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Press Release — APnews.com 8:01 AM EDT, May 29, 2025
NEW CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 29, 2025 / A seminal case questioning the accuracy of the 2024 Presidential and Senate election results in Rockland County, New York, is moving forward. In open court last Thursday, Judge Rachel Tanguay of the New York Supreme Court, ruled that discovery must proceed, pushing the lawsuit brought by SMART Legislation into the evidence-gathering stage. The lawsuit seeks a full hand recount of the Presidential and U.S. Senate races in Rockland County.
SMART Legislation, the action arm of SMART Elections, is the lead plaintiff in the case. Both organizations are dedicated to ensuring fair and accurate elections.
“There is clear evidence that the senate results are incorrect, and there are statistical indications that the presidential results are highly unlikely,” stated Lulu Friesdat, Founder and Executive Director of SMART Legislation. “If the results are incorrect, it is a violation of the constitutional rights of each person who voted in the 2024 Rockland County general election. The best way to determine if the results are correct is to examine the paper ballots in a full public, transparent hand recount of all presidential and senate ballots in Rockland County. We believe it’s vitally important, especially in the current environment, to be absolutely confident about the results of the election.”
As stated in the complaint, more voters have sworn they voted for independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare than the Rockland County Board of Elections counted and certified, directly contradicting those results. Additionally, the presidential election results exhibit numerous statistical anomalies. The anomalies in the presidential race include multiple districts where hundreds of voters chose the Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate, but where zero voters selected the Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris....
NEXT court date SEPT 22nd*
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Petitioners Diane Sare, a Candidate for US Senate for New York State, Mark Murphy, a registered voter in Rock.land County who voted in the 2024 General Presidential election; Adam Mocio, a registered voter in Rockland County who voted in the 2024 General Presidential election; and
SMART Legislation ... hereby complain as follows against the Respondent Rockland County Board of Elections ("Rockland BOE").
Did you vote in Rockland County NY
in Nov 2024?
If so..
The Exhibits
Exhibits for the lawsuit illustrate that the Rockland County Board of Elections is not counting all the votes, based on sworn voter affidavits.
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Really?
Really?
In this Rockland County district (Ramapo 35) Kamala Harris received zero votes, even though the Democratic candidate for Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, received a majority of the vote (79%).
(Research by Election Truth Alliance)
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See a statistical analysis of the problems with the election results.
NYC ELECTION CORRUPTION CASE
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Petitioners, LooEase “Lulu” Friesdat, a voter in the June 2024 New York Democratic Primary, Desmond Cadogan, a voter and candidate in the 70th Assembly District in the June 2024 Democratic Primary in New York County, on behalf of themselves and other voters, SMART
Elections, Inc., and SMART Legislation ... hereby complain as follows against the Respondent New York City Board of Elections (“NYCBOE”.)
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Court Challenge Charges Gross Irregularities and Reports of Bribery in Harlem Election
New York, NY – SMART Elections and its Co-founder and Executive Director, Lulu Friesdat, are lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Thursday, October 17th, against the New York City Board of Elections (NYCBOE).
NYC Court Challenge Charges Gross Irregularities
2nd Judge Recuses Himself
A second judge has recused himself in our New York City corruption case.
This is a clear indication that our case is consequential and has merit.
If the judges thought it was a flimsy case, they would have dismissed it.
But they realized the case has serious implications.
We are discussing options with the attorneys advising us, so that we can bring the facts of this corrupt election to the public.
This case has many similarities to the 2024 Presidential election.
For example, in the voting machines that were audited in this election (2024 June NYC Democratic Primary), the winning candidate has a much higher vote total (15% more) in Early Voting than on Election Day.
In the 2024 Presidential election, some states, like Nevada, according to an analysis done by the Election Truth Alliance, show a much higher vote total for Trump in Early Voting, than on election day.
- Early Voters (395,438 total):
- Harris received 40% of recorded presidential votes (156,705 votes)
- Trump received 59% of recorded presidential votes (234,231)
- Election Day Voters (194,024 total):
- Harris received 47% of recorded presidential votes (91,831 votes)
- Trump received 50% of recorded presidential votes (97,662 votes)
These type of correlations between elections need to be studied further.
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