Reported versus an Audit: A Tale of Missing Voters Continued

In the last report, we highlighted that the SOS cannot produce a list of voters from the 2020 election.  As we dig deeper into the recorded votes of the 2020 election, the list of anomalies continues to accumulate… 

As a reminder, November 3rd, 2020

SOS Reported Turnout

EIF Cumulative List

Colbeck FOIA to SOS 2021-2022

5,579,317

5,558,327

5,557,171

Less than Reported:

-20,990

-22,146

 

EIF took the 5,558,327 recorded votes from the 2020 election and conducted an investigation.  It focused on the legitimacy of voter registrations and legitimacy of voter status.  

Voter Legitimacy

As stated in MCL168.10, a qualified elector is someone who has resided in the jurisdiction for 30 days leading up to the election.  For the November 3rd, 2020 election this means anyone who moved out of state before October 3rd, 2020 does not qualify to vote. 

EIF purchased permanent location move information from the United States Postal Service.  This database is called National Change of Address.  The database is maintained by the USPS and used by banks, investigators, and law enforcement.  

According to the NCOA database, 7,929 registrants voted in the 2020 election, while living in a different state.  These people who voted in Michigan had moved before September 1st, 2020, more than 60 days before the election!  

Let’s take a look at the number of eligible votes now… 

November 3rd, 2020

SOS Reported Turnout

EIF Cumulative List

5,579,317

5,558,327

Voted from Out of State

-7,929

Less than Reported:

-28,919

 

Registration Legitimacy

In MCL chapter 168, there are multiple citations related to what can qualify as an address when registering to vote.  A short list is as follows; 168.10 & 168.509q. 

EIF conducted a sweeping analysis of addresses with high registration numbers.  The qualifications for a residence can be paraphrased into one “in which a person habitually sleeps, keeps their belongings, and is a regular place of lodging.”  Working off of this information, EIF canvassed for addresses that do not meet this requirement.  The list of what was tracked down is as follows: 

  1. Registrations with no address, either a street name or number.
  2. Registrations with no extensions for apartments, trailer parks, or senior living facilities.
  3. Registrations at businesses or empty lots.
  4. Registrations at prisons, seasonal RV parks, virtual mailboxes, and cemeteries.
  5. Registrations at UPS and USPS P.O. Boxes

This challenge list was compared against the November 3rd, 2020 election and identified an additional 10,218 votes that violate registration laws.  I wonder, are these real people?  Over 65% of them voted Absentee. 

November 3rd, 2020

SOS Reported Turnout

EIF Cumulative List

5,579,317

5,558,327

Voted from Out of State

-7,929

Registration Legitimacy

-10,218

Less than Reported:

-39,137

 

The picture is painted a little differently now.  There are 20,990 votes missing from the Secretary of State records, 7,929 people voted from out of state, and 10,218 registrants have addresses that do not meet voting requirements.  

We are now 39,137 votes short of the reported number in 2020. 

The information presented here is conservative and the list of unlawful registrations is growing.  EIF is continuing the investigation and audit of our election records.

Stay tuned for the next release to see what is prepared for 2022.

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2 comments

I was homeless during the 1998 election so used my employer’s address when I went to the county recorder’s office to register to vote. They wouldn’t let me vote without a valid address.

Philip L horner

I am a precinct delegate at Montcalm Co.

Kodeen Sowers

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