Scribd

Democracy Lost:

A Report on the Fatally Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries

Election Justice USA | ElectionJusticeUSA.org | ElectionJusticeUSA@gmail.com

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTORY MATERIA

........................................................................................................2A. ABOUT ELECTION JUSTICE USA...............................................................................................2B. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................2C. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..............................................................................................................7

II. SUMMARY O! DIRECT E"IDENCE !OR EECTION !RAUD# "OTER SU$$RESSION# AND OT%ER IRRE&UARITIES

.......................................................................................................7A. VOTER SUPPRESSION..................................................................................................................7B. REGISTRATION TAMPERING......................................................................................................8C. ILLEGAL VOTER PURGING.........................................................................................................8D. EVIDENCE OF FRAUDULENT OR ERRONEOUS VOTING MACHINE TALLIES.................9E. MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................................................................1F. ESTIMATE OF PLEDGED DELEGATES AFFECTED................................................................11

III. E&A ACTIONS TA'EN (Y EECTION JUSTICE USA AND OT%ER $ARTIES

.........11A. LAWSUITS FILED OR YET TO BE FILED.................................................................................111. ARI!ONA....................................................................................................................................112. NEW YORK................................................................................................................................12". ILLINOIS.....................................................................................................................................1"#. OHIO............................................................................................................................................1#$. CALIFORNIA.............................................................................................................................1#B. THE IMPACT OF SHELBY COUNTY VS. HOLDER ON VOTING IN THE 21% PRIMARIES..............................................................................................................................................................1%

I". DOCUMENTED TY$ES O! "OTER SU$$RESSION AND EECTION !RAUD IN T%E )*+, U.S. $RESIDENTIA $RIMARIES

...........................................................................................19A. DIRECT VOTER SUPPRESSION.................................................................................................191. REDUCTION IN POLLING PLACES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS SANDERS& VOTE SHARE.................................................................................................................................192. SIX DIFFERENT WAYS OF TARGETING NO PARTY PREFERENCE 'NPP( VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA.................................................................................................................................21

B. REGISTRATION TAMPERING....................................................................................................2%C. ILLEGAL VOTER REGISTRATION PURGES............................................................................"2D. INACCURATE VOTING MACHINE COUNTS.........................................................................."#1. EXIT POLLS AND COMPUTERI!ED VOTE COUNTS........................................................."#2. CLINTON&S VOTE SHARE INCREASES WITH PRECINCT SI!E) INDEPENDENT OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS..........................................................................................................#%". HACKABLE MACHINES..........................................................................................................%"E. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 'DNC( OBSTRUCTED THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN AND COLLUDED WITH MEDIA OUTLETS TO MARGINALI!E AND SMEAR SENATOR SANDERS........................................................................................................................%91. USE OF SUPERDELEGATE PRE*POLLS TO SHAPE MEDIA NARRATIVE ABOUT PRIMARIES....................................................................................................................................%92. EVIDENCE FROM THE WIKILEAKS DNC EMAIL ARCHIVE............................................%9

". E"IDENCE !OR !RAUD OR SU$$RESSION IN EAC% $RIMARY $%ASE# STATE-(Y-STATE

.....................................................................................................................................................71A. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................71B. EARLY STATES.............................................................................................................................72C. SUPER TUESDAY 'MARCH 1(....................................................................................................7%D. MARCH 2 + MARCH 1$...............................................................................................................8E. ARI!ONA.......................................................................................................................................87F. NEW YORK....................................................................................................................................88G. APRIL 2%........................................................................................................................................89H. MAY CONTESTS...........................................................................................................................89I. JUNE CONTESTS...........................................................................................................................9J. STATES RE,UIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS..............................................................................9"

". CONCUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

...........................................................................9"A. CONCLUSIONS.............................................................................................................................9"B. RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................9"2

I. INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

A. ABOUT ELECTION JUSTICE USAE-/03 J450/ USA 'EJUSA( 5 6 36036-) 33*60563 06 : 5653; -/03 30<0= >05) 6003=5) 506050/635) ?436-505) 63; 6/0@505. T //45063/5 5443;3< A36&5 5;306- 6= 3 M6/ 22

3;

) 21%;-= 6/3-;<; 65 3 : 0 50 ;565045 -/03 ;6=5 3 /30 = 0 -<033< ; 060 /606-=; 0 :603 : EJUSA. T4<40 0 /45 : 0 21% 5;306- 6= 5653) EJUSA 65 <; 65 6 -6; 3 0 :<0 : 350 -/035) 4543< -<6- 6/03 3 5@6- 50605 3 63 6000 0 /4306/0 5/:/ :5 : 06<0; @0 54553 63; -/03 :64;. T5 0 5465 0  : 0 E-/03 J450/ USA :35/5 63; -<6- 065 ;43< 05 ;. EJUSA 5 3< 30 3-= 0 >5 0 @0 54553 63; -/03 :64; 063< -6/ ;43< 0 21% 5;306- 65) 40 0 4-; 6 655 @30 /6--3< : 0 5-) 6::;6- :5 060 -- 3; ;/0 :64; 63; 54553 55-) 56:<46;3< US -/035 : :404 /63;;605.B. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYO3 A- 190) 6 ?4;< 3 N Y <4;<3<-= 6<; 060 53 6= 6@ 06; 0 A-6 G45 @0 <50603. J4;< I6 M6<4-5 /63<; 5 ;/53 : 305 6- 060 G4 4-;  ;3; 0 <0 0 @0 3 N Y&5 D/60/ 6=) 6:0 @;3/ <; 060 G45 5<3604 6; 3 :<;) 50/3<  0 R4-/63 040  3-;<  /3530.

1

H6; 5 30 3 --3< 0 06 5@6- 45 0 66 : 6 ?4;< 060 ;6=) A-6 4-; 30 6@ 3 6- 0 @0 : S360 B3 S63;5. V; @;3/ 6@6-6- 3-3 /3:5 0 :<=.

2

M5. G4 50605 

It just boggles my mind that it could happen that easily to so many people and without them even knowing that they arebeing manipulated like that...I never would have thought something likethat could happen.

 G4 65  063 --3< 0 6@  50=3/-4;; 3

Democracy Lost

. S 6;;;) 

This is a problem that obviouslyhas gone for too long and with no consequence.

A :<; -<6- ;/430 /6330  60040; 0 63 43:04360 506  6/-/6- . S3 303036--= 06; 0 A-6 G4&5 @0 <50603.A30 N Y 5;30) C- P/3) 6000; 0 <50 65 6 :50*0 @0 = 54003< 0 -@630 6 0 0 D6030 : M0 V/-5 3 B-=3  063 6  : 0 M6/ 2$0) 21% ;6;-3. A0005 0 @:=  <50603 506045 3-3  4354//55:4-. O3 0 1

00.0;6-=650./60/-521%#19:6-4*:64;*63;**3*3*=*5*43*/*@03<*;5650.0-

L650 6//55; 3 J4-= 223;) 21%. S<3:/630-=) 0 /63<5  6/*;60; 0 2#. G4 65 @;; E-/03 J450/ USA 0  2" :;6- 06> : @3< 060 0 5<36045 : 0 0 ;/4305 6 50-- 303< 6-.

2

005=404.%YAEU*DE

L650 6//55; 3 J4-= 22

3;

) 21%.

"

Photo ! "lba #uerrero