Given my background in Criminal Justice, I have over 20 years of experience as a trained observer. A background that trained me always to be suspicious of so-called coincidences and be willing to investigate wherever the evidence leads.
A background where I observed motivated bad actors almost always lie or manipulate the truth and will almost always abuse systems, especially if there are little to no repercussions to their bad acts. In short, let us just say I have “trust issues” and almost always verify or investigate regardless of the so-called “truths” I am being told.
So, when I broke down the 2022 Midterm Election results, and I saw a very consistent deviation and unusual nature of voters flipping their vote from Republican to Democrat back to Republican up and down the ballot, I began to investigate. That total investigation is for another day, but that investigation led me to have a conversation with several town clerks throughout the county—one of the towns and conversations with the town clerk of Durham.
Now, for the record, the Town Clerk was very polite, professional, respectful, and forthright in answering all my questions that day.
One of the inquiries or lines of questions I had was about “same-day registration.” I was astonished by the number of same-day registrations they had and were allowed to vote. The 2022 midterms Durham had 5,934 ballots cast with 1,446 same-day registration. Almost a quarter of their votes were voters who did not appear in the voting roles but were allowed to cast a ballot in our elections. I, of course, questioned the verification process with the Clerk, and I gave any number of ways the system could be manipulated.
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Her only defense was, “Well, they sign a paper swearing it is them, and the information that they provided is true.” I retorted by asking but what stops the motivated bad actors from taking advantage of the system I presented any number of scenarios, such as:
“Given places like Pennsylvania now have months-long early voting, what stops a student from voting in Pennsylvania (their home record and permanent residence) in September and then showing up on election day in NH, filling out a same-day registration form, and then voting again in NH.”
Essentially, she said sometime after the election (allegedly), they will notify Pennsylvania, and it is incumbent on that state to scrub their roles.
Well, given my wife just received her absentee ballot application to our home here in NH from Massachusetts after living and voting here for three years, that just tells you how well these states are doing at “scrubbing their roles.” Another clerk told me the only state that does an immediate check and cross reference is Florida. (Gee, a “purple” state with voting integrity that has been trending more and more red. But I digress.)
This system of “same-day registration” baffled me. I mean, do not get me wrong. Massachusetts has almost no voting integrity, and their system is a nightmare. But the one thing they do right in comparison is they segregate same-day registration ballots and only count them after true verification and or if it is necessary in a close election.
So, when I had an opportunity to observe Durham and how they process so many same-day registration ballots, I had to go and observe. Frankly, after breaking down the numbers in 2022, I planned to be shocked, but what I saw when I walked through the door was beyond shocking.
First was the share size of the venue and the number of poll workers facilitating the vote manufacturing that I observed. It was an absolute machine. Industrialized processes all centered around processing these same-day “voters.”
There were nine tables with two poll workers at each table with the only responsibility of helping college students register to vote. It was amazing to see. I have never seen Government Workers work so fast and “efficiently” in anything in my entire life.
I arrived at 5:30 PM, and until the very end, those tables were full, and these workers were turning over new registrations, I would say, every 5 minutes. By my estimate, I observed about 100 new “voters” in about an hour. This explains how they can register, on average, 1500 voters every election.
The “verification” process was nonexistent.
First off, I doubt if any of these poll workers were trained in identifying fake IDs and or if they were trained in identifying facial features to make sure the ID they are using is actually the person presenting said ID. (You know, the same training bouncers and bartenders have to go through to serve alcohol.) Which, even with the best training in the world or even facial recognition software can be thrown off when the person presenting an ID is wearing a surgical mask. And I know it has been many moons since I was not of age and went to a State University, but I seem to remember a lot of fake IDs being used and passed around, and the risk and reward of getting caught was worth it every weekend to most motivated college students.
Now imagine if your college professor or social media influencer told you Donald Trump is Hitler and the Republican Party are Nazis. I would think the risk of getting caught (which to date is 0% chance) and the reward of “stopping MAGA” is worth the risk in a lot of 20-year-old minds. In law enforcement, this is called Motive.
Secondly, let us look at what this state allows for in regard to same-day registration in the verification process. Clearly, if you have a New Hampshire State ID/Driver’s License, then you are allowed to register. But from the public viewing, it was not clear which state IDs were being presented, given so many states’ licenses look the same these days. In other words, I could tell from my training and experience they were State IDs, but I could not tell which state. But what I didn’t see was any diligent scrutiny of the ID and or if the ID matched the person presenting said ID.
But when I saw someone use a passport, which has no address, to register to vote, I asked the moderator, “How do you verify that person lived in Durham?” He explained that if one of the over 200 poll workers (Yes! You read that right. According to the clerk, they have over 200 poll workers just in Durham alone.) “vouches” for that person, then they are allowed to register and vote. This led to a follow-up, of course, “So if a politically ideologically driven poll worker/volunteer who is likely not vetted themselves “vouches” for a person, they can vote. I said that cannot be true.” Then I was presented a piece of paper from the Secretary of State’s Office saying, “Those are the rules according to his office.”
Then I saw another woman with what was clearly not a government-issued ID be allowed to register. When I asked about that person, I was told, “Well, she had a student ID, so that works.” In my head, and politely out loud, I said, “Are you kidding me…student IDs are an acceptable form of identification to register to vote!?” I mean, you cannot use a student ID to get a driver’s license at the State Registry, buy alcohol in a State-run Liquor store, get into a tavern, and pretty much anywhere else save the University Library or Dorm. But walk right into Oyster River HS on election day and you can register and vote for the leader of the free world.
The bottom line is there is no true verification process, and almost anyone can walk in with or without any real identification, register to vote, and drop their ballots into the (dreaded) machines with absolutely no risk of challenge or getting caught. Now we have “Motive and Opportunity,” which makes this system tailored for abuse, which made me extremely suspicious and concerned.
And almost immediately, my suspicions and concerns were confirmed…
Durham, historically, is about an 80/20 town Democrat to Republican. We know Democrat Megadonor, Epstein Associate, and World Economic Forum member Reid Hoffman was donating to Nikki Haley’s campaign. He, along with Governor Sununu, were encouraging Democrat Voters to vote in the Republican Primary to “stop Trump.” Knowing full well, as Reid Hoffman admitted, the plan was to Stop Trump but to vote for Biden in November.
Well, I watched as more than half (about 50 or 60) of the 100 voters I observed took a Republican Ballot. Which played out in the final tallies, which went as follows:
3,329 Total votes
1,749 GOP ballots cast.
1,101 Haley
476 Trump
172 Other Candidates (Which included 13 write-ins for Joe Biden, tied with Chris Christie for 3rd highest)
This means this election manufacturing center went from seeing, on average, 20% Republican to almost 53% on a night when Governor Sununu, Candidate Haley, and a complicit GOP Party Chairman Chris Ager joined forces with Democrat Mega Donor Reid Hoffman to encourage this type of election interference played out exactly how they wanted.
Exit polls show over 70% and upwards of 80% of Nikki Haley’s votes were from Biden Supporting Democrats, and I am willing to bet if we went to the 4 or 5 college towns in the state, most of those manipulated votes came from those vote manufacturing centers like I saw in Durham.
The only good, if not great, news is what I saw after the polls closed. I watched 15 poll workers successfully hand count over 1,500 write-in ballots on the Dem side in less than an hour. President Biden, The NH Democrats, and GOP “leaders” proved without a doubt the machines are not necessary, and there is absolutely no reason why we cannot hand count every ballot forever more.
But first thing is first and I say this without hesitation. We will never have fair and free elections in NH if we continue to allow anyone and everyone to walk through the door with or without a proper identification process and be allowed to register and vote.
And I know what I am about to say is blasphemy here in NH, but what Sununu, Ager, Haley, Scanlan, and the donors proved is we in NH can no longer be trusted as stewards of the “First in the Nation” primary. If I were a Republican in a state like Florida, which has closed primaries, and watched the unmitigated disaster this past Tuesday, I would be livid and would rightfully be demanding NH lose it is First in the Nation because our system is so easily corrupted and Durham would be Exhibit “A.”
I, for one, want to maintain the First in the Nation, but only if we earn that honor with free, fair, and secure elections without manipulation. But unfortunately, GOP Party Chairman Ager has blocked all attempts to secure the primary process and our elections.
