The judge has recused herself.
This is a clear indication that our case is consequential and has merit.
If the judge thought it was a flimsy case, she would have dismissed it.
But she realized the case has serious implications.
We await a new judge to be assigned, so that we can bring the facts of this corrupt election to the public.
This case has many similarities to the 2024 Presidential election.
For example, in the voting machines that were audited in this election (2024 June NYC Democratic Primary), the winning candidate has a much higher vote total (15% more) in Early Voting than on Election Day.
In the 2024 Presidential election, some states, like Nevada, according to an analysis done by the Election Truth Alliance, show a much higher vote total for Trump in Early Voting, than on election day.
These type of correlations between elections need to be studied further.
Since the hearing was cancelled, we held an "Ask Me Anything" with supporters at the time the hearing would have been held.
We spoke with our two main expert witnesses:
Election Security Expert Dr. Douglas Jones
Statistician Dr. Debra Wetcher-Hendricks
We'll release excerpts from the event here on the website and on our social media channels.
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Litigation and legal fees are expensive. However at this point we believe that the courts are one of the main avenues open to us to improve U.S. elections. Many of the problems with U.S. elections have been brewing for years, including: poor election security, poor oversight of elections run by highly partisan election officials, show-boat audits & very little transparency. Our work addresses all of these issues.
We are immensely grateful for your support.
Court Challenge Charges Gross Irregularities and Reports of Bribery in Harlem Election
New York, NY – SMART Elections and its Co-founder and Executive Director, Lulu Friesdat, are lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Thursday, October 17th, against the New York City Board of Elections (NYCBOE).
Petitioners, LooEase “Lulu” Friesdat, a voter in the June 2024 New York Democratic Primary, Desmond Cadogan, a voter and candidate in the 70th Assembly District in the June 2024 Democratic Primary in New York County, on behalf of themselves and other voters, SMART
Elections, Inc., and SMART Legislation ... hereby complain as follows against the Respondent New York City Board of Elections (“NYCBOE”.)
This is the only official hand recount of the 2024 Presidential election (so far)!
SMART Legislation (an Action Partner of SMART Elections) is the main plaintiff in a lawsuit asking for a full hand recount of the 2024 election — and we have great news! A judge has agreed to consider a hand recount of all the Presidential and Senate ballots in Rockland County. We have a hearing that will be in May 2025 at the Rockland County NY courthouse to move forward.
If you voted in the Nov 2024 General Election in Rockland County, NY on Election Day, Early Voting, or Mail-in, YOU CAN JOIN THE LAWSUIT!
If you voted in Rockland County NY, you can also sign an affidavit about how you voted, even if you don't want to be a plaintiff. This will help as we are comparing how people say they voted with the reported results, and in some districts it does not match. Please fill out a google form to say how you voted (if you don't mind saying).
SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT That You Voted in Rockland County NY.
SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA (Toolkit)
HEARING WILL BE MAY 22, 2025
9:30 am EDT
It will be live at the Rockland County Courthouse
Do you live in or near Rockland County, New York?
PLEASE ATTEND THE HEARING!
1 South Main street New City, NY 10956
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Let's pack the house!
If you want to attend the hearing, scan the Plaintiff QR code & check: Yes, I will attend. We'll email you a reminder.
We must pay high-end New York attorney fees, legal fees, travel & organizational costs. Every donation helps. Thank you so much to all who are supporting us! We are immensely grateful for your support. All donations are tax-deductible.
We also welcome volunteers to help with this and other efforts we have underway.
Thanks to all who are helping!
We need more people to join to increase our chances of success. Scan the QR code above, or click the button below and fill out the quick google form. It will not take much of your time to be a plaintiff. It is mostly a matter of signing the paperwork.
By Martha McHardy
US News Reporter
January 22, 2025
"A report released last week by the non-profit Smart Elections found that there are "serious concerns" that votes may have been tampered with in the 2024 election.
"There are very serious concerns about the 2024 election results focused on unnatural data patterns that are emerging daily," a summary of the report reads.
The report also suggests someone may have installed code on certain tabulators to shift votes after counting 400 ballots, avoiding detection in small recounts."
Trump, well-known for his voter fraud allegations, notably claiming Democrats stole the 2020 election, has not challenged the results of the 2024 election, which he won. This makes his recent remarks, highlighting his ally's deep knowledge of voting machines during Tuesday's speech, particularly unexpected."
WHAT IS DROP-OFF? Drop-off is not a formal term, as far as we know. It refers to the difference between the votes for the President and the next down-ballot race. For this study, we calculated the drop-off, for the 2024 presidential election, both in raw numbers and in percentages for each major party (Democratic and Republican) for 17 states.
You can read more about the analysis on our original Substack post on this topic. Please subscribe and join the conversation.
There is an overview below that shows the differences in drop-off between the six swing and eleven non-swing states that were included in this data set.
Drop-off bar charts and full analysis by county are available for each state that is included in the study. Feel free to explore them. We welcome you comments on the Substack, or via DM there.
There are often many more votes for the Republican presidential candidate (Trump) than for the Republican Senate candidate (or major down-ballot race).
Especially in the swing states, we did not find this on the Democratic side.
Instead, on the Democratic side, we find an opposite phenomenon. There are a large number of votes for the Democratic Senate candidate (or major down-ballot race) where there is no vote for the Democratic presidential candidate (Harris).
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That allows people to know the source of the data, have more confidence in it, and gives them the opportunity to connect with us & get involved in improving our elections.
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"We’re doing it wrong. We’ve structured our elections incorrectly — from the beginning — and naturally we’re having some very serious problems.."
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New York elections are at a dangerous crossroads. New types of voting machines, called “all-in-one” and “universal-use”, are attempting to flood the state. After a four-year battle against it, a new All-in-One voting machine called the ExpressVote XL was approved on 8/2/23 by the NY State Board of Elections.
These systems do not allow you to vote with a pen and paper. They will radically change the way we vote. Experts say they will increase costs, and wait times, especially in communities of color. Experts say: elections conducted on these systems cannot be confirmed by audits
The ExpressVote XL also wraps your vote in a barcode. The barcode is what's counted, not the text you see. There is no way for you to verify who you are voting for. In 2023 in Northampton County, PA the ExpressVote XL printed different candidates on the summary card than the ones that voters selected. But the machine did not count the vote it showed on paper. It scanned a barcode and actually counted the vote for the opposite candidate of what was on the paper.
What does this demonstrate?
New Yorkers have been voting with either a pen and paper or a ballot-marking device for over 10 years. That system works. Voters can vote in the way that they prefer.
Yet despite all the warnings about these voting machines Erie, Monroe and Orange Counties are purchasing them.
Please make a tax-deductible donation to help fund a lawsuit to stop the ExpressVote XL in any counties that have purchased it.
We are immensely grateful for your support!
We give you the full story about this voting machine, the timeline, and what you can do to help stop this trainwreck. Remember that New York Congressional elections helped determine the balance of power in the House in 2022. Join us - and get involved. It's urgent and it matters!