Friday, we broke a story about issues related to securing stored and completed ballots after an election. Activists did a test run of the procedure outlined in the state’s election manual got a test, and it failed. They were able to remove the tamper-resistant tape without leaving evidence of tampering.
[T]he election integrity watchdog demonstrated what happens when the tamper-evident tape is applied on top of filament or clear tape; it is possible to remove the former without leaving any evidence of tampering. And even if it did, you could remove the clear or filament tape (with any tampering evidence) and retape the carton later.
Based on this example, you could do whatever you wanted to these ballots and retape the box without anyone knowing the difference. Anywhere in the state, if everyone is following the recommended guidelines.
Brenda Towne and Al Brandano notified the AG, Governor, and Secretary of State in writing of the potential for fraud, and Al forwarded their response to me.
It is too close to the primary to put tape on a box and test the issue. The primary election that will determine who New Hampshire Democrats and Republicans send to the General election in November for both seats in Congress, the Governor’s race, and too many state-level races to count.
I have no idea what the Secretary of State’s office has to do in the days before the primary, and there is likely a lot going on, but none of it means anything if the ballots in the boxes can be tampered with.
Since that’s not important, I’ll make a prediction. After the primary dust settles and the SoS gets around to testing their procedure (before the November Election), I’m guessing they’ll determine nothing is wrong with it.
