Oregon’s 2022 Primary | Spoiled Ballots and No Freedom of Information
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Show Summary: For those who think election fraud didn’t and couldn’t happen, along came Oregon to prove them wrong. Washington County sues a voter to prevent the release of a database; and spoiled ballots in Clackamas. We talk with attorney Stephen Joncus about Washington county suing a voter to prevent the release of a database. And with Don Powers about suspicious spoiled ballots
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Original Air Dates: May 28, 2022 | Guests: Stephen Joncus & Don Powers
This Week – Oregon’s Primary and the Suspicions the Followed
After a much-needed break last week, we’re back at it this week, taking a hard look at two examples right here in Oregon that should make everyone question the integrity of our elections. First up, Washington County, which is suing a voter for asking for public data. Because of course elections that are above board and honest, naturally sue voters to stop the release of public data.
Then its the mess in Clackamas County that has even democrats questioning what is going on with tens of thousands of spoiled ballots.
Stephen Joncus: the FOIA Lawsuit Against a Voter, Tim Sipple
When you’ve got nothing to hide, because the election was honest and above board, what’s a county got to do to prove it? Why, sue a voter who asked for public database.
As absurd as it sounds, and as counterproductive as it is to developing trust in our elections systems, that’s exactly what Washington County is doing. Suing a voter. For asking for a database. And not even the database, the actual 2020 election database. No, this is a test database.
Keep in mind, a database is a list of numbers and text. That’s it. Why would you keep a database, a test database, secret? And so secret that you’re willing to sue a voter. And not just sue them but threaten them with forcing them to pay your legal expenses. Oh. And the State of Oregon decided to join in. And also threaten them with their legal expenses too.
See how all these suspicions just keep growing?
Does Oregon really think this is the way to gain trust in its elections? Because it doesn’t take a genius to know their actions are the opposite of trust.
Don Powers: Suspicious Spoiled Ballots in Clackamas County
As if Washington County aren’t enough suspicions, we’ve got spoiled ballots in Clackamas.
A printer they had used for over 10 years is being blamed for a printing error that caused a white line to run through some of the ballots’ security barcode. Hence, the spoiled ballots.
Odd that it happened just after the printer had been bought by an out-of-state buyer. There may be nothing there, but the timing does get one’s suspicions up.
But why is it that the printer’s scanner works fine but the county’s does not? And why is it that the county initially misled the public about the extent of it. It went from “Oh, it’s just a few” to “There are tens of thousands of spoiled ballots” over a few days.
And why did the county decide to have county county workers fill in new ballots? Why not simply count the ballots by hand and manually mark them as counted?
And why did observers of the count witness county workers changing votes?
So many suspicions. So many questions about these spoiled ballots. We talk with Don Powers, co-chair of the ORP’s election integrity committee, to try to get some answers. We’ll have Don back next week to continue the discussion because there were even some more issues that we just ran of time.
Be sure to check out cleanvoterrolls.com
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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info
- It’s a database. Excel vs SQL (via mooc.org)
- Documents in the Tim Sipple case via his attorney, Stephen Joncus:
- The new site Don Powers mentioned is t cleanvoterrolls.com
2 Replies to “Oregon’s 2022 Primary | Spoiled Ballots and No Freedom of Information”
What is happening with Klamath Countys voter fraud?
Hi Allen… We didn’t ask Don about that but I’ll ask him when he gets back from a conference. Was there something in particular that caught your attention? I’ve only heard little tidbits about what’s happened there so I don’t know much about it personally but I bet Don does. I’ll ask a couple others too. Thanks for the heads up!