[Lnc-business] my audit of LNC At-Large election
Caryn Ann Harlos
caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
Thu Jul 12 03:50:51 EDT 2018
I am doing a brief perusal, this is some fantastic data parsing. I am
curious why the write-ins are not noted specifically?
And as far as Zane Sarwark - minors can be sustaining members with their
parents signing the pledge on their behalf, at least that is what I have
been told and seen. Is Zane a sustaining member? If not, Nick needs to get
on that. I do not think dead gorillas though can be sustaining members so
Harambe would be ineligible. May he rest in peace.
Will the individual ballots for the other states also be provided rather
than just TX and CA?
-Caryn Ann
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:38 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:
> Thank you. I will alert the people who have been asking for them. This
> also answers Sam's questions as to how the sheets could be transmitted - it
> is technologically trivial to scan them.
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:17 AM, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
>> The At-Large tallies were made under the immense time pressures of the
>> tail end of the convention, and as in past years, it is not surprising
>> for a post-convention audit to find errors that were not caught onsite.
>> For your reading pleasure, you can review the appendices of the minutes
>> of the previous two conventions for my analyses of those human errors,
>> which take place even though people are acting in good faith.
>> None of the errors revealed by my audit of this year's At-Large race
>> change the outcome. The top 5 people on July 3 remain the top 5
>> post-audit.
>> The largest single discrepancy was that the Colorado delegation tally
>> sheet under-reported Joe Buchman by 5 votes. His relative ranking did
>> not change, though.
>> Attached is an Excel workbook with three sheets (or tabs):
>> * The first contains the state-by-state breakdown that represents the
>> tallies exactly as released onsite on July 3. You'll notice that
>> some cells are color-coded, and that's an indicator for you to find
>> the related note at the bottom of that first tab to answer a
>> potential question about that number. Each color has its own
>> section of notes, with a header that explains the color grouping.
>> White, green and yellow cells include values that did not change in
>> the audited results. The pink cells did change in the audited
>> results for the reasons noted.
>> * The second tab contains the audited results, updated to factor in
>> the issues in the pink cells.
>> * The third tab contains a comparison of the candidate rankings
>> reported onsite on July 3 with the rankings for the audited
>> results. The variances are minor and do not change the top 5
>> finishers.
>>
>> Also attached are the delegation tally sheets for comparison with the
>> details in the spreadsheet. There are 50 sheets, rather than 51. Not
>> present is the Wyoming sheet. I don't know why that blank page didn't
>> make it back into my collection, but Wyoming did not vote in any of the
>> elections, and you can see from the attached spreadsheet that at the
>> time of this vote they had 0 delegates credentialed.
>> The Mattson/Scheetz/Hayes cluster of candidates seems to be attracting
>> the most interest, and the colored cells for that cluster of candidates
>> involve the CA and TX ballots. These are the two largest delegations,
>> and they had the largest tallying task, which just gives more
>> opportunities for human error. Immediately after sending this message,
>> I'll follow up with another email which has the individual ballots from
>> CA and TX attached for your tallying pleasure. The size of the scanned
>> files warrants two separate emails, else I'd include them here. I
>> scanned in full color at 300 dpi so you can see them in all their
>> glory.
>> -Alicia
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --
> *In Liberty,*
> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
> Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - Caryn.Ann.
> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>
> A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
> *We defend your rights*
> *And oppose the use of force*
> *Taxation is theft*
>
--
--
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
*We defend your rights*
*And oppose the use of force*
*Taxation is theft*
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I am doing a brief perusal, this is some fantastic data parsing. I am
curious why the write-ins are not noted specifically?
And as far as Zane Sarwark - minors can be sustaining members with
their parents signing the pledge on their behalf, at least that is what
I have been told and seen. Is Zane a sustaining member? If not, Nick
needs to get on that. I do not think dead gorillas though can be
sustaining members so Harambe would be ineligible. May he rest in
peace.
Will the individual ballots for the other states also be provided
rather than just TX and CA?
-Caryn Ann
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:38 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos
<[1]caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org> wrote:
Thank you. I will alert the people who have been asking for them.
This also answers Sam's questions as to how the sheets could be
transmitted - it is technologically trivial to scan them.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:17 AM, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business
<[2]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
The At-Large tallies were made under the immense time pressures
of the
tail end of the convention, and as in past years, it is not
surprising
for a post-convention audit to find errors that were not caught
onsite.
For your reading pleasure, you can review the appendices of the
minutes
of the previous two conventions for my analyses of those human
errors,
which take place even though people are acting in good faith.
None of the errors revealed by my audit of this year's At-Large
race
change the outcome. The top 5 people on July 3 remain the top 5
post-audit.
The largest single discrepancy was that the Colorado delegation
tally
sheet under-reported Joe Buchman by 5 votes. His relative
ranking did
not change, though.
Attached is an Excel workbook with three sheets (or tabs):
* The first contains the state-by-state breakdown that
represents the
tallies exactly as released onsite on July 3. You'll notice
that
some cells are color-coded, and that's an indicator for you
to find
the related note at the bottom of that first tab to answer a
potential question about that number. Each color has its own
section of notes, with a header that explains the color
grouping.
White, green and yellow cells include values that did not
change in
the audited results. The pink cells did change in the
audited
results for the reasons noted.
* The second tab contains the audited results, updated to
factor in
the issues in the pink cells.
* The third tab contains a comparison of the candidate rankings
reported onsite on July 3 with the rankings for the audited
results. The variances are minor and do not change the top 5
finishers.
Also attached are the delegation tally sheets for comparison with
the
details in the spreadsheet. There are 50 sheets, rather than
51. Not
present is the Wyoming sheet. I don't know why that blank page
didn't
make it back into my collection, but Wyoming did not vote in any
of the
elections, and you can see from the attached spreadsheet that at
the
time of this vote they had 0 delegates credentialed.
The Mattson/Scheetz/Hayes cluster of candidates seems to be
attracting
the most interest, and the colored cells for that cluster of
candidates
involve the CA and TX ballots. These are the two largest
delegations,
and they had the largest tallying task, which just gives more
opportunities for human error. Immediately after sending this
message,
I'll follow up with another email which has the individual
ballots from
CA and TX attached for your tallying pleasure. The size of the
scanned
files warrants two separate emails, else I'd include them here.
I
scanned in full color at 300 dpi so you can see them in all their
glory.
-Alicia
--
--
In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
- [3]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
We defend your rights
And oppose the use of force
Taxation is theft
--
--
In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
- [4]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
We defend your rights
And oppose the use of force
Taxation is theft
References
1. mailto:caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
2. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
3. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
4. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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