Secure Elections: What to Know, What to Do

Essential Information For US Patriots, From a Patriot

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Truth-seeker Patrick Colbeck is a man on a mission to restore credibility in US elections.

To that end, Colbeck, an aerospace engineer by training, as well as a former Michigan legislator, is sharing with followers of Souls and Liberty critical information culled from years-long, burn-the-midnight oil research, as well as firsthand experiences in the trenches of the Wayne County (i.e., Detroit) voting scene.

The patriot is unpacking the complicated election process, as well as the truth behind election "security" so that flaws in the US voting system can be corrected, and trust in the voting process restored.

Just days after the 2020 election, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) declared it to be "the most secure in American history."

"There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised," CISA asserted in a Nov. 12, 2020 statement.

"While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too," CISA concluded. "When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections."

Yet four years after CISA's assertion, many Americans are still confused about, and suspicious of, the 2020 results.

'SECURE' OR 'CONTROLLED'?

The unprecedented cessation of vote-counting just after midnight on election night, the truckloads of mail-in ballots dropped off at voting stations afterward, multiple videos of ballot drop boxes being stuffed in the dark of night that circulated online, and subsequent research that questioned the integrity of the election left Americans perplexed and troubled.

Colbeck, a former GOP member of the Michigan Senate (2011-2019) and one-time Michigan gubernatorial candidate (2018), has been diving into the details of the controversial 2020 election, and investigating the scale and significance of the irregularities, ever since.

Colbeck served as a certified poll challenger for the 2020 election at the TCF Center (now Huntington Place) in the heart of downtown Detroit and Wayne County. He says he witnessed shenanigans firsthand – late-night ballot drops, GOP poll challenger lockouts, pizza boxes taped to windows to block transparency, and violation of the chain of custody of the votes.

Colbeck also noticed that the voting machines were connected to the internet. When he pointed this out to election officials, he says, they denied it.

"Internet connectivity puts the entire election record chain of custody at risk of manipulation by third parties," Colbeck explains. "Physical record transfers are secured with bipartisan signatures and tamper proof seals. Digital record transfers are conducted without any such public oversight making it highly susceptible to fraud."

After a recent In-Depth Interview with Gary Michael Voris titled "Stopping the Monumental Lies, Cheating, Stealing and Chicanery," Colbeck shared with Souls and Liberty additional information that he says is important for viewers to know about.

"Take the words of second Timothy 1:7 to heart – God didn't give us a spirit of timidity or fear, but He gave us one of power love and self-control – let's exercise it at The Ballot Box this season." – Patrick Colbeck

According to Colbeck, CISA's claim that the 2020 election was the most secure election in our nation's history is false – unless by "secure" it means "controlled."

"It certainly appears that the 2020 election was indeed controlled ... controlled by those behind The 2020 Coup," he says, referencing the title of his book published in 2022.

He shared with Souls and Liberty a list of powerful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that control the flow of election data and election results. As non-governmental agencies, they are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests (FOIAs), Colbeck emphasizes.

He underscored that contrary to the narrative that has circulated since election night 2020, the involvement of these NGOs indicate that the electronic systems are indeed connected to the internet.

NON-PROFITS AND FOR-PROFITS WITH ACCESS TO ELECTION RECORDS

Center for Internet Security (CIS)

CIS is a 501c3 funded by the Department of Homeland Security. Colbeck points out that "despite repeated assurances by election officials and the media that electronic voting systems are 'not connected to the internet,' the Department of Homeland Security provides over $27M per year to fund an organization called the Center for INTERNET Security to secure our elections."

CIS operates the Election Integrity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) which is located in Greenbush, NY.

Election Night Reporting Service Vendors

There are two major Election Night Reporting (ENR) service providers – Edison Research exit polls and the Associated Press

The media relies on private election night reporting service companies to provide speedy access to election results – the same election results that scroll across the bottom of your TV screen on election night.

Electronic Voting System Vendors

There are also the electronic voting system vendors like Dominion, ES&S, and Hart Intercivic.

Of course, all these vendors and their respective service contractors have the rule of the roost when it comes to election records. They routinely upload software, update configuration settings, and perform offsite "routine maintenance" on voting systems with little or no public oversight.

Other Municipal Software Vendors

Electronic voting systems are not the only private companies with access to, and the ability to interfere with, election records. There are a variety of election support service companies with access to our election records, including:

• Konnech – an election software company based in Okemos, Michigan, offering a variety of software products under the "Poll Chief" brand name.

  
  

• SCYTL – a software company, based not in the United States, but in Barcelona, Spain, that provides election data aggregation services for public officials.

Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)

The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is another private organization whose stated purpose is to keep voter rolls clean by purging them of voters that have moved or died. In this capacity, ERIC has been granted significant access to state voter files with sensitive information.

The effectiveness of its work has been called into question based on the increasing number of reports of "dirty" voter rolls.

Colbeck points out that when Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen made an unannounced visit to the published address for the ERIC headquarters in Washington, DC, he found only an empty office. The vacant headquarters, he notes, suggests ERIC's work involving "sensitive election records" was "performed, if at all, remotely with little or no supervision."

Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote is another group with access to sensitive voter roll data; in fact, it has a Data Sharing Agreement with the Michigan Department of State. The declared aim of the ostensibly non-partisan organization is to "channel the energy among young people around racial, economic, and health justice into one of the most powerful actions they can take: voting."

WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTION RECORDS

After reviewing the long list of major for-profits and non-profits with access to election records, Colbeck listed those who do not have access to sensitive election records.

Clerks

Many might be surprised to learn that clerks don't have access to some of our election records, Colbeck observes – after all, clerks are typically elected officials.

Clerks are elected to serve in a position of public trust and are responsible for the integrity of the public records within their jurisdiction. Despite this statutory authority, they are often treated as subordinate to private vendors when it comes to matters of election records. Colbeck notes that local clerks in Michigan have lamented that their cleaned voter roll data is often overwritten by entities acting under the authority of state officials – groups such as ERIC or Rock the Vote.

Furthermore, clerks are also prohibited from examining election equipment or enlisting their own subject-matter experts to do so. Their equipment is serviced by private vendors designated by state officials. Colbeck points out that if the clerks attempt to bring in their own experts to examine the election equipment, they are threatened with punitive action. Stephanie Scott, for example, a duly-elected clerk for Adams Township, Michigan, was removed by state authorities for simply questioning the operation and testing methods for election equipment.

Poll Workers

Poll workers operate at the direction of local clerks. If a local clerk doesn't have access to election records, neither do the poll workers, Colbeck says.

Poll Challengers

In theory, poll challengers in Michigan have significant statutory authority to oversee election processes including the tabulation of votes. In practice, he says, they are often prevented from any meaningful oversight of these activities.

As one himself, Colbeck experienced the barring of poll challengers from the Absentee Vote Counting Board (AVCB) at the TCF Center in Detroit in 2020. Pizza boxes were placed on windows to prevent oversight from outside of the AVCB. Furthermore, poll challengers were prevented from accessing the "control center" that tallied votes across multiple tabulators throughout the facility.

Poll Watchers

Poll watchers are simply "poll challengers lite," Colbeck says. They are able to observe, but not interact with any, poll workers or election officials,

"Transparency is the key to believing our election results. No matter who wins, we should all support opening up all of the books including the inside of electronic voting systems. Once we do, we can all sleep easily when we go to bed at night."

WHAT VOTERS CAN DO BEFORE THE ELECTION

There are a number of things concerned voters can do in the lead up to the Nov. 5 election, Colbeck says. First, he notes, any eligible American who has not yet registered to vote must do so. Second, concerned citizens must help get out the vote by bringing family, friends and neighbors with them to the voting booth.

For Michigan voters, he recommends visiting 10Xvotes.com for support about how to encourage non-voters to vote. "It's easier than you think," Colbeck says. "Make this election 'Too Big to Rig.'" He urges Wolverine State voters to spread the news and share the 10X website with like-minded Michiganders to motivate them to bring others with them to the voting booth.

Voter Identity Protection Project

Colbeck also encourages voters to join the Voter Identity Protection (VIP) Project, sponsored by entrepreneur Mike Lindell. The VIP Project is designed to deter any attempt to steal a voter's identity and cast a fraudulent ballot using it. If a voter's identity is stolen, the VIP Project defines the steps needed to hold perpetrators accountable. Voters can support this, as well as Lindell's other efforts to secure elections, at LindellPlan.com.

Make this election 'Too Big to Rig.'

True the Vote Projects

Colbeck also encourages voters to become familiar with True the Vote, an organization dedicated to "free and fair elections." It provides a number of ways to protect voter integrity, including an easy-to-use method of ensuring voters are registered in their current state, as well as ensuring voters have been removed from the rolls in any state they've lived in previously.

Education

Colbeck urges voters to become better-informed about the security and integrity of the 2020 elections. He recommends multiple resources to do so, including:

Books –

• The 2020 Coup: What Happened, What We Can Do (Patrick Colbeck)

• Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections (Mollie Hemingway)

• The Deep Rig: How Election Fraud Cost Donald J. Trump the White House, By a Man Who Did Not Vote for Him (Patrick Byrne)

Videos –

• "Absolute Proof and Absolute Interference" (Mike Lindell)

• "2000 Mules" (Dinesh D'Sousa)

• "Election Day Coup Plot Exposed" (Millennial Millie)

Despite the challenges, Colbeck says we must, as Trump shouted to Pennsylvania supporters immediately following the first assassination attempt against him, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"I just encourage people to take the words of second Timothy 1:7 to heart – God didn't give us a spirit of timidity or fear but he gave us one of power, love, and self-control. Let's exercise it at The Ballot Box this season," Colbeck urged.

"I also encourage everybody to get on their knees on a regular basis and understand God's word and what His truth is," he added, "so that you're not deceived like Pontius Pilate was into making the wrong decision when you ask the question what is truth."

Finally, concerned citizens must pray for a fair outcome. True the Vote and Catholic exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger have both recently composed prayers for this purpose.

For more information about the work Colbeck and Lindell are doing to ensure secure elections, visit LindellPlan.com or ElectionCrimeBureau.com.

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