Election Oversight Team

Direct link to this page: https://copswiki.org/Common/ElectionTeam

Latest News

• (M1672) 2016-08-10 Citizens' Oversight -- Election Team Conference Call 2016-08-10 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, (Invite and Agenda: Election Team Email 2016-08-07)
• (M1674) 2016-08-18 Election Oversight Team Conference Call of 2016-08-18 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, (Invite and Agenda: Election Team Email 2016-08-16)
• (M1677) 2016-08-25 2016 08 25 Election Team Conference Call -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1685) 2016-08-28 2016 08 28 -- Emergency Conference Call on FL and AZ Primaries -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,

Election Oversight Procedures

• Welcome Election Oversight Newbies -- A starting point for new arrivals to our election oversight project
• State Election District Targeting Procedure -- Decide which counties are most important using Pareto (80/20) principles and locate recent audit documents.
• Requesting Information Procedure -- How to request information from elections officials.
• Reporting Issues -- Report issues to COPS and/or to govt officials.

• Polling Place Oversight -- Tips for providing oversight at polling places
  • Precinct Roster Review -- This review is conducted after the election when the voter rosters become available.

• Election Office Oversight
  • Early Voting Oversight -- What to do during early voting processing
  • Provisional Oversight -- How to perform oversight over provisional ballot review.

• Election Audit Oversight
  • Snapshot Notification Phase -- Details how to notify elections officials in the target district.
  • Election Audit Best Practices -- Audits must be conducted according to specific criteria to be considered "clean"
  • Random Draw Oversight -- What to do during the Random Draw, including getting the Snapshot file prior to the draw.
  • Manual Tally Oversight -- What do do during the manual tally phase, including review of manual tally reports.

• Oversight Suggestions In Arizona And Florida -- Specific suggestions for volunteers who are providing oversight to Florida and Arizona in the 2016-08-30 Primary
• Election Oversight Florida 2016 November -- Florida is a battleground state and here is specific information for volunteers in that state.

We will be improving the procedures listed above as we generalize them for the situations across the country.

Audit Database

We are building a database of audits from the districts of interest here: Elections Web

Detailed review of San Diego County in 2008

In 2008, Citizens Oversight conducted extensive review of the elections processing in San Diego County. Those data can be reviewed here: Cops Web We will likely be moving this to the Elections Web as that makes more sense.

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Summary of articles submitted (Add | All):

• (M1965) 2020-12-22 Audits in 2020 General Election -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2019) 2020-04-13 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2019 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1938) 2019-11-30 The Four Fatal Flaws of RLA Audits -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1931) 2019-11-04 Earth Summit Presentation: Elections: Stop Scams with Oversight and Audits -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1923) 2019-09-13 ES&S Voting Machine Equipment Demo -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1924) 2019-09-13 Hart Voting System Equipment Demo -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1925) 2019-09-13 Clear Ballot Voting System Demonstration -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1899) 2019-04-05 Letter to SDROV requesting party affiliation breakdown by precinct for years 2012-2018 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Tracking #: 9214890142980447171210
• (M1896) 2019-03-26 Letter to San Diego BOS on Election Integrity for 2019-03-26 meeting -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1893) 2019-03-17 Letter to LA ROV requesting Batch Report for Nov 2018 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1894) 2019-03-17 2019-03-17 (M1894) Letter to SD ROV requesting Batch report -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1895) 2019-03-17 Letter to OC ROV requesting Ballot Images -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1892) 2019-03-10 Election Integrity Update -- Ray Lutz -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2018) 2019-02-09 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2018 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1882) 2018-10-31 How to vote so your vote is counted -- Esp. in San Diego -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1881) 2018-10-25 Oversight of November 2018 General Election -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1880) 2018-10-21 Ray Lutz explains the best ways to vote to be counted and how to help with oversight -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1879) 2018-09-10 White Paper: Election Audit Strategy and BRAWL -- Balanced Risk Audit with Workload Limitation -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (ElectionOversightFlorida2018August) 2018-08-19 Election Oversight - Florida 2018 August -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1868) 2018-08-01 Election Audit Fraud Supreme Court Petition - Conf / Livestream -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1860) 2018-06-22 Formal Complaint Submitted to CA Secy of State to Investigate Malconduct by Michael Vu, San Diego County Registrar of Voters -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1859) 2018-06-14 Random Draw in SF, 2018-06 -- , SFElections,
• (M1856) 2018-06-13 Ray Lutz interviews Raji Rab on LA Election Irregularities -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Features Raji Rab
• (M1858) 2018-06-11 San Luis Obispo Bars camera from Public Random Draw -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1843) 2018-06-07 Court Hearing on 2016 Primary Contest - Motion to dismiss by County -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1853) 2018-06-06 2018-06-06 Random Selection for San Diego County, 2018 Primary -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1850) 2018-06-02 2018-06-02 Election Team Orientation -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1849) 2018-06-01 2018-06-01 COPS visits San Diego County Registrar -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Overview of Early VBM processing at San Diego County Registrar Office.
• (M1851) 2018-06-01 Election Audit Oversight for 2018 Primary Season -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1840) 2018-05-07 Letter to Michael Vu regarding 2018 election season and oversight -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1835) 2018-03-20 Ray Lutz appears on Real Progressives Roundtable -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1830) 2018-03-07 Election Integrity Update -- Ray Lutz on Facebook live -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Includes updates on Election Audit Lawsuit, San Diego Primary Contest 2016, Ballot Access Lawsuit
• (M1825) 2018-02-15 CA Election Code and CCR on Recounts and Contests -- , ,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2017) 2017-12-20 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2017 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1847) 2017-10-16 AB-840 Elections: vote by mail and provisional ballots.(2017-2018) -- Assemblymember Bill Quirk, California Legislature, AB-840 (Passed)
• (M1793) 2017-10-13 Court Hearing to Access Ballots in 2016 Primary -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (VoterRegistrationFactsByState) 2017-10-06 Voter Registration Facts by State -- Susan Schneider, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1785) 2017-08-31 Citizens Oversight OPPOSES AB-840, the bill to gut CA election audits -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, AB-840
• (M1782) 2017-07-30 Man sues county so he can personally recount last year's election votes -- Joshua Stewart, Union Tribune,
• (M1781) 2017-07-28 Press Conf: Lawsuit Filed to Allow Ballot Review -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1746) 2017-03-27 Snapshot Protocol Tutorial for Los Angeles 2017-04 election -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, CA_LosAngeles
• (M1735) 2017-03-19 Early VBM Discrepancies in San Diego 2016 Primary -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, CA_SanDiego, Questions to Election Official
• (SanDiegoPrimaryContest2016) 2017-02-02 San Diego Primary Contest 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Originally filed by attorney Bill Simpich
• (M1728) 2017-01-05 Election Team Conference Call of 2017-01-05 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2016) 2016-12-30 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (MichiganRecount2016) 2016-12-09 Tour of Michigan Recount 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1721) 2016-11-23 CA_SantaClara Manual Tally Nov 2016 -- Lise Rehbock, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1720) 2016-11-22 Tour of Socal Manual Tally Operations -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1717) 2016-11-18 CA_Alameda County Random Draw, Nov 2016 -- Lise Rehbock, Citizens Oversight, CA_Alameda
• (M1719) 2016-11-18 FL_PalmBeach Manual Audit -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1715) 2016-11-15 CA_San Diego Nov 2016 Manual Tally -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1716) 2016-11-15 CA_Sacramento Nov 2016 Manual Tally -- , Citizens Oversight,
• (SnapshotProtocolFlorida2016Nov) 2016-11-14 Snapshot Protocol Trip to Florida 2016 Nov -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1713) 2016-11-13 Election Team Conference Call of 2016-11-13 from Sarasota FL -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1712) 2016-11-10 CA_Riverside Nov 2016 Manual Tally -- Anna Mc Naughton, Citizens Oversight, CA_Riverside
• (ManualTallyOversight) 2016-11-07 Manual Tally Oversight Procedure -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (PollingPlaceOversight) 2016-11-07 Polling Place Oversight Procedure -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (RandomDrawOversight) 2016-11-07 Random Draw Oversight Procedure -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (ElectionOversightFlorida2016November) 2016-11-06 Election Oversight - Florida 2016 November -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1709) 2016-11-02 Visit to Orange County ROV during early VBM processing -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1707) 2016-10-30 20161030 - Election team Orientation -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Conference call also provides power-point presentation on election oversight -- 90 mins
• (M1706) 2016-10-22 20161022 - COPs Party 2016 Presentation -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Presentation at the 2016 COPs Party.
• (M1710) 2016-10-17 Experts: State should audit election results -- Michael Gerstein, Detroit News,
• (M1703) 2016-10-03 2016 10 03 Pre-trial Election Lawsuit Press Conference -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1696) 2016-09-09 Citrus County Random Selection and Audit Process -- Margaret Carlock, Citizens Oversight, FL_Citrus
• (M1693) 2016-09-06 CPRA -- Procedures of San Diego Registrar of Voters (2016) -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1694) 2016-09-06 Broward County Audit for 2016-08-30 Primary -- Diane Padro, Citizens Oversight, FL_Broward
• (M1692) 2016-09-05 Florida Team Web Meeting of 2016-09-05 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1690) 2016-09-04 Election Team Email of 2016-09-04 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1691) 2016-09-04 Florida Manual Audit Election Code 101.591 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1688) 2016-09-01 Recount ordered in Rouson-Narain race -- Jeremy Wallace, Tampa Bay Times, FL
• (M1689) 2016-09-01 Marion County, Florida choosing random race and precincts for tally of 2016-08-30 primary -- Margaret Carlock, Citizens Oversight, FL_Marion
• (WelcomeElectionOversightNewbies) 2016-08-31 Welcome Election Oversight Newbies -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1684) 2016-08-30 Citizens' Oversight: Election Scrutiny Extended to Florida and Arizona Primary Elections -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (OversightSuggestionsInArizonaAndFlorida) 2016-08-29 Oversight Suggestions In Arizona and Florida for 2016-08 Primary -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (ProvisionalOversight) 2016-08-29 Provisional Ballot Processing Oversight -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1685) 2016-08-28 2016 08 28 -- Emergency Conference Call on FL and AZ Primaries -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1677) 2016-08-25 2016 08 25 Election Team Conference Call -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1679) 2016-08-23 Election lawsuit on track for October trial -- Plaintiffs want registrar to count provisional ballots in quality control audit -- Joshua Stewart, Union Tribune,
• (M1675) 2016-08-21 Election Lawsuit Overview and Status on Aug 21, 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1682) 2016-08-21 Tutorial -- Add an audit to Election audit database -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1673) 2016-08-18 Roster Review Procedure Tutorial -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1674) 2016-08-18 Election Oversight Team Conference Call of 2016-08-18 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, (Invite and Agenda: Election Team Email 2016-08-16)
• (ElectionOversightProcedures) 2016-08-10 Election Oversight Procedures -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1672) 2016-08-10 Citizens' Oversight -- Election Team Conference Call 2016-08-10 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, (Invite and Agenda: Election Team Email 2016-08-07)
• (ElectionAuditBestPractices) 2016-08-08 Election Audit Best Practices -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (RequestingInformationProcedure) 2016-08-08 Requesting Information Procedure -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (StateElectionDistrictTargetingProcedure) 2016-08-08 State Election District Targeting Procedure -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1700) 2016-08-02 20160721 Snapshot Protocol Tutorial -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1699) 2016-07-21 Snapshot Protocol Tutorial -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1697) 2016-07-11 Contesting the Election Press Conference 2016-07-11 -- Ray Lutz, Bill Simpich, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1711) 2016 Michigan Election Audit Documents -- , Michigan State Bureau of Elections,
• (M1686) 2010-08-30 Maricopa County AZ Precinct Selection Meeting for Aug 2010 Election -- John Brakey, Audit AZ, Precinct Selection Meeting: AZ_Maricopa county does not provide computer results that can be compared with the hand tally, which makes the audit a sham.
• (M1729) 2008-09 Principles and Best Practices for Post-Election Audits -- , electionaudits.org,
• (M1683) 2008 Procedures for California's 1% Manual Tally -- Joseph Hall, UCBerkeley,
• (M43) 2007-05-24 Is the fix in? County administrator questioned on new hires -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, Voters' Watchdog series. Features Michael Vu

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