2024 OFFICIAL HAND RECOUNT
An official hand recount of the 2024 Presidential and Senate election in Rockland County NY
This is the only official hand recount of the 2024 Presidential election (so far)!
SMART Legislation (an Action Partner of SMART Elections) is the main plaintiff in a lawsuit asking for a full hand recount of the 2024 election — and we have great news! A judge has agreed to consider a hand recount of all the Presidential and Senate ballots in Rockland County. We have a hearing that will be in May 2025 at the Rockland County NY courthouse to move forward.
If you voted in the Nov 2024 General Election in Rockland County, NY on Election Day, Early Voting, or Mail-in, YOU CAN JOIN THE LAWSUIT!
If you voted in Rockland County NY, you can also sign an affidavit about how you voted, even if you don't want to be a plaintiff. This will help as we are comparing how people say they voted with the reported results, and in some districts it does not match. Please fill out a google form to say how you voted (if you don't mind saying).
SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT That You Voted in Rockland County NY.
SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA (Toolkit)
HEARING WILL BE MAY 22, 2025
9:30 am EDT
It will be live at the Rockland County Courthouse
Do you live in or near Rockland County, New York?
PLEASE ATTEND THE HEARING!
1 South Main street New City, NY 10956
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Let's pack the house!
If you want to attend the hearing, scan the Plaintiff QR code & check: Yes, I will attend. We'll email you a reminder.
We must pay high-end New York attorney fees, legal fees, travel & organizational costs. Every donation helps. Thank you so much to all who are supporting us! We are immensely grateful for your support. All donations are tax-deductible.
We also welcome volunteers to help with this and other efforts we have underway.
Thanks to all who are helping!
YOU CAN JOIN THE LAWSUIT!
We need more people to join to increase our chances of success. Scan the QR code above, or click the button below and fill out the quick google form. It will not take much of your time to be a plaintiff. It is mostly a matter of signing the paperwork.
Call for Investigation
'Vote Counting Computers' Remark
By Martha McHardy
US News Reporter
January 22, 2025
"A report released last week by the non-profit Smart Elections found that there are "serious concerns" that votes may have been tampered with in the 2024 election.
"There are very serious concerns about the 2024 election results focused on unnatural data patterns that are emerging daily," a summary of the report reads.
The report also suggests someone may have installed code on certain tabulators to shift votes after counting 400 ballots, avoiding detection in small recounts."
"Why It Matters
Trump, well-known for his voter fraud allegations, notably claiming Democrats stole the 2020 election, has not challenged the results of the 2024 election, which he won. This makes his recent remarks, highlighting his ally's deep knowledge of voting machines during Tuesday's speech, particularly unexpected."
2024 ELECTION - DROP-OFF ANALYSIS
MULTI-STATE ANALYSIS
WHAT IS DROP-OFF? Drop-off is not a formal term, as far as we know. It refers to the difference between the votes for the President and the next down-ballot race. For this study, we calculated the drop-off, for the 2024 presidential election, both in raw numbers and in percentages for each major party (Democratic and Republican) for 17 states.
You can read more about the analysis on our original Substack post on this topic. Please subscribe and join the conversation.
There is an overview below that shows the differences in drop-off between the six swing and eleven non-swing states that were included in this data set.
Drop-off bar charts and full analysis by county are available for each state that is included in the study. Feel free to explore them. We welcome you comments on the Substack, or via DM there.
What did we find in this study?
There are often many more votes for the Republican presidential candidate (Trump) than for the Republican Senate candidate (or major down-ballot race).
Especially in the swing states, we did not find this on the Democratic side.
Instead, on the Democratic side, we find an opposite phenomenon. There are a large number of votes for the Democratic Senate candidate (or major down-ballot race) where there is no vote for the Democratic presidential candidate (Harris).
We love for you to share our data & graphics!
Please link to our website and say:
Graphics & Analysis by the SMART Elections Data Team.
All rights reserved. ©2025 SMARTelections.us #SEDATA.
That allows people to know the source of the data, have more confidence in it, and gives them the opportunity to connect with us & get involved in improving our elections.
If you are using our materials for other public analysis or broadcast, including YouTube, you must contact us for permission at SMARTelectionsAct@gmail.com. Thank you.
Please subscribe to our Substack for more information about this project and others.
Thank you for protecting your vote!
Analysis by SMART Elections Data Team
All rights reserved. © 2024 SMARTelections.us #SEDATA
Lulu Speaks on TEDx Stage About Bipartisan Voting Reform
"We’re doing it wrong. We’ve structured our elections incorrectly — from the beginning — and naturally we’re having some very serious problems.."
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What's Happening with NY Voting?
New York elections are at a dangerous crossroads. New types of voting machines, called “all-in-one” and “universal-use”, are attempting to flood the state. After a four-year battle against it, a new All-in-One voting machine called the ExpressVote XL was approved on 8/2/23 by the NY State Board of Elections.
These systems do not allow you to vote with a pen and paper. They will radically change the way we vote. Experts say they will increase costs, and wait times, especially in communities of color. Experts say: elections conducted on these systems cannot be confirmed by audits
The ExpressVote XL also wraps your vote in a barcode. The barcode is what's counted, not the text you see. There is no way for you to verify who you are voting for. In 2023 in Northampton County, PA the ExpressVote XL printed different candidates on the summary card than the ones that voters selected. But the machine did not count the vote it showed on paper. It scanned a barcode and actually counted the vote for the opposite candidate of what was on the paper.
What does this demonstrate?
- The ExpressVote XL can flip votes.
- The ExpressVote XL can count the vote for a different candidate than what is on the paper summary card.
New Yorkers have been voting with either a pen and paper or a ballot-marking device for over 10 years. That system works. Voters can vote in the way that they prefer.
Yet despite all the warnings about these voting machines Erie, Monroe and Orange Counties are purchasing them.
Please make a tax-deductible donation to help fund a lawsuit to stop the ExpressVote XL in any counties that have purchased it.
We are immensely grateful for your support!
Watch Our Forum on the ExpressVote XL
We give you the full story about this voting machine, the timeline, and what you can do to help stop this trainwreck. Remember that New York Congressional elections helped determine the balance of power in the House in 2022. Join us - and get involved. It's urgent and it matters!
A MESSAGE FROM RENOWNED ELECTION SECURITY EXPERT PROFESSOR J. ALEX HALDERMAN
"...we urge those working to debunk election conspiracy theories to carefully distinguish between claims that the 2020 U.S. election result was hacked—for which there is no evidence—and claims that U.S. elections have real vulnerabilities and face threats from sophisticated attackers—which is the consensus view of the National Academies. Failure to clearly maintain this distinction confuses the public, discredits anti-disinformation efforts, and makes it even more difficult to have important public conversations about vital election security reforms and to implement those reforms. Voters deserve better.
Will these findings make voters less confident?
What should be done to fix the problems?
We’re sorry to be the bearers of bad news when trust in elections is already low, but the public needs accurate information about election security. Whether our findings ultimately strengthen or weaken public trust will depend on how responsible officials respond.
The most effective remedy for the problems we found and others like them is to rely less on BMDs [Ballot-Marking-Device]. The risk of attack is much lower when only a small fraction of voters use BMDs, as in most states, than when all in-person voters are forced to use them, as in Georgia. Where BMDs must be used, the risk of an undetected attack can be reduced by avoiding using barcodes to count votes. Officials can configure the ICX to print traditional-style ballots that do not use QR codes. This has the virtue of forcing an attacker to make changes that are (at least in principle) visible to voters. States should also implement rigorous risk-limiting audits of every major contest, which the National Academies has called on all states to do by 2028.
Our findings in Georgia demonstrate that elections face ongoing security risks that call for continued vigilance from policymakers, technologists, and the public. In light of these risks, the best way for officials to uphold voter confidence is to further improve security, not to deny that problems exist."
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