Previous Versions Notes

The Election System is a system with many features. Cheating, the definition of which differs from what is legal, can happen before and after the polls close. Absentee mail-in voting, in my opinion, is an avenue for cheating, even if the process is legal. There are many more areas open to cheating, as will be discussed at length.

I’ve also participated in hand recounts, hand count demonstrations.

The first edition in 2022 of this book was written quickly during the 2022 SOS campaign and contained many mistakes. (The second edition edited in even less time, 2024, with this quick update occuring on a single day, March 9, 2025.) Thankfully readers were forgiving and even shared it both with one another and with their county commissioners, making it an uncensorable resource for truth and an antidote to wilful ignorance and plausible deniability. Indeed, one of the commissioners shown this resource in 2022 in early 2025 voted against the purchase of new KNOWiNK electronic poll pads. Even though he was on the losing side of the vote, that commissioner showed he was listening and working to improve things from his position.

In this now fourth edition, corrections have been made and updates are offered in the following areas:

  • The Rules of the Game
  • Every Voter Wins
  • An Input/Output System
  • The 6 Phases: Voter Registration, Absentee Ballots, Election Day, Election Night, Reporting, Audits
  • Freedom of Information
  • Hennepin County Data Requests (KNOWiNK ePoll Pad Ballot Printers)
  • Beautiful Elections
  • Potential Legislation
  • Previous chapters such as Preparation, Attack, Backup Attack, and Defense have moved to the Appendices

Lists for 3rd and 2nd editions below:

3rd edition

  • missing information related to the Trojan horse of Minnesota elections, the electronic poll pad software system from KNOWiNK, a 3rd party private vendor with considerable access to election data, with the capability to monitor and modify data
  • a revised and focused ‘What We Can Do’ (Chapter 7) for 2025 and 2026, especially for city councils and town boards, consider The Oak Grove Way (paper poll books, process own absentee ballots, and hand count audit)
  • emphasis on contributions from Suan Smith and Rick Weible - see bonus chapter, excerpt from forthcoming book featuring Susan and Rick
  • general updates for clarity and relevancy to 2025 readers

2nd edition

  • repositioned the history of voting machines (Chapter 1)
  • a clarification about cast vote records and ballot images (Chapter 6)
  • added county-level field notes, observations, and suggestions from a few Minnesota counties, in particular for Stearns and Anoka (Chapter 6)
  • added a new chapter, What We Can Do (Chapter 7)
  • commentary on newly added or amended Minnesota Statutes (Chapter 7)
  • anecdotes and snippets from meetings and conversations with grassroots leaders country-wide (throughout)
  • moved the anecdote about living one year in Beijing (Appendix)
  • included Susan Smith’s post-trial brief relevant to all Minnesotans (Chapter 6) - read the brief now right here as well as a FICTIONAL version as an excerpt from an upcoming book

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