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2020-12-29 09:30:24 UTC
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WJAC) A group of Republican lawmakers say theyve
performed an extensive analysis of election day data and theyve found
troubling discrepancies.
According to State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon), 17 lawmakers sponsored
and participated in the analysis.
Ryan, who is a certified public accountant, says they discovered
discrepancies between the numbers of total votes counted and total
number of voters who voted in the 2020 General Election which is making
them question how the results could have been certified by Gov. Tom
Wolf and Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar.
According to Ryan, the analysis compared official county election
results to the total number of voters who voted Nov. 3, as recorded by
the Department of State.
Ryan says they found that 6,962,607 total ballots were reported as
being cast, while DoS/SURE system records indicated that only 6,760,230
total voters actually voted.
Among the 6,962,607 total ballots cast, 6,931,060 total votes were
counted in the presidential race, including all three candidates on the
ballot and write-in candidates, according to Ryan.
He says the difference of 202,377 more votes cast than voters voting,
together with the 31,547 over- and under-votes in the presidential
race, adds up to a discrepancy of 170,830 votes, which is more than
twice the reported statewide difference between Donald Trump and Joe
Biden.
Pennsylvanias election results were certified Nov. 24 and Gov. Wolf
issued a certificate of ascertainment of presidential electors stating
that Biden received 80,555 more votes than Trump.
The group of lawmakers released the following joint statement:
We were already concerned with the actions of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, the Executive branch, and election officials in certain
counties contravening and undermining the Pennsylvania Election Code by
eliminating signature verification, postmarks, and due dates while
allowing the proliferation of drop boxes with questionable security
measures and the unauthorized curing of ballots, as well as the
questionable treatment of poll watchers, all of which created wholesale
opportunities for irregularities in the 2020 presidential election.
However, we are now seeing discrepancies on the retail level which
raise even more troubling questions regarding irregularities in the
election returns. These findings call into question the accuracy of the
SURE system, consistency in the application of the Pennsylvania
Election Code from county to county, and the competency of those
charged with oversight of elections in our Commonwealth.
These numbers just dont add up, and the alleged certification of
Pennsylvanias presidential election results was absolutely premature,
unconfirmed, and in error.
State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) indicated that state legislators
sponsoring and participating in the analysis were himself and Reps.
Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon), Dave Zimmerman (R-Lancaster), Barb Gleim (R-
Cumberland), Stephanie Borowicz (R-Centre/Clinton), Dan Moul (R-Adams),
Paul Schemel (R-Franklin), Dawn Keefer (R-York/Cumberland), Eric Nelson
(R-Westmoreland), Mike Jones (R-York), Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), David
Maloney (R-Berks), David Rowe (R-Snyder/Union), Kathy Rapp (R-
Warren/Crawford/Forest), Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), Jim Cox (R-
Berks/Lancaster) and Brett Miller (R-Lancaster).
The Pennsylvania Department of State released the following statement
in response to the Republicans' claims:
"In todays release Rep. Ryan and others rehash, with the same lack of
evidence and the same absence of supporting documentation, repeatedly
debunked conspiracy theories regarding the November 3 election. State
and federal judges have sifted through hundreds of pages of
unsubstantiated and false allegations and found no evidence of fraud or
illegal voting.
"Now, the legislators have given us another perfect example of the
dangers of uninformed, lay analysis combined with a basic lack of
election administration knowledge.
"For instance, it is quite common to have significant "undervotes" for
down-ballot races in a presidential election, particularly when there
isn't a U.S. Senate race on the ballot. In 2000, Sen. Santorum received
200,000 more votes than President Bush, but the US Senate race still
had more than 100,000 fewer votes than the presidential race.
"We are unclear as to what data the legislators used for this most
recent analysis. But the only way to determine the number of voters
who voted in November from the SURE system is through the vote
histories. At this time, there are still a few counties that have not
completed uploading their vote histories to the SURE system. These
counties, which include Philadelphia, Allegheny, Butler and Cambria,
would account for a significant number of voters. The numbers certified
by the counties, not the uploading of voter histories into the SURE
system, determines the ultimate certification of an election by the
secretary.
"This obvious misinformation put forth by Rep. Ryan and others is the
hallmark of so many of the claims made about this years presidential
election. When exposed to even the simplest examination, courts at
every level have found these and similar conspiratorial claims to be
wholly without basis.
"To put it simply, this so-called analysis was based on incomplete
data."
--
Joe Biden went from stealing someone's wife, to stealing speeches, to
stealing money, to stealing an election.
He has really grown as a politician.
-- Michael Moore
performed an extensive analysis of election day data and theyve found
troubling discrepancies.
According to State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon), 17 lawmakers sponsored
and participated in the analysis.
Ryan, who is a certified public accountant, says they discovered
discrepancies between the numbers of total votes counted and total
number of voters who voted in the 2020 General Election which is making
them question how the results could have been certified by Gov. Tom
Wolf and Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar.
According to Ryan, the analysis compared official county election
results to the total number of voters who voted Nov. 3, as recorded by
the Department of State.
Ryan says they found that 6,962,607 total ballots were reported as
being cast, while DoS/SURE system records indicated that only 6,760,230
total voters actually voted.
Among the 6,962,607 total ballots cast, 6,931,060 total votes were
counted in the presidential race, including all three candidates on the
ballot and write-in candidates, according to Ryan.
He says the difference of 202,377 more votes cast than voters voting,
together with the 31,547 over- and under-votes in the presidential
race, adds up to a discrepancy of 170,830 votes, which is more than
twice the reported statewide difference between Donald Trump and Joe
Biden.
Pennsylvanias election results were certified Nov. 24 and Gov. Wolf
issued a certificate of ascertainment of presidential electors stating
that Biden received 80,555 more votes than Trump.
The group of lawmakers released the following joint statement:
We were already concerned with the actions of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, the Executive branch, and election officials in certain
counties contravening and undermining the Pennsylvania Election Code by
eliminating signature verification, postmarks, and due dates while
allowing the proliferation of drop boxes with questionable security
measures and the unauthorized curing of ballots, as well as the
questionable treatment of poll watchers, all of which created wholesale
opportunities for irregularities in the 2020 presidential election.
However, we are now seeing discrepancies on the retail level which
raise even more troubling questions regarding irregularities in the
election returns. These findings call into question the accuracy of the
SURE system, consistency in the application of the Pennsylvania
Election Code from county to county, and the competency of those
charged with oversight of elections in our Commonwealth.
These numbers just dont add up, and the alleged certification of
Pennsylvanias presidential election results was absolutely premature,
unconfirmed, and in error.
State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) indicated that state legislators
sponsoring and participating in the analysis were himself and Reps.
Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon), Dave Zimmerman (R-Lancaster), Barb Gleim (R-
Cumberland), Stephanie Borowicz (R-Centre/Clinton), Dan Moul (R-Adams),
Paul Schemel (R-Franklin), Dawn Keefer (R-York/Cumberland), Eric Nelson
(R-Westmoreland), Mike Jones (R-York), Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), David
Maloney (R-Berks), David Rowe (R-Snyder/Union), Kathy Rapp (R-
Warren/Crawford/Forest), Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), Jim Cox (R-
Berks/Lancaster) and Brett Miller (R-Lancaster).
The Pennsylvania Department of State released the following statement
in response to the Republicans' claims:
"In todays release Rep. Ryan and others rehash, with the same lack of
evidence and the same absence of supporting documentation, repeatedly
debunked conspiracy theories regarding the November 3 election. State
and federal judges have sifted through hundreds of pages of
unsubstantiated and false allegations and found no evidence of fraud or
illegal voting.
"Now, the legislators have given us another perfect example of the
dangers of uninformed, lay analysis combined with a basic lack of
election administration knowledge.
"For instance, it is quite common to have significant "undervotes" for
down-ballot races in a presidential election, particularly when there
isn't a U.S. Senate race on the ballot. In 2000, Sen. Santorum received
200,000 more votes than President Bush, but the US Senate race still
had more than 100,000 fewer votes than the presidential race.
"We are unclear as to what data the legislators used for this most
recent analysis. But the only way to determine the number of voters
who voted in November from the SURE system is through the vote
histories. At this time, there are still a few counties that have not
completed uploading their vote histories to the SURE system. These
counties, which include Philadelphia, Allegheny, Butler and Cambria,
would account for a significant number of voters. The numbers certified
by the counties, not the uploading of voter histories into the SURE
system, determines the ultimate certification of an election by the
secretary.
"This obvious misinformation put forth by Rep. Ryan and others is the
hallmark of so many of the claims made about this years presidential
election. When exposed to even the simplest examination, courts at
every level have found these and similar conspiratorial claims to be
wholly without basis.
"To put it simply, this so-called analysis was based on incomplete
data."
--
Joe Biden went from stealing someone's wife, to stealing speeches, to
stealing money, to stealing an election.
He has really grown as a politician.
-- Michael Moore