clear Ballot audit logs. Your weak legal claim has consistently been that you have not
generated them in the course of your duties. While the claim that you personally did not generate the EL68A report
is debatable (we have obtained EL68A reports and audit logs in other states). Your false claims that you have no
responsive records aka public records, and that these automatically generated machine readable computer records are
not generated in the course of conducting your official duties is an outright lie.
Attached for your review is an excerpt from a data package presentation that ES&S made and presented to the State of
Colorado regarding the capabilities of, and functional operation of their voting systems regarding "Audit Logs". These are
the same voting systems that Maryland has been using to administer elections since at least 2014/2015.
For your convenience I have put a few highlights below, irrefutable facts/evidence/proof that your actions are not only
unlawful, but are wilful, wanton and malicious at this point.
Your actions/inactions when under the duty to act have crossed over from incompetence/neglect of duty/ and
wilful blindness/deliberate indifference into active wilful participation in the overthrow of our Constitutional government at
the state and Federal level through election fraud, altering of official election records, altering of ballots cast by voters, the
illegal use of voting systems with either no valid EAC Certification or EAC Certifications that were VOID in their entirety.
The irrefutable fact that the requested audit logs have been generated, do exist and that responsive records are in your
possession can clearly be seen below. This is clearly stated directly by ES&S in the document that they submitted to the
State of Colorado answering questions about the ES&S electronic voting systems audit logs and reports.
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The image below comes from ES&S marking materials. It too details the technical function of the DS200 Audit logs. As
we can all clearly see, the replies to our numerous MPIAs that you have provided have been outright misrepresentation of
material facts and are prima facie evidence of your multiple violations of Federal and Maryland State laws.
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Your illegal actions have deprived 180,451 Maryland voters of the right to cast their ballots and have their votes counted
accurately in the 2020 and 2022 elections alone.

The sheer volume of this voter disenfranchisement was clearly enough to materially impact most if not all of the elections
in your state. Your response to the inquiry about this massive violation of Maryland citizens Constitutional right is to
falsely claim that "Blank Ballots" are not "Blank Ballots" but rather a blank page of a ballot. This too was a bold face
misrepresentation of fact, that was not only disproven by ES&S voting systems documentation/manuals, extensively
documented by the EAC in the very certification document that Maryland claims to use in order to meet Maryland
statutory requirements. See Attached EAC Scope and Cert Document. also see attached EAC Publication called the
EAC Statutory Overview.
This fact is also documented on your own website, where a ballot is considered ONE BALLOT regardless of how many
pages that there is.

According to the EAC Statutory Overview Survey that was provided to the EAC by the State of Maryland (See attached
MD_2014_Statutory_Overview), there can be no doubt as to what a "BLANK BALLOT" is and what an "UNDERVOTE" is.


How many other elections have you allowed this to occur in?
How has the State of Maryland legally certified elections conducted on ES&S Voting Systems with EAC Certifications
that are VOID IN THEIR ENTIRETY, due to the fact that network devices and modems were attached. This too is an
irrefutable fact. See the correspondence below between the EAC and ES&S that clearly states that modems attached to
the DS200 Tabulators VOIDED the EAC Certification in its entirety.

How has the State of Maryland legally certified elections illegally using Runback Ballot Duplication Software that was not
certified for use in the State of Maryland? The State of Maryland has thus far failed to produce any certification for
Runbeck Ballot Duplicating Software that was definitely used to administer Maryland elections. See attached Runbeck
Software Purchase by the State of Maryland.
As we all know the answers to these questions reside in the "Audit Logs" for the systems used to administer Maryland
Elections.
We all know what we will see in those "Audit Logs", Machine Configuration Logs, and Error Logs, don't we?
We will see that the ES&S Systems were intentionally configured to connect to network devices and modems.
We will also see how the ES&S Voting systems were purposefully configured to not notify voters that the ballots that they
had cast were illegally adjudicated by the voting systems as being 100% Blank and that they were not given an
opportunity to correct their ballots.
We will see that the ES&S Tabulators had error rates that far exceeded the Maximum Allowable Error Rates established
by the EAC HAVA Standards.
We will see that you have illegally deprived Maryland voters of real elections and you have been actively subverting the
intent of Maryland Voters for years. We will see unsecure voting systems, manufactured in China, with Chinese chipsets,
out of date operating systems, with gaping well known security vulnerabilities, connected with networking devices and
modems, that allow unfettered remote access granting full control over the entire voting system. This is a known
irrefutable fact.

You are operating without the consent of the governed. You have subverted and overthrown the Constitutional government
of the State of Maryland and the Constitutional government of the United States. All government power is derived from the
consent of the governed. To illegally wield the full force and power of government without the consent of the governed is
waging war against "We the People".
You are doing so with highly compromised electronic voting systems that have modems / network connections that have
been exploited by enemies of our nation both foreign and domestic. https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/
assessments/NIC-Declassified-ICA-Foreign-Threats-to-the-2022-US-Elections-Dec2023.pdf
Under your watch the State of Maryland has defrauded the United States government and its people by taking Federal
HAVA grant money and then not complying with the terms of the grant. This is major government fraud, a predicate act of
RICO.
The facts are irrefutable, any reasonably prudent person with a shred of intellectual honesty can see that you have
conspired to and have actually subverted Maryland and Federal elections.
Your actions have violated the Constitutionally protected rights of every Maryland citizen and every United States citizen
as your actions have impacted not only Maryland State elections but Federal elections.
This is your last opportunity to turn from your wicked ways, cease and desist from your seditious activities and honor
your oaths to GOD and the Constitution. Kindly, comply with our lawful requests, comply with the law and execute your
official duties in a lawful manner.
The Constitutional crisis that you have created does not engender trust in elections nor is it reflective of free, fair,
transparent elections, where the consent of the governed is obtained from voter intent.
It is very clear that the State of Maryland does not have elections. The State of Maryland has selections. This is the total
removal/disregard of voter intent and the total removal of the consent of the governed.
This is our "Christmas Gift", you have been given one last opportunity to do the right thing. Kindly, comply with our lawful
requests for all of the public records, "Audit Logs", Error Logs, Voting Machine Configuration Logs, Event Service Logs,
etc.
Warmest regards
Christopher Gleason
A Deeply Concerned American
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(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

components.
I received your PIA request but several of the documents you mentioned we do not have as part of our contract approval
process. Maybe they are simply called something different.

Also, I did not see which ES&S contract you are requesting, as we have more than one. Did you mean the Voting
System Solution contract by chance?
Thanks,
Whitney
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Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:16

PM
Good afternoon,

- Technical Data Package as required under Maryland Election Statutes and COMAR 33.09.05.05 A
delay.
Respectfully,
Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:23 PM

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r-7510605926458274308&simpl=msg-a:r-325667673659… 1/2

4/29/24, 10:07 AM Gmail - Maryland Public Records Request - EVS - Certification
Good afternoon,
Thank you,
Tracey Hartman
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Main: (410) 269- 2840



To: NatalieAbbas13@gmail.com
FYI
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=156e1e9bd7&view =pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r-7510605926458274308&simpl=msg-a:r-325667673659… 2/2


Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:29
AM
Maryland Never Legally Certified


In order to certify the ES&S Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland, ES&S was required
to submit the following to the State of Maryland.
Am I to understand what you are saying in your previous email that this did not occur and the
State of Maryland did not comply with Maryland statutes?
legally certify the Electronic Voting Systems for use in the State of Maryland. SEE ATTACHED
IMAGE WHICH CONTAINS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING, THAT WAS
REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION IN MARYLAND.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Clear Ballot Systems,
software, and hardware in Maryland elections.
Please provide the required Maryland State Certification for the use of Runbeck software and
hardware in the use of Maryland elections.
I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the use of modems in DS200 and DS850 is not certified for
use according to the EAC.
Open with Zight

The ES&S Systems are required to generate an audit trail. The EL68A and EL68 are the audit trail to
ensure:
Warmest regards,
I believe for the below items you need to ask the actual business, Election Systems and Software, not SBE
as a state agency. We do not have the following and recommend reaching out directly to ES&S:


(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

(6) Location and servicing capability, including any service limitations, of each facility that is or will be used
to serve the voting system for which certification is being sought; and
various components.
Thanks,
Whitney
--
410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
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443-223-3117 (cell)
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Maryland Board of Elections Refusal MPIA Requests - Illegal Certification of

Elections
Kobrin, Daniel <dkobrin@oag.state.md.us> Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 12:52 PM
To: Christopher Gleason <cpgleason72@gmail.com>
Good afternoon again Mr. Gleason,
Unfortunately, I cannot share any communication or advice I’ve given my client. Sharing that with you would be
a violation of attorney-client privilege and a violation my duty of confidentiality as an attorney.
As for complaint about requests made under the MPIA, you can reach out to the MPIA Ombudsman and the
MPIA Compliance Board.
Dan
From: Christopher Gleason <cpgleason72@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 9:48 AM
To: Kobrin, Daniel <dkobrin@oag.state.md.us>
Subject: Re: Maryland Board of Elections Refusal MPIA Requests - Illegal Certification of Elections
You don't often get email from cpgleason72@gmail.com. Learn why this is important
Daniel,
As the attorney for the Maryland State Board of Elections and and the Assistant Attorney General for the
State of Maryland, am I correct to believe that you have advised the Maryland State Board of Elections to not
comply with MPIA statutes regarding our public records requests for the ES&S audit logs, that are
automatically generated computerized records during the administration of Maryland elections?
That legal position seems to conflict with numerous established laws and court findings all of which are listed
in the MPIA manual published by your office.
Who within the Maryland Attorney General's Office is responsible for enforcing MPIA?
Warmest regards,
Chris Gleason
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 12:18 PM Kobrin, Daniel <dkobrin@oag.state.md.us> wrote:
Good afternoon Mr. Gleason
Thank you for reaching out to me. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to provide legal advice to a member of the
public; and, am restricted in the information I can share from my attorney-client relationship with my client,
the Maryland State Board of Elections. Please note, neither I nor SBE are invested with investigatory
powers (subpoena authority). I, unfortunately, am therefore unable to respond to your communication.
If you believe a crime has occurred, the Maryland Office of the State Prosecutor is vested with the authority
to investigate all election-related criminal conduct.
Have a good day,
Dan Kobrin

Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 12:13 PM
To: Kobrin, Daniel <dkobrin@oag.state.md.us>
Subject: Re: Maryland Board of Elections Refusal MPIA Requests - Illegal Certification of Elections
You don't often get email from cpgleason72@gmail.com. Learn why this is important
Good afternoon Daniel,
I wanted to confirm your receipt of my email from last week.

Did you have any questions?
I very much look forward to hearing from you regarding the questions that I asked last week.
Warmest regards,
Chris Gleason
On Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 12:03 PM Christopher Gleason <cpgleason72@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning Daniel,
I have been requesting public records in Maryland at the county and state board of elections for months.
The records requested are clearly "Public Records" by their very definition. They are automatically
generated computerized records that have date/time stamps of every activity during the administration of
elections in every county in Maryland.
According to the MPIA manual published by the Maryland Attorney General this information/public
records the audit logs, event service logs, machine configuration logs are indeed public records that have
already been generated and are sitting on harddrives in the possession of both the County Board of
Elections and the Maryland Board of Elections.
I have also requested copies of the State of Maryland Certifications for Runbeck NOVUS Ballot
Duplication Software and Clear Ballot Election software that was also used to administer elections in
Maryland.
As of today's date the various county board of elections and the Maryland Board of Elections have been
and continue to illegally withhold this information that by law they have a mandatory, non discretionary
duty to provide per MPIA.
These public records requested in Maryland by myself and others throughout the state of Maryland are
of critical importance as they clear up many unanswered questions regarding the interference with over
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Maryland voters having their right to cast a ballot in elections and have
their votes accurately counted.
Can you as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland think of a valid legal reason why
these "Election Officials" would be wilfully violating MPIA?
During my investigation into the Maryland Voting System Issues/Irregularities it came to my attention
that Maryland never properly legally certified the ES&S Voting Systems in use. Furthermore, it was
brought to my attention that Maryland used ES&S Voting systems with modems and network devices
attached.
The use of DS200 Tabulators with modems attached VOIDED the EAC Certification for the entire voting
systems in use to administer elections in Maryland. This EAC Certification is a legal requirement in
order for these voting systems to be used to administer elections in Maryland. ES&S was informed by
the EAC to notify all of its customers that attaching modems to DS200 Tabulators VOIDED the EAC
Certification for the voting Systems in their entirety.
However, for some reason DS200 Tabulators in Maryland did have modems attached, during the
administration of elections despite the fact that doing so voided the EAC Certifications.
From your professional legal opinion as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland how
can the Maryland Board of Elections legally certify an election if it was administered on voting systems
that were both never legally certified for use to administer elections?
If the machines did legally comply and were legally certified (THEY WERE NOT), the administering of
elections using DS200 Tabulators with modems attached, VOIDED the REQUIRED EAC Certification in
it's entirety.
From your professional legal opinion as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland how
can the Maryland Board of Elections legally certify elections administered using voting systems with a
VOID - IN ITS ENTIRETY EAC Certification?
From your professional legal opinion as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland if the
Maryland Board of Elections ILLEGALLY certified elections using electronic voting systems that were
not certified or were VOID, does that not mean that EVERY SINGLE ELECTION that has been
administered in Maryland using these voting systems was not legal?
I would like to respectfully request and officially request that a full investigation be made into the
FRAUDULENT sale and subsequent use of these "UNCERTIFIED and UNCERTIFIABLE" voting systems
by ES&S to all of the counties in Maryland.
ES&S defrauded the people of Maryland, and the State of Maryland, this scheme is now being covered
up by the various county board of election administrators and at the Maryland Board of Elections.
The end result of this massive fraud and subsequent cover up is that over TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
Maryland voters illegally had their right to cast a ballot, and have their votes counted accurately,
interfered with and the State of Maryland has been illegally certifying both state and federal elections.
The elections conducted in various states this week on ES&S voting systems, swapped votes from one
candidate to another. ES&S has rightly claimed responsibility for this activity. However, this admission
proves why ES&S voting system audit logs need to be provided as requested and that their voting
systems do not meet the requirements to administer elections.
I am also respectfully and officially requesting a formal investigation into the willful, malicious and
deliberate actions by various Maryland County Board of Elections and the Maryland Board of Elections
violations of the MPIA regarding their illegal actions in not complying with my lawful public records
requests.
Please see attached documents that show everything that I am claiming is factually true and correct:
1. EAC Certification Relied Upon by Maryland. - SHOWING MODEMS NOT APPROVED FOR
USE
2. Correspondence between EAC and ES&S Regarding Use of Modems - VOID EAC
CERTIFICATION IN ITS ENTIRETY
3. Maryland Board of Election Minutes Discussing the Use of Modems attached to the DS200
Tabulators.
4. Maryland Blank Ballots Cast Defined
Warmest regards,
Chris Gleason

10:10 AM



Open with Zight

Warmest regards,

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Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 11:16
AM
To: Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>,
Jessica Perkins -SBE- <jessica.perkins@maryland.gov>
Kindly provide copies of all of the ES&S Contracts

Including any related to the Voting System Solution contracts.
This request was initially made in April and it has still not been complied with.
We are now also requesting copies of any and all contracts with the following companies:
Runbeck Election Services
Clear Ballot
Kindly forward these public records to us in their original electronic format as they are kept/stored.
Warm regards,

Fwd: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov

9:47 AM
CLear Ballot Use...

From: WashCo Elections -SBE- <washco.elections@maryland.gov>
Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, Nov 2018 & Nov 2022 Election
Reports EL45A
We perform multiple audits after each election.
One of which is the automated audit on 100% of ballots cast during each election (primary and general). We
use a third party vendor, Clear Ballot, to verify that the scanning units captured the votes on the paper ballots
correctly. You can find more information about the automated audit at https://elections.maryland.
gov/voting_system/ballot_audit_plan.html.
The next audit we perform is the comprehensive audit. This is an internal audit required by the State Board of
Elections (SBE) after each election (primary and general) that verifies that each Local Board of Elections
(LBE) is following federal and state Election Law and the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) in the
conduct of the election.
The third audit is the manual audit, performed after each general election. This is performed on a sample size
of paper ballots from Early Voting, Election Day, Mail In Ballots, and Provisional Ballots. The number of
ballots audited is determined by the size of voter registration in each jurisdiction. Early Voting and Election
Day precincts are selected at random by SBE. The audit is performed by bipartisan teams, hand counting
each ballot selected and comparing the results against the scanning unit results.
You can find more information about each of these audits on SBE's website, https://elections.maryland.gov/.
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 3:01 PM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for the clarification.
Who is the vendor that you are sending the ballot images to?
Does this mean that the audit does not include the actual paper ballots that have been cast?
Fwd: PIA request - EL68 and EL68A reports

Christopher Gleason <cpgleason72@gmail.com> Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM
To: Zachary Zepko <Zachary.Zepko@hartman.law>, "C. Edward Hartman, III" <ed@hartman.law>, Kate Strauch
Sullivan <kate@sullyland.com>, Dave Morsberger <dave@morsberger.com>, Harry Haury
<harryhaury@protonmail.com>, Dad❤️ Strauch <chuck.strauch@gasllc.com>, Marly Hornik
<MH@auditny.com>, "MH@unite4freedom.com" <mh@unite4freedom.com>
FYI... Relevant to HAVA and the logs being automatically generated and being responsive records

Date: Thu, May 25, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: PIA request - EL68 and EL68A reports
To: Gutierrez, Anthony <AGutierrez@frederickcountymd.gov>
Good afternoon,
I just wanted to follow up with my earlier email as you have not replied with a follow-up response.
The requested public records are in your possession. The requested responsive records are actually
automatically generated as a hard-coded functionality of the hardware, software, election management, and
reporting software in use in the administration of your county elections. As such, these public records
according to Maryland and Federal Election Law are a requirement in the administration of elections.
Please refer to your ES&S - ELECTION REPORTING MANAGER USER GUIDE in the Chapter that refers to
Please provide the public records in their native unaltered file format
which is referred to as a .LST file.
In order to provide the RESPONSIVE PUBLIC RECORDS IN YOUR

POSSESSION. Refer to the following documentation under LOG:
According to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 your county is required to
have an auditable trail of activity for your electronic voting systems. If it is your claim that the requested
records do not exist then your county has violated the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-
21145) of 2002 and defrauded the United States government through the acceptance of Federal HAVA Grant
money and not complying with the Federal HAVA Grant requirements set forth under the Help America Vote
Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002.

assistance, including through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, an economic stimulus, recovery or
rescue plan provided by the Government, or the Government’s purchase of any troubled asset as
defined in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, or in any procurement of property or
contract, subcontract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance, or
any constituent part thereof, is $1,000,000 or more shall, subject to the applicability of subsection
(c) of this section, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
both.
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 was passed by the United States
Congress to make improvements to voting systems and voter access that were identified following the 2000
election. HAVA created new mandatory minimum standards for states to follow in several key areas of election
administration, including minimum requirements for any voting system used in federal elections. The law also
provided funding to help states meet these new standards, replace voting systems, and improve election
administration.
Voting Section 301(a) of HAVA specifies that voting systems must, at a minimum, meet certain requirements.
Any voting system used in a federal election must:
• Provide voters with disabilities the same opportunity for access and participation (including privacy and
independence)
• Provide accessibility in minority languages for voters with limited English proficiency as required by Section
203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Provide for an error rate in operating the voting system that is no greater than the error rate set forth in the
2002 Voting System Standards (2002 VSS)
Furthermore, if your county is refusing to comply with this records request then you are violating your
mandatory, non-discretionary duty to provide public records related to elections and public records requests.
Kindly provide the responsive records as requested in accordance with your mandatory, non-discretionary
duties as mandated by Maryland and Federal law.
Warm regards,
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 11:41 AM PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest

@gmail.com> wrote:
Although you may not have a paper copy you most certainly do have the original sitting in your system that
is in its original unaltered file format.
Is it your official position that the Frederick County Board of Elections does not have the Audit Log
for the tabulators and EMS used to administer elections in your county?
Is it your official position that the Maryland Board of Elections is instructing your office to not comply
with a public records request to obtain public records that are in your current possession?
These System Audit logs are universal and standardized. They are also part of the public record and very
much a part of the administration of elections.
SEE ATTACHED NIST Standards that reflect the EAC certification of your EVS currently in use in your
county.
Kindly clarify the official position of your office with these public records. As requested in the PIA kindly
forward the files requested in their unaltered, original format that they are generated and stored.
Warm regards,
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 11:14 AM Gutierrez, Anthony <AGutierrez@frederickcountymd.gov> wrote:

Thank you for your request for information dated Monday, May 15, 2023.
In accordance with guidance from the Maryland State Board of Elections office, since our
office does not currently possess or produce these reports, we have no obligation to create
these records to satisfy a PIA request.
Thank you.
Fwd: PIA - REQUEST - CONTRACTS ELECTION SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS,

RUNBECK, CLEAR BALLOT
10:16 AM
Critical Information Needed For The Certification of Voting Systems in Maryland

Date: Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 11:57 AM
Subject: PIA - REQUEST - CONTRACTS ELECTION SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS, RUNBECK, CLEAR
BALLOT
To: <info.sbe@maryland.gov>, Whitney LeRoux -SBE- <whitney.leroux@maryland.gov>, Jared DeMarinis -
SBE- <Jared.DeMarinis@maryland.gov>, Jessica Perkins -SBE- <jessica.perkins@maryland.gov>, Tracey E.
Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>, <linda.lamone@maryland.gov>
Good afternoon,
am requesting the following: copies of reports/documents within the State of Maryland Board of Elections office:

- Technical Data Package as required under Maryland Election Statutes and COMAR
33.09.05.05 A
- Copies of any and all contracts with ES&S aka Election Software & Systems (All Years)
- Copies of any and all contracts with Runbeck Election Systems (All Years)
- Copies of any and all contracts with Clear Ballot (All Years)
We are requesting that this data be provided in a digital format, such as .csv, .txt, .pdf, or whichever format
that you use to keep track of this data.
In compliance with the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code
of Maryland, no request being presented in this FOIA document would “facilitate unauthorized access to or the
2. Information technology resources as defined in the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”),
§§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, which includes:
a. Information relating to the security of a supervisor of elections’ technology, processes, and

practices designed to protect networks, computers, data processing software, and data from attack,
damage, or unauthorized access; or
b. Security information, whether physical or virtual, which relates to a supervisor of elections’
existing or proposed information technology systems.”
request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the
denial as required by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code
of Maryland; and clearly print your name and title, and sign this denial.
I will contact your office within 24 hours to discuss when I may expect the fulfillment of my request. If you
have any questions, please contact me at the email below.
Respectfully,



Date: Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:38 AM
Good morning,
I wanted to follow up with the previous email that was sent out regarding our previous requests as we have not
heard anything back from you and they have gone unanswered.
Furthermore, we wanted to inquire as to why your office would claim that you are unable to provide us with the
requested public records as you are not the custodians, yet your office advised all of the Maryland counties
that they did not have to comply with our lawful public records requests?
The system logs are not reports that must be compiled to be generated. The system logs have already been
generated during the course of the administration of the elections.

in the course of public officials duty administering elections
using public funds to purchase the technology that generated the public records in the course of public
business, administering elections
Warm regards,

@gmail.com> wrote:

Open with Zight

AM
to ensure:
Warmest regards,


(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

various components.
Thanks,
Whitney
--
410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
--
410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Washington Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> Thu, May 25, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your response. I just wanted to point out that your response is not legally correct nor is it factual.
The requested public records are in your possession. The requested responsive records are actually automatically
generated as a hard-coded functionality of the hardware, software, election management, and reporting software in use in
the administration of your county elections. As such, these public records according to Maryland and Federal Election
Law are a requirement in the administration of elections.
Please refer to your ES&S - ELECTION REPORTING MANAGER USER GUIDE in the Chapter that refers
to https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0uL2bKv
Open with Zight

My Drive - Google Drive - G.. 2023-05-25 at 2.24.01 PM. - Brave
Please provide the public records in their native unaltered file format which is
referred to as a .LST file.
In order to provide the RESPONSIVE PUBLIC RECORDS IN YOUR POSSESSION.

Refer to the following documentation under LOG:
https://share.getcloudapp.com/geuPxWNl
Open with Zight

https://share.getcloudapp.com/Z4uGlL0A
Open with Zight

According to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 your county is required to have an
auditable trail of activity for your electronic voting systems. If it is your claim that the requested records do not exist then
your county has violated the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 and defrauded the
United States government through the acceptance of Federal HAVA Grant money and not complying with the Federal
HAVA Grant requirements set forth under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002.


assistance, including through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, an economic stimulus, recovery
or rescue plan provided by the Government, or the Government’s purchase of any troubled asset
as defined in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, or in any procurement of property or
contract, subcontract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance,
or any constituent part thereof, is $1,000,000 or more shall, subject to the applicability of
subsection (c) of this section, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both.
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145) of 2002 was passed by the United States Congress to
make improvements to voting systems and voter access that were identified following the 2000 election. HAVA created
new mandatory minimum standards for states to follow in several key areas of election administration, including minimum
requirements for any voting system used in federal elections. The law also provided funding to help states meet these new
standards, replace voting systems, and improve election administration.
Voting Section 301(a) of HAVA specifies that voting systems must, at a minimum, meet certain requirements. Any voting
system used in a federal election must:
• Provide voters with disabilities the same opportunity for access and participation (including privacy and independence)
• Provide accessibility in minority languages for voters with limited English proficiency as required by Section 203 of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Provide for an error rate in operating the voting system that is no greater than the error rate set forth in the 2002 Voting
System Standards (2002 VSS)
Furthermore, if your county is refusing to comply with this records request then you are violating your mandatory, non-
discretionary duty to provide public records related to elections and public records requests.
Kindly provide the responsive records as requested in accordance with your mandatory, non-discretionary duties as
mandated by Maryland and Federal law.
Warm regards,


10:10 AM



Open with Zight

Warmest regards,

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Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:31
PM
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:23 PM Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> wrote:
Good afternoon,
Thank you,
Tracey Hartman

wrote:
Good afternoon,

- Technical Data Package as required under Maryland Election Statutes and COMAR 33.09.05.05
A
request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial
as required by the PIA in the General Provisions Article (“GP”), §§ 4-101 through 4-601, Annotated Code of Maryland;
and clearly print your name and title, and sign this denial.

and delay.
Respectfully,
--
Tracey Hartman
Annapolis, MD 21401
Main: (410) 269- 2840

4/29/24, 9:45 AM Gmail - Dorchester County Results
Dorchester County Results

4 messages
Kim Jones -SBE- <kim.jones1@maryland.gov> Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 10:52 AM


Cambridge MD 21613
410.228.2560
410.228.9635 - fax
443.521.2986 - cell
2 attachments
2018 Dorchester county Gubernatorial General Results.pdf
435K
2022 Dorchester Gubernatorial General Results (1).pdf
566K

Can you explain to me what the categories columns MB1 and MB2 reflect?
Warm regards
Kim Jones -SBE- <kim.jones1@maryland.gov> Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 4:03 PM

Mail-In Ballot 1 count and Mail-In Ballot 2 count

Cambridge MD 21613
410.228.2560
410.228.9635 - fax
443.521.2986 - cell

4/29/24, 9:45 AM Gmail - Dorchester County Results

Thank you so much.


4/29/24, 9:58 AM Gmail - Dorchester County 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
Dorchester County 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A

2 messages
Kim Jones -SBE- <kim.jones1@maryland.gov> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Cc: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>, "Tracey E. Hartman -SBE-" <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>

Cambridge MD 21613
410.228.2560
410.228.9635 - fax
443.521.2986 - cell
3 attachments
GG22_10PrecinctsResults.csv
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Dorchester_By_Precinct_2020_General.csv
126K
Dorchester_By_Precinct_2018_General.csv
125K
Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:35

PM
Cc: Nikki Charlson -SBE- <nikki.charlson@maryland.gov>, "Tracey E. Hartman -SBE-" <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov>
Please send us the official EL30A report generated. The data that you provided was not machine-generated reports and
do not meet the requested public records request.
ES&S Systems Provides A Precinct By Precinct Detailed Report, it is called the EL30A -
ES&S Systems Provides An Election Detailed Report - It provides all of the Election Reporting Data and detailed total for
the entire election.
Thank you for your compliance with our request.
Warm regards,


DEC 1 2023 EMAIL TO SBE, EAC, MD AG

Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:02 AM
<vincent.omenka@maryland.gov>, <eacoig@eac.gov>, <cmccormick@eac.gov>, <bhovland@eac.gov>,
<dpalmer@eac.gov>, <thicks@eac.gov>, <dkobrin@oag.state.md.us>, <info.sbe@maryland.gov>,
<civilrights@oag.state.md.us>, <press@oag.state.md.us>, <chairman@mdgop.org>,
<mdmanual@maryland.gov>, Jared DeMarinis -SBE- <jared.demarinis@maryland.gov>,
<daniel.korbin@maryland.gov>, <katherine.berry@maryland.gov>
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen,
At what point exactly is the Maryland State Board of Elections and their co-conspirators in the various
county boards of elections going to stop lying to "We the People" about the administration of elections in
Maryland? It is very clear that under the direction of the Maryland Board of Elections a dire
Constitutional crisis has been created.
We are going to request one final time that you kindly provide the data and public records previously
requested as you are legally required to under both Maryland and Federal law. This duty to provide "PUBLIC
RECORDS" related to the administration of Federal and Maryland elections is mandatory and non
discretionary.
We have now made countless lawful requests for public records and data that you are the custodians of. Your
inactions and refusals to provide these "election records" are inexcusable.
How has the Maryland Board of Elections legally certified ANY election in Maryland since 2015?
If all Maryland Elections have been administered on ES&S voting systems, Runbeck Ballot Duplication
Systems and Clear Ballot systems, that have modems and network devices attached then under your
direction Maryland Elections have been illegally administered on voting systems with either VOID EAC
Certifications or NO EAC Certifications. If it is your official legal position that this is not the case kindly
provide the EAC Certifications for the use of ES&S, Runbeck and Clear Ballot systems that have modems,
use of wireless, use of TCP/IP, use of Infrared, use of wireless and the use of FIPS cryptographic modules.
Q. How does the Maryland Board of Elections legally certify elections

administered on electronic voting systems with:
No EAC or Maryland Certifications?
EAC Certifications that are "VOID IN THEIR ENTIRETY"?
We all know that it is irrefutable that the ES&S Systems that are being used in Maryland do in fact have
modems and network devices attached to them.
To deny these facts at this point is wilful blindness and deliberate indifference.
The EAC has previously made it abundantly clear that the addition of the above mentioned devices to ES&S
DS200 Tabulators voided the EAC Certification for the ENTIRE VOTING SYSTEM...
We are all aware of the issues that your wilful and deliberate actions have raised. To continue down this path
is no longer an acceptable option.
We have requested all of the audit logs, system logs, configuration logs and error logs for all of the systems
that you have used to illegally administer elections in Maryland.
We can clearly see that hundreds of thousands of Maryland voters have been illegally deprived of their right to
cast ballots in multiple elections and have their votes accurately counted.
Under your direction the various county Boards of Elections have been unlawfully concealing and obstructing
the mandatory disclosure of Elections related "PUBLIC RECORDS" in willful and malicious direct violation of
numerous COMAR, MPIA, HAVA and Federal laws and regulations.
Why are you the Maryland Board of Elections refusing to execute your mandatory, non discretionary duty in
such a flagrant disregard of numerous Maryland and Federal laws?
It is extremely clear why.
You and your co-conspirators are wilfully and maliciously concealing your violation of hundreds of
thousands of Maryland voters Constitutional rights to cast a ballot and vote in both Federal and
Maryland State and local elections under the color of law.
For every single "BLANK BALLOT CAST" is one voter whose right to vote has been illegally interfered with and
their right to vote for anything on the ballot was illegally cancelled. This is the outright willful and malicious
removal of any and all consent of the governed.
According to Clear Ballot, the company that you have been using to conduct Election Audits in Maryland
Elections:
THE VOTING SYSTEM READS EACH BALLOT SCANNED, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF PAGES
AS 1 BALLOT.
The sheer number of these Maryland voters ballots being illegally adjudicated as " BALLOTS CAST - BLANK"
throughout Maryland in Federal, State and Local elections are significant enough to have changed the
outcome of every election conducted in Maryland since at least 2014.
The only explanation is that the ES&S Tabulators in Maryland were purposefully configured to accept "BLANK
BALLOTS". Are we really expected to believe that hundreds of thousands of Maryland Voters intentionally
cast "BLANK BALLOTS" with not one voting position chosen?
Intentionally configuring Maryland voting systems to not notify Maryland voters that they were casting a 100%
blank ballots and not giving Maryland voters the ability to cure the casting of "ZERO VOTING POSITIONS" is
a clear violation of both Federal and Maryland State election laws.
We know that ALL of this information is contained in automatically generated machine readable "AUDIT
LOGS" and data files contained in the systems that you used to conduct your official duties administering
Federal and Maryland State and local county elections.
Is it still your official legal position that these audit logs were not automatically generated in the course of your
official duties?
How do you explain what a "BLANK BALLOT" is now? We have seen some of your co-conspirators claim that
"BLANK BALLOTS" are "Undervotes".
ES&S is very clear.
We all know that the requested audit logs, system logs, error logs and configuration logs are all
automatically generated.
THIS IRREFUTABLE FACT MAKES THEM "PUBLIC RECORDS" AS THEY WERE GENERATED IN THE
COURSE OF YOUR ADMINISTERING ELECTIONS.
For every single election administered on a voting system that has a VOID EAC Certification or NO EAC
Certification you have illegally certified those elections.
How does the Maryland Board of Elections explain this?
Maryland took millions of dollars in HAVA Grant money from the United States Government to acquire voting
systems that complied with Maryland Statutes, Federal Statutes such as HAVA and complied with the
VVSG.
For the Maryland Board of Elections and the various Maryland County Boards of Elections to take Federal
grant money and then not comply with the terms of those grants is a direct violation of Federal law and is
considered "MAJOR GOVERNMENT FRAUD" according to US Code.
The only explanation that any reasonably prudent person can make from your willful and malicious actions
and refusal to comply with the law is that you are concealing the fact that you have removed the consent of
the governed and are now concealing the evidence of your overthrow of the Constitutional form of government
in Maryland and have colluded to subvert Federal elections and the Constitution of the United States of
America.
There is only one clear way to refute and clear up these issues once and for all, release all of the "Public
Records" and "Election Data" in their original electronic machine readable formats, in their unaltered,
unredacted, that they are generated in, stored in and transmitted in. If the Maryland Board of Elections has
complied with the law there should be nothing to hide. The clear explanation will be in the automatically
These logs are REQUIRED TO BE GENERATED and
generated logs.
RETAINED.
If it is your official legal position that the systems being illegally used to administer elections in Maryland
under your direction are not in fact automatically generating the requested "public records" and as a result,
you and your co-conspirators do not have any responsive records, you have no choice to immediately cease
and desist from using these electronic voting systems as they do not comply with HAVA, VVSG or COMAR.
Maryland has one sole choice.
The Maryland Election Law is clear.
Maryland. Code, Elec. Law § 9-103 (“(2) shall decertify a previously certified voting system if the voting
system no longer meets one or more of the standards in § 9 102(d)(1)(i) through (iii) of this subtitle.”) Md.
Code, Elec. Law § 9-102 (“(d) The State Board may not certify a voting system unless the State Board
determines that:(1) the voting system will:(i) protect the secrecy of the ballot;(ii) protect the security of the
voting process;(iii) count and record all votes accurately;”)
The analysis of the data for the 2020 and 2022 November elections clearly show ES&S EVS 5.2.0.0 does not
meet two of the three requirements necessary to decertify voting systems (ii) protect the security of the voting
process or ;(iii) count and record all votes accurately.
According to the Election Systems and Software EVS 5.2.0.0 Certification Report issued by the Maryland
State Board of Elections dated 12/4/2014 the EVS 5.2.0.0 never fully satisfied the requirements as set forth in
the Election Law Article of the Annotated code of Maryland and the Code of Maryland Regulations.
Two examples that were never met are COMAR 33.09.05.05 A and COMAR 33.09.09.05 B.
This is a final demand for your full compliance with all Federal and Maryland laws to include Maryland.
Code, Elec. Law § 9-103 (“(2), and our previous lawful requests for "PUBLIC RECORDS" and
election data generated in the course of administering elections under both Maryland Law and Federal laws.
We demand that you cease and desist from any further administration of elections administered on electronic
voting systems with VOID EAC Certifications, NO EAC Certifications.
We demand that you cease and desist from the illegal certification of elections administered on these
systems that are not now nor have been legal to administer elections on.
We hereby further request for the preservation of all audit logs, error logs, system logs, configuration logs,
SLOGs, PLOGS, emails, text messages, public records and documents as your continued and willful non
compliance with the both Federal and Maryland laws will be addressed by any and all legal remedies
available.
Warmest regards,

@gmail.com> wrote:

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to ensure:
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(c) Areas served;
(d) Branch offices;
(e) Subsidiaries;

various components.
Thanks,
Whitney
--
410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
--
410-269-2863 (office)
443-223-3117 (cell)
5 attachments
ES&S_AUDIT_REPORTING_TECH_DATA.pdf
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2016_Statutory_Overview_MD.pdf
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MD_2014 Statutory Overview.pdf

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MARYLAND_BOE_MINUTES_2015_07.pdf
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MARYLAND_BOE_MINUTES_2014_10.pdf
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4/29/24, 10:08 AM Gmail - 2 Public Records requests - response
2 Public Records requests - response

Gutierrez, Anthony <AGutierrez@frederickcountymd.gov> Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Cc: "Wagner, Barbara" <BWagner@frederickcountymd.gov>
Attn: Elections – Public Records Requests
We have received your 2 public records requests, both e-mailed to our office on Friday afternoon, March 10.
We are awaiting assistance from the Maryland State Board of Elections staff with this matter, then we will be able to fully
respond to your requests.
We certainly hope they will respond in the next few weeks. Thank you,
Anthony Gutierrez
Frederick County MD Deputy Election Director

PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Harford Board of Elections: Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov
Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:01
PM
To: elections@harfordcountymd.gov
Dear Harford Board of Elections,
requesting the following: copies of reports within the Harford Board of Elections office:

delay.
Respectfully,

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST St Mary's Board of Elections, , Nov 2018, Nov
1 message

8:48 AM
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
Corrections Log
delay.
Respectfully,

Response to your Public Information Act Request

Tracey E. Hartman -SBE- <traceye.hartman@maryland.gov> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 7:35 AM
Good morning,
I am sorry but we no longer have the EL45a reports from 2018 or 2016. By federal law, we have to keep election materials
for 22 months after an election, and that period has passed for both of those elections. You are welcome to reach out to
individual local boards of elections, but I highly doubt anyone still has EL45a reports from five to seven years ago.
Regarding the question you had with the Mail-in Ballot Requests by County report, "Web Delivery" refers to individuals
who request to receive their ballot via email. Specifically, a link to the voter's specific ballot is emailed to email address
provided by the voter. "Agent" refers to when someone comes to the Board of Elections office to pick up a mail-in ballot
for another person. Agent delivery isn't that common but it is used. I find that adult children picking up a ballot for elderly
parents is usually the most common scenario.
Hope this clarifies things for you.
Thank you,
Tracey

Fwd: PIA request - EL68 and EL68A reports

Christopher Gleason <cpgleason72@gmail.com> Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 2:33 PM
To: "C. Edward Hartman, III" <ed@hartman.law>, Zachary Zepko <Zachary.Zepko@hartman.law>, Kate Strauch
Sullivan <kate@sullyland.com>, Dave Morsberger <dave@morsberger.com>, Harry Haury
<harryhaury@protonmail.com>, Dad❤️ Strauch <chuck.strauch@gasllc.com>, Marly Hornik
<MH@auditny.com>, "MH@unite4freedom.com" <mh@unite4freedom.com>
FYI

Date: Mon, May 22, 2023 at 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: PIA request - EL68 and EL68A reports
To: Gutierrez, Anthony <AGutierrez@frederickcountymd.gov>
Although you may not have a paper copy you most certainly do have the original sitting in your system that is
in its original unaltered file format.
Is it your official position that the Frederick County Board of Elections does not have the Audit Log for
the tabulators and EMS used to administer elections in your county?
Is it your official position that the Maryland Board of Elections is instructing your office to not comply
with a public records request to obtain public records that are in your current possession?
These System Audit logs are universal and standardized. They are also part of the public record and very
much a part of the administration of elections.
SEE ATTACHED NIST Standards that reflect the EAC certification of your EVS currently in use in your
county.
Kindly clarify the official position of your office with these public records. As requested in the PIA kindly
forward the files requested in their unaltered, original format that they are generated and stored.
Warm regards,
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 11:14 AM Gutierrez, Anthony <AGutierrez@frederickcountymd.gov> wrote:

Thank you for your request for information dated Monday, May 15, 2023.
In accordance with guidance from the Maryland State Board of Elections office, since our office
does not currently possess or produce these reports, we have no obligation to create these
records to satisfy a PIA request.
Thank you.
NISTSP1500-101 (1)_230521_130419.pdf
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MPIA EL68A and Audit Logs OCT 2023

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PublicRecordsRequest ElectionData <electionspublicrecordsrequest@gmail.com> M


Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:15:33 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS ES&S EL68A Reports Nov 2018, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
Elections office:
Section.
6. a form;

Respectfully,
Maryann Judy
410-924-3919 Direct

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:15:50 -0700
Elections office:
Section.

6. a form;

Respectfully,
Maryann Judy
410-924-3919 Direct

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:15:05 -0700
Elections office:
Section.

6. a form;
Respectfully,
Maryann Judy
410-924-3919 Direct

Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:14:48 -0700
Elections office:
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Date: Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Subject: Maryland Board of Elections Refusal MPIA Requests - Illegal Certification of
Elections
To: Daniel Kobrin <dkobrin@oag.state.md.us>
Good morning Daniel,
I have been requesting public records in Maryland at the county and state board of
elections for months.
The records requested are clearly "Public Records" by their very definition. They are
automatically generated computerized records that have date/time stamps of every
activity during the administration of elections in every county in Maryland.
According to the MPIA manual published by the Maryland Attorney General this
information/public records the audit logs, event service logs, machine configuration logs
are indeed public records that have already been generated and are sitting on harddrives in
the possession of both the County Board of Elections and the Maryland Board of Elections.
I have also requested copies of the State of Maryland Certifications for Runbeck NOVUS
Ballot Duplication Software and Clear Ballot Election software that was also used to
As of today's date the various county board of elections and the Maryland Board of
Elections have been and continue to illegally withhold this information that by law they
have a mandatory, non discretionary duty to provide per MPIA.
These public records requested in Maryland by myself and others throughout the state of
Maryland are of critical importance as they clear up many unanswered questions regarding
the interference with over TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Maryland voters having their right to
cast a ballot in elections and have their votes accurately counted.
Can you as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland think of a valid legal
reason why these "Election Officials" would be wilfully violating MPIA?
During my investigation into the Maryland Voting System Issues/Irregularities it came to my

attention that Maryland never properly legally certified the ES&S Voting Systems in
use. Furthermore, it was brought to my attention that Maryland used ES&S Voting systems
with modems and network devices attached.
The use of DS200 Tabulators with modems attached VOIDED the EAC Certification for the
entire voting systems in use to administer elections in Maryland. This EAC Certification is a
legal requirement in order for these voting systems to be used to administer elections in
Maryland. ES&S was informed by the EAC to notify all of its customers that attaching
modems to DS200 Tabulators VOIDED the EAC Certification for the voting Systems in their
entirety.
However, for some reason DS200 Tabulators in Maryland did have modems attached,
during the administration of elections despite the fact that doing so voided the EAC
Certifications.
From your professional legal opinion as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of
Maryland how can the Maryland Board of Elections legally certify an election if it was
administered on voting systems that were both never legally certified for use to administer
elections?
If the machines did legally comply and were legally certified (THEY WERE NOT), the
administering of elections using DS200 Tabulators with modems attached, VOIDED the
REQUIRED EAC Certification in it's entirety.
Maryland how can the Maryland Board of Elections legally certify elections administered
using voting systems with a VOID - IN ITS ENTIRETY EAC Certification?
Maryland if the Maryland Board of Elections ILLEGALLY certified elections using electronic
voting systems that were not certified or were VOID, does that not mean that EVERY
SINGLE ELECTION that has been administered in Maryland using these voting systems
was not legal?
I would like to respectfully request and officially request that a full investigation be made
into the FRAUDULENT sale and subsequent use of these "UNCERTIFIED and
UNCERTIFIABLE" voting systems by ES&S to all of the counties in Maryland.
ES&S defrauded the people of Maryland, and the State of Maryland, this scheme is now
being covered up by the various county board of election administrators and at the
Maryland Board of Elections.
The end result of this massive fraud and subsequent cover up is that over TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND Maryland voters illegally had their right to cast a ballot, and have their votes
counted accurately, interfered with and the State of Maryland has been illegally certifying
both state and federal elections.
The elections conducted in various states this week on ES&S voting systems, swapped
votes from one candidate to another. ES&S has rightly claimed responsibility for this
activity. However, this admission proves why ES&S voting system audit logs need to be
provided as requested and that their voting systems do not meet the requirements to
administer elections.
I am also respectfully and officially requesting a formal investigation into the willful,
malicious and deliberate actions by various Maryland County Board of Elections and the
Maryland Board of Elections violations of the MPIA regarding their illegal actions in not
complying with my lawful public records requests.
Please see attached documents that show everything that I am claiming is factually true
and correct:
1. EAC Certification Relied Upon by Maryland. - SHOWING MODEMS NOT

APPROVED FOR USE
2. Correspondence between EAC and ES&S Regarding Use of Modems - VOID EAC
CERTIFICATION IN ITS ENTIRETY
3. Maryland Board of Election Minutes Discussing the Use of Modems attached to
the DS200 Tabulators.
4. Maryland Blank Ballots Cast Defined
Warmest regards,
Chris Gleason
County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024

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RE: MPIA REQUEST Somerset County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Somerset County Board of Elections
office:

elections.

cost and delay.
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are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Kent County Board of Elections office:


elections.
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RE: MPIA REQUEST Dorchester County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Dorchester County Board of Elections
office:

elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
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Subject: MPIA REQUEST Garrett County Election Judge Manuals for 2020, 2022, 2024
RE: MPIA REQUEST Garrett County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Garrett County Board of Elections office:

elections.
cost and delay.

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RE: MPIA REQUEST Queen Anne's County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Queen Anne's County Board of Elections
office:

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
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RE: MPIA REQUEST Caroline County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Caroline County Board of Elections office:

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

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RE: MPIA REQUEST Cecil County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Cecil County Board of Elections office:


elections.
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office:

elections.
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RE: MPIA REQUEST Carroll County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Carroll County Board of Elections office:

elections.

cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

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elections.

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RE: MPIA REQUEST Frederick County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Frederick County Board of Elections office:


elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason

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RE: MPIA REQUEST Prince George's County Election Judge Manuals for 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
are requesting the following: copies of the following Public Records within the Prince George's County Board of Elections
office:


elections.
cost and delay.
Warmest regards,
Christopher Gleason
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From: Diane Loibel <dloibel@alleganygov.org>
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Subject: RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Allegany Board of Elections, Nov 2020 & Nov 2022 Election Reports EL30A
Good Afternoon.
Two of the reports (2018 General & 2022 General) that you are requesting are on the website at the
same link I sent earlier. They are called the Precinct Summary Report. It looks like the 2020 General
had a different report posted, so let me take a look and get back to you on that report.
Thanks,
Diane
Diane Loibel
t: 301-777-5931
Suite 231
701 Kelly Rd

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Dear Baltimore City Board of Elections,

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