In the wake of President Trump’s fourth indictment on election interference, Mike Lindell hosted the Election Crime Bureau Summit to introduce a plan to help states get back to paper ballots and hand counting ballots. Lindell has data proving that in every state the voting machines are accessed by cell phone that connects to the tabulators. However, the courts have silenced him, so his new plan is a method for states to collect evidence of machine abnormalities in every county that the court can’t refuse. Every state was represented presenting what they are doing to accomplish the goal.

Over 20 Oregonians attended hoping to bring the Lindell plan to Oregon. Janice Dysinger, Oregonians for Fair Elections, and Marc Thielman, Oregon Battleground, presented for Oregon.

Dysinger explains that even though Oregon is low on accomplishments, we have a law that allows counties to choose to hand count ballots. ORS 254.485 (1) Ballots may be tallied by a vote tally system or by a counting board. A counting board may tally ballots at the precinct or in the office of the county clerk. In any event, the ballots shall be tallied and returned by precinct.

The Oregon Constitution supports precinct voting in Article II, Section 17. Place of voting. All qualified electors shall vote in the election precinct in the County where they may reside, for County Officers, and in any County in the State for State Officers, or in any County of a Congressional District in which such electors may reside, for Members of Congress.—

Oregon started with one day precinct voting requiring voter identification, which required a social security number as proof of citizenship and proof of Oregon residence. In 2020, The Election Law Journal published a study stating, “We learn that Oregon, which has one of the most progressive automatic voter registration processes and mail-in voting, maintains the first position as the easiest state in which to vote.” In ease of registration, Oregon and Alaska score zero “go[ing] out of their way to find and keep citizens registered when they change addresses.”

An onslaught of Oregon election “easy” laws demolished Oregon politically beginning in the 80s when Vote by Mail was experimental. Then in January 1996, Oregon became the first state to conduct a general election totally by mail.

Since that time, Dysinger says voters have hit the easy button forgoing accountability and choosing to hit the easy button for ease of registration, ease of voting, choosing not to clean voter rolls, and sadly ease of cheating.

On every national voting website, it states under Oregon – no document needed to vote. When registering to vote, voters must provide their driver's license number or state ID card number. If voters cannot provide this information, they can submit a paycheck stub, utility bill, bank statement, valid photo identification, or an acceptable government document.

Oregon hasn’t prosecuted an election fraud case since the 2016 election when the Secretary of State forwarded 56 cases to the Oregon Department of Justice. Most were involved in casting duplicate ballots. Ten pleaded guilty that represented a broad spectrum including four Democrats, one Republican, one Libertarian and four not affiliated with a political party. None resulted in jail time. The maximum penalty was $1,000. The remainder were referred back to the Oregon Secretary of State’s office that were not pursued for civil violations.

That same year, Maguel Robleto, Proprietor of the Department of Motor Education, was convicted for the biggest ID fraud case in history helping over 80,000 Illegal Aliens get a driver’s license. Eight of 12 suspects were convicted (some to be deported after time served) and Robleto let go of a $500,000 home and $400,000 in the bank. The Robleto Brothers' business helped undocumented establish new ID and get voter registration cards without any ID. This was done by purchasing an envelope with an address on it for proof of residence to get an ID card and voter registration.

The outcome was that the Secretary of State and 14 agencies traveled the state to issue government ID cards to legal immigrants before the Governor called a halt. But ORS 260.695 allows a person to return a ballot on behalf of another voter and may set out a collection box if marked unofficial. The Robleto case started a big easing in voter laws.

HB 2177 Oregon Legislature passed Automatic Voter registration through the DMV in 2015.

HB3464 prohibits public bodies from disclosing specified information concerning a person unless required by state or federal law. Passed in 2017 This was primarily about citizenship.

SB 802 allows16-year-olds to register to vote but they cannot vote until they are 18, passed June of 2017

SB 870 passed National Popular Vote Compact, passed May 2019.

HB 2681 prevents inactive voters from being removed from the voter rolls, passed June 2021.

HB 3291 allows late ballots by mail to be counted 7 days post-election day, passed July 2021.

HB 4133 allowed last 4 digits of Social Security number for online voter registration, passed March 2022.

HB 2107 expanded Oregon’s Automatic Voter Registration system to the Oregon Health Plan to register users of that system to be automatically registered as voter, passed June 2023.

SB 166 claims to protect voter privacy, but it prevents observers from getting the ballot images to discover fraud and could make the cast vote record cost up to $700,000 in some counties. The ballot is a public document and voters signing their ballot voluntarily disclose their identity.

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

A Rasmussen poll shows that the results of these laws, people are losing confidence in our elections. That is the basis for Marc Thielman’s lawsuit, Thielman v. Fagan, to show that people are disenfranchised and have lost confidence in elections. His remedy is to go back to one-day voting, presenting ID, signature matching, and count ballots by hand.

In the days following Lindell’s summit, the Republican National Committee (RNC) passed 10 new resolutions calling for the protection of our elections, and the end of voting manipulation schemes! “This ‘Return to Excellence in American Voting’ is power-packed and we could not have asked for anything more,” Lindell stated.

A few RNC highlights:

• The RNC will support Paper Ballot, hand count, single day, precinct level, voter ID elections!
• No more expanded time periods for early or vote-by-mail -- which have turned Election Day into a never-ending election season.
• The RNC supports voter ID laws and calls on states to pass laws to ensure every voter is verified to be the actual voter!
• States and counties will be supported as they move away from easily manipulated electronic voting machines!
• No more unwatched, pop-up ballot drop boxes!
• No paid-for, ballot harvesting system.

If you’re interested in helping your county, contact Clean Voter Rolls, or sign a county declaration at Voter's Declaration of Independence From Voting Machines.


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2023-09-02 01:02:21

Last Update: 2023-09-02 20:01:45