[Lnc-business] my audit of LNC At-Large election
Caryn Ann Harlos
caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
Thu Jul 12 08:31:46 EDT 2018
Yes it was my intention and Alicia said she is sending the TX and CA
individual ballots via scan. There is no reason the others cannot be
scanned as well. With smart phone programs like CamScan, hi def doc
scanning is rather trivial. On social media someone suggested Mr. Moulton
as one of the auditors. I couldn't agree more.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 5:41 AM, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> I thought the implication was that all individual ballot cards would be
> audited, not just
> the tally sheets. That concern prompted one of my questions.
>
> ---
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> 317-850-0726 Cell
>
> On 2018-07-12 03:38, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business 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
>> <[1]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
>> - [2]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:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>> 2. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>
>
--
--
*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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Yes it was my intention and Alicia said she is sending the TX and CA
individual ballots via scan. There is no reason the others cannot be
scanned as well. With smart phone programs like CamScan, hi def doc
scanning is rather trivial. On social media someone suggested Mr.
Moulton as one of the auditors. I couldn't agree more.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 5:41 AM, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business
<[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
I thought the implication was that all individual ballot cards would
be audited, not just
the tally sheets. That concern prompted one of my questions.
---
Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell
On 2018-07-12 03:38, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business 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
<[1][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
- [2]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:[3]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
2. mailto:[4]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
--
--
In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
- [5]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:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
2. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
3. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
4. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
5. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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