Timed screen shots showing Stein's vote count DROPPING from over 1000, to about 200, between 8:08 pm and 8:40 pm, in the 2016 general election. Similar screen shots from the Democratic primaries showing Sander's vote counts mysteriously decreasing over time, can be viewed here: http://www.inquisitr.com/3039553/votes-for-bernie-sanders-disappear-in-delaware-another-example-of-a-rigged-election/.

Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, and statements of concern from many corners of the election integrity field, astonishingly large numbers of Americans still mistakenly believe the Republicans legitimately won the presidency and control of both Congressional houses. This results in passive (if not also alarmed) resignation, rather than a mass will to challenge the election results and prosecute those who steal power through illegal means. This, of course, is exactly what racketeers want — to take what isn’t theirs, and get off Scott free, unchallenged — and emboldens them to even more, and worse, theft, the next time. We must put a stop to it!

So for those who need more convincing that election fraud does take place in America, and probably did shift the election results to presidential and congressional candidates who could not otherwise have won, the following primer is offered. Please share widely — the time for “civility” is over; we need everyone outraged and active to stop this on-going cycle of cheating and the betrayal of our democracy.

Election Fraud 101

Need a crash course? For the best short overview, read the first two articles under “Excellent Places to Start” and the entirity of this annotated list.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not confuse “voter fraud” (e.g., an individual attempting to vote twice), which is very rare, with “election fraud”, which is the intentional manipulation of votes, through illegal means such as voter suppression and rigged ballot “counting”, to control the election results.

Excellent Places to Start

• http://columbusfreepress.com/article/did-gop-strip-flip-2016-selection

• https://www.electiondefense.org/election-rigging-overview/

• http://www.electoralsystemincrisis.org/ - current update, 6 p. summary report, full report

NEW SECTION - Critical & Updated Information About the Recounts

• http://blackboxvoting.org/when-is-a-recount-a-sham/ — VERY important to know about recounts, and how THEY can be rigged.

• http://www.jill2016.com/recount_fact_sheets — short, clear, and up-to-date

• http://bradblog.com/?p=11944 — Impossible 'Recount' Laws, Unverifiable Votes in PA; New Barriers to Citizen Oversight in WI 11/29/2016

• http://bradblog.com/?p=11942 — Attempts at Overseeing Results in WI, MI, PA Before 'Recounting' Begins 11/28/2016

• http://www.gregpalast.com/no-bs-inside-guide-presidential-recount/

Specific Evidence - 2016 Primaries

• http://electionjustice.net/democracy-lost-a-report-on-the-fatally-flawed-2016-democratic-primaries-table-of-contents/ — Democracy Lost: A Report on the Fatally Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries (excerpts, including contents, exec. summary, summary of direct evidence, more. Link is to table of contents page, click on section headings or navigation links at bottom to see other sections)

• http://tiny.cc/Democracy_Lost — Democracy Lost: A Report on the Fatally Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries (full report)

• http://www.gregpalast.com/bernie-won-california-official-un-count/ — Election forensics investigative journalist, Greg Palest, discusses the numbers in the CA primary - which don’t add up to a win for Hillery.

• http://www.inquisitr.com/3039553/votes-for-bernie-sanders-disappear-in-delaware-another-example-of-a-rigged-election/ — includes screen shots of Sanders’ vote counts mysteriously dropping over time.

• http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511954363 — “Disappearing Sanders’ Votes in the Delaware Primary”. Some discussion of other states, and the 2004 election, as well.

• https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/29/1554022/-Election-Justice-USA-Study-Finds-that-Without-Election-Fraud-Sanders-Would-Have-Won-by-Landslide

Specific Evidence - 2016 General Election

• http://trustvote.org/earlier-posts/examining-the-2016-presidential-election/ — Election integrity professionals discuss the “red shift” which occurred in swing states. “Red shift” refers to a shift from exit-poll vote totals to computer-count vote totals, which happened AFTER the polls closed, in a number of swing states and is beyond the statistical margin of error. Because this shifting of vote totals went from Democratic to Republican, it is called a “red shift”. Article contains links to several other articles not listed in this list.

• http://bradblog.com/?page_id=11941 — ”Questioning Wisconsin's Very High Presidential Election 2016 Turnout Numbers”. Several precincts in Wisconsin had voter turnout of over 100%. How do they accomplish this astonishing feat?

• http://trustvote.org/voting-systems/problem/rigged-usa-elections-exposed/ — 11 minute video of computer programmer testifying that Tom Feeney (Speaker of the House of Florida at the time, currently US Representative) tried to pay him to rig election vote counts.

• http://www.gregpalast.com/election-stolen-heres/ — Investigative reporter Greg Palast has been covering election fraud issues for the last several election cycles. Here he explains how to steal the election, and the evidence that it was, in fact, done.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxXKr2hKCz0&feature=youtu.be — election integrity pundit Mark Crispin Miller, PhD talking about the two types of election manipulation that are happening in this year’s election: voter suppression and computerized election theft.

• http://www.palmerreport.com/news/steve-bannon-months-donald-trump-flip/168/ — Article on Bannon bragging 4 months ahead of time about exactly which swing states Trump would take in a “surprise” win.

• http://tdmsresearch.com/2016/11/10/2016-presidential-election-table/ A detailed discussion of exit poll and vote total discrepancies by statistician Theodore de Soares.

Specific Evidence - Congressional, Gubernatorial, Other Years

• https://www.electiondefense.org/suspect-elections-introduction/ — page has an good summary, click on any of the entries in the long list of significant elections since 1996 to see the evidence for how they were rigged.

• https://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/23/could_the_2016_election_be_stolen —interview with Harvey Wasserman, Co-Author of The Strip & Flip Selection of 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft, on Democracy Now!, Feb. 2016.

• http://harpers.org/archive/2012/11/how-to-rig-an-election/ — Nov. 2012 article in Harpers

• http://electiondefensealliance.org/position_papers — Long list of position papers and articles, discussing evidence for election fraud in the last few election cycles.

• http://electiondefensealliance.org/richard_hayes_phillips — “Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election” details the illegal (and unprosecuted) destruction of the 2004 election ballots in 53 of 88 Ohio counties, in direct violation of federal law and of a court order issued by a federal district court judge.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CfgIbYeabg — “$700 Bribe Buys Access to Voting Machines” (YouTube), compiled by Election Defense Alliance, 2008.

How to Rig an Election - Voter Suppression and Electronic Vote Theft Methods Explained

• http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2016/11/Biggest-Election-Fraud-In-History-Discovered-In-The-United-States-Shocking-video-reveals-secret-software-designed-to-rig-elections.html — 11 minute video of Bev Harris, the progenitor of the election integrity movement, laying it all out (on InfoWars!), especially about “fractionalizing” — the most devious vote rigging scheme yet.

• http://myemail.constantcontact.com/High-Alert—the-election-can-still-be-rigged.html?soid=1125010257097&aid=-r0xUFnJBV8 — key highlights of how fractionalizing works

• http://blackboxvoting.org/fraction-magic-video/ — lengthier explanation of “fractionalizing”.

• http://www.hollerbackfilm.com/film-clips-1/ — video clip of cyber security professor demonstrating how easily a ballot counting machine or network can be hacked.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Uey_jekNY — Election forensics investigative journalist, Greg Palest (BBC, The Guardian, Rolling Stone), explains “CrossCheck,” the most recent voter suppression system, used to purge over 7 million, mostly non-white, progressive voters from the roll books this election; other topics. (58 minute video)

• http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-gops-stealth-war-against-voters-w435890 — “CrossCheck” explained (short article)

• http://electionjustice.net/an-electoral-system-in-crisis-excerpt/ – Cyber Security expert Stephen Spoonamore discusses electronic voting vulnerabilities (excerpt).

• https://www.electoralsystemincrisis.org/s/000-An-Electoral-System-in-Crisis-7fbe.pdf – Cyber Security expert Stephen Spoonamore discusses electronic voting vulnerabilities (full report).

• https://youtu.be/hltT7APUjTA — Zachary Quinto Explains How to Hack an Election (Wired)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBO9EyF2tNU — (YouTube) Finnish computer security specialist testifying to the New Hampshire legislature and the NH Secretary of State, explaining the risks, vulnerabilities and how to tamper with the tamper-friendly Diebold optical scanners counting 81% of New Hampshire ballots. (The legislature and the Secretary of State responded to his testimony by doing absolutely nothing.)

What You Can Do

• Sign the National Election Defense Coalition’s election reform petition! https://www.electiondefense.org/sign-the-election-reform-petition/

• Educate others - many people don’t realize election fraud is an issue, that there is a lot of evidence that it’s happening, or that they can do anything about it.

• Donate money for the recounts (isn’t it crazy the private people have to pay to gain the opportunity to verify that elections were held honestly?) - it’s expensive. Jill Stein/Green Party’s recount fund https://jillstein.nationbuilder.com/recount or http://trustvote.org/donate/ (click on “Recount Fund”)

• Stay up to date on recount efforts and publicize them. The media isn’t covering it. Check Greg Palast’s and Jill Stein’s websites regularly. TrustVote.org also posts updates, though not as frequently.

• Browse around the websites of the various election integrity organizations and people. Find one who’s approach speaks to you and sign up for their email list, donate money, and/or get involved with their efforts. Here are several worth looking at:

⁃ TrustVote.org (Institute for American Democracy and Election Integrity)

⁃ Election Justice

⁃ National Election Defense Coalition

⁃ Black Box Voting (Bev Harris, the first person to sound the alarm about election fraud, around 2000)

⁃ Greg Palest (investigative journalist who essentially does election forensics. He’s been reporting on election fraud for the last several election cycles. His detailed work is making many of the law suits possible).

• Help stop “Lynching by Laptop” - sign the petition to release the names of the more than 7 million voters who were purged from the voter roles by CrossCheck. http://thebestdemocracymoneycanbuy.com/petition/#pet-title

• Host a screening of Greg Palast’s new film, “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy”

• Push your (progressive) Congresspeople to become part of the newly formed (May 2016) Voting Rights Caucus (check current membership here: https://votingrightscaucus-veasey.house.gov/members)

• Push your Congresspeople to take up the Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 2867), introduced in 2015 by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama)

• Contact the ACLU and encourage them to take up the issues of voter suppression and vote rigging.

• Sign the petition on Change.org to request the DOJ obtain an injunction against the electoral college until election fraud issues are resolved. https://www.change.org/p/department-of-justice-request-the-department-of-justice-obtain-an-injunction-against-electoral-college?recruiter=731478&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-no_msg

• Push HRC and the DNC to contribute $ to the recounts! They are hugely expensive, and while she has more to gain than anyone, she and the DNC have contributed almost nothing, to date. Look for a MoveOn Petition, or contact their headquarters.

Other Solutions

• http://trustvote.org/voting-systems/ -- on their open source vote counting system

• https://www.electiondefense.org/action-for-activists/

• BlackBoxVoting.org Citizen Toolkit

• Represent.US — excellent organization working to get anti-corruption laws passed in all states (long term solution). Totally volunteer driven. Worth getting involved and/or donating.

• https://www.electiondefense.org/movement-building-2/ — on building “fusion movements” and what happened to grassroots action in America.

Incredible Quotations About American Elections and Democracy

“The preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”

— Princeton University Study “Testing Theories of American Politics” quoted (and linked) in The US is Not a Democracy but an Oligarchy, Study Concludes.

“Today's most tangible tragedy is what may soon unfold in this country. But the underlying nightmare is that this has been done before. That we've known about stripped and flipped elections for at least sixteen years. And that nothing has been done. If anything, due to the spread of electronic voting machines, our electoral system is more corrupt and less accountable than it was in 2000, when the GOP first stripped and flipped George W. Bush into the White House.”

— Did the GOP Strip and Flip the 2016 Election?

“You cannot verify an electronic voting machine. They are privately owned by private corporations, and the proprietary software prevents the public from getting access to the actual vote count. We’re going into a national election, and not just the presidency, but Senate seats, House seats. We believe three Senate seats in 2014 were stolen—in North Carolina, Colorado and Alaska—that the Republicans do not have a legitimate 54-seat, or whatever it is, majority in the Senate. And this will happen again. It’s not just the presidency.”

— Harvey Wassermann, interviewed in “Could the 2016 Election be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines?” on Democracy Now! Feb. 2016

“We actually have the worst voting system in the developed world…Harvard just came out with a study* ranking the United States dead last, in election integrity, in the entire developed world…I think the system is set up to make honest elections pretty much impossible.”

— Professor Mark Crispin Miller, author of numerous books and articles on computerized election fraud, in “Can U.S. Elections Really Be Stolen? Yes.” (YouTube)

* [The Year in Elections 2015: The Expert Survey on Perceptions of Electoral Integrity (PEI-4.0; Feb. 2016; www.electoral integrity project.com]. NOTE: if you read around on their website and other reports, don’t confuse voter fraud (individuals voting twice, for example) with election fraud (rigging of elections).

“In countries like Germany and Switzerland, which use hand-counted paper ballots, exit polls are accurate to a margin error of less than 1%. Here, the 2016 exit polls were paid for by a major corporate media consortium, as has been standard practice for years. Here they are designed to reflect the actual vote count within a 2% margin of error nationally. But in the US, if exit polls don't agree with official vote counts, they are regularly "adjusted" to conform to official results, no matter how implausible. This makes fraudulent elections appear legitimate.

“During this year's Republican primaries, unadjusted exit polls confirmed official vote counts in all cases. In the Democratic primaries, unadjusted exit polls significantly varied from the official outcome in 12 of 26 primaries. All the errors went in Hillary Clinton's favor in her race against Bernie Sanders. This is a virtual statistical impossibility and suggests a rigged vote count.

“In the general election against Donald Trump, things went the other way. In 24 of 28 states, unadjusted exit polls also showed Clinton with vote counts significantly higher than the final official outcome. The likelihood of this happening in an election that is not rigged are in the realm of virtual statistical impossibility.”

— Harvey Wassermann, interviewed in “Could the 2016 Election be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines?” on Democracy Now! Feb. 2016