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Urgent nonpartisan audit needed after concerning Pennsylvania election irregularities.

To: Sen. Merkley, Rep. Bonamici, Sen. Wyden

From: A constituent in Portland, OR

April 19

Based on the data and analysis provided, there are several concerning indicators pointing to potential vote manipulation during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election in Pennsylvania, particularly with regards to votes cast on Election Day. The key findings include: Disruptions to the voting process on Election Day, such as bomb threats and widespread voting machine failures, which could have created opportunities for nefarious actors to interfere with vulnerable voting infrastructure. Highly anomalous "drop-off" rates between the presidential race and down-ballot Senate races when examining Election Day votes specifically. Trump's drop-off rate was drastically higher than past elections, while Harris's was drastically lower, with massive county-level disparities that are difficult to explain through normal voting behavior alone. Distinct patterns in Election Day vote shares that diverge from expected norms as precinct vote counts increase. In Philadelphia, Allegheny, and Erie counties, the Democratic vote share skews downward and the Republican vote share skews upward in larger precincts, creating a conspicuous "claw" shape that deviates from the broadly linear patterns seen in mail-in voting data. These indicators, combined with known election security breaches into electronic voting systems used in Pennsylvania between 2020-2024, raise significant concerns about the integrity of Election Day results in these counties. An independent and transparent audit reconciling all legally cast votes is imperative to address these issues and uphold faith in our electoral process. Without such an audit, the legitimacy of the election outcome remains in question.

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