The Patriots

by Joe Hoft

The following report summarizes an analysis of 2020 Election ballots scanned in Fulton County.   This exclusive report uncovered thousands of questionable ballots. 
As a result of a previous lawsuit, Fulton County produced scanned absentee ballot image files which were then made public and have been under review by various individuals and groups.

One individual examining the data (RonC) identified something he could not explain.  The image files have timestamps that are recorded as the ballots are being scanned.  Those timestamps reveal that the image files were created faster than the physical capacity of the scanners used in the process.  In many cases, several times faster.

The manual for the Cannon DR-G2140 lists the specifications on page 23:

The manual for the Cannon DR-G2140 lists the specifications on page 23:

The manual shows the machine has a maximum capability of scanning up to 140 document sheets per minute, or roughly 2.3 pages per second.  This rate is based on scanning standard 8 ½ X 11-inch paper.  The absentee ballots are more than one and a half times this length at 18 inches long.

Using the State Farm Arena surveillance video, a group of professionals analyzing the data measured the actual realized scan times which averaged approximately 80 seconds per batch (under perfect conditions with no paper jams or complications).  Which equates to approximately 1.25 ballots per second.

However, the image timestamps show something different.  Below is a spreadsheet of sample data that has the timestamp of each ballot image as it was created.  This information came from Fulton County and was produced in the court case above.

Below is image data of actual ballots scanned by unit 5162 on 11-05-2020.

The group of professionals talked to several experts about these anomalies.  Given the specifics, such as the files being saved on Ethernet-connected, high-performance network drives, and other specific technical parameters of the arrangement, there remains no clear and justifiable cause for these timestamps.  Even if one considers lag-time, buffering, or some type of computer processor or network-caused “ebb and flow”, it does not explain the impossible scan times, even when averaging all images in each batch.

There’s more.  If we expand the same dataset to include the modified file timestamps, we reveal additional problems:

The only instance in which a ballot image file should be modified is if it has gone through the adjudication process.  Adjudication is when the machine cannot determine the voter’s selections for various reasons and the ballot is supposed to be sent to a bi-partisan team who looks at the markings and attempts to interpret the voter’s intent. The team votes and if they agree, the original image is supplemented to reflect the decision.

The modified timestamps shown above reveal that all of the files were modified.

Again, the ballot images should not be modified unless processed for adjudication. Adjudication should only be used only in rare circumstances.  [We’re not sure of the official percent but we believe adjudication should only occur in less than 2% of all ballots processed.] Perhaps there is a reasonable explanation for all of these ballots being adjudicated. Maybe this was caused by a technicality only affecting these ballots?  But the images appear to have been all modified at the same time, and within only one hour of scanning.

If we zoom out to the 30,000-foot level and look at all batches from the same scanner as shown below, we see a much larger problem.  First, all of the batches have been modified as shown on the far right. The scan times for each batch are in yellow and the numbers shown in red are the amount of time (hours) between when the batch was scanned and when the batch was modified.

For example, batch 001 was finished being scanned at 1:51 pm on 10/22.  That same batch was modified 192 hours later at 1:38 pm on 10/30.

The batch was scanned and then modified 8 DAYS LATER.

On scanner 5150, a total of 44 batches were modified between 3 to 8 days after being scanned. Not only is such a large window of time used to process ballots inexplicable, but it is also unacceptable. Unfortunately, these findings show extreme variations in the process, are widespread, and cannot be dismissed or ignored.

Important is the last 4 batches shown on the page had 0 hours between the scan time and modification time.  In fact, the last 4 batches scanned were modified before the previous 44 batches. This removes the possibility of some type of consistent procedure or forced process causing the modification of all batches on the same date.

Remember, the findings above only show the anomalies associated with one of the five machines used to scan absentee ballots, a process that continued until November 5^th.  (More to come soon on the significance of the time between scanning and file modification time.)

Attempting to seek understanding and answers for his findings, RonC went to the logical government entity charged with such matters- the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections (BRE).

RonC summarized his findings in an email that detailed the scan speed and image file modification issues. The BRE then sought answers from the County Elections Director, Rick Barron. The email below shows Mr. Barron’s response to the board:

There are 4 basic takeaways from Mr. Barron’s email.

First, it’s obvious that Mr. Barron feels the same about the impossible scanning speed and went so far as to describe RonC’s finding as “bizarre”.  The problem is this was not simply a “claim” as characterized by Mr. Barron, rather a factual observation of Fulton County’s data.

Secondly, Mr. Barron directly states:  “You can’t modify ballot images that aren’t adjudicated.”  Again, he affirms our understanding and expectations.

Third, he states that the equipment is proprietary, and the security manuals are not available. In his defense, Mr. Barron was probably referencing the election system as a whole or in a general connotation; however, the scanners used were Cannon consumer-off-the-shelf machines that can be purchased through numerous retailers.

Finally, we did follow Mr. Barron’s advice to observe the scanners in operation by watching the State Farm Arena surveillance video.  He was correct, the scanners are slow.  In fact, they are so slow that the ballot images produced by the scanner are created faster than the machine can scan the ballots, and that truly is “bizarre”.

There is more to this story.

Kevin Moncla

“RonC” contributed to this report

by Jim Hoft

Victoria White from Rochester, Minnesota attended the Stop the Steal rally in Washington DC on January 6th. Victoria was later arrested and charged with assault on the US Capitol.

Victoria White was brutally beaten near death by the US Capitol Police. According to attorney Joseph McBride:

She is hit approximately thirty- five times over the course of 4 minutes and 30 seconds, while appearing to be begging for mercy the entire time. She is hit with the baton while facing away. She is hit with the baton while facing forward. She is speared and poked with the baton about the face so as to inflict maximum pain. She collapses more than once and is stood up by the officers only to be maced and beaten again. At some point, White-shirt puts away his baton, not because he is showing mercy because he has a clear avenue to her face. As such, he unloads on the defenseless woman punching her five times in five seconds, directly in the face, with all of his might.

Her DOJ report is here.
Victoria White is lucky to be alive today.

Two other female Trump supporters were not so lucky that day.

Here is the shocking description of her attack released Wednesday by Attorney Joseph McBride.