By Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D.

On 9/15/21, finally, PA Republicans issued a subpoena to the Department of State that included seeking personal information about voters in the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee’s probe of the 2020 election; included were voter records that illustrate the approach adopted toward achieving a ‘forensic audit’ along the following specific lines:

1) Any and all communications (emails, letters, notes of calls and/or meetings, or otherwise) from the Department of State to any County Election Director or member of a County’s Elections Board between May 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021.

2) A copy of each and every version of all directives, guidance(s), policies, or procedures in effect at any time between August 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 relating to elections, election systems, mail-in ballot applications, ballots, voting, compliance with state or federal election laws, polling places, and/or poll watchers.

3) All training materials used to train County election workers, poll workers, poll watchers, Judges of Election, inspectors, clerks, and all persons who staffed voting offices between August 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021.

4) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, address, and date of last voting activity of all registered voters within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as of May 1, 2021, by County.

5) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, address, and date of last voting activity of all registered voters within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as of November 1, 2020, by County.

6) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted in person in the November 2020 General Election, by County.

7) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted by mail-in ballot in the November 2020 General Election, by County.

8) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted by absentee ballot in the November 2020 General Election, by County.

9) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted by provisional in the November 2020 General Election, by County.

10) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted in person in the May 2021 Primary Election, by County.

11) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted by mail-in ballot in the May 2021 Primary Election, by County.

12) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted by absentee ballot in the May 2021 Primary Election, by County.

13) A complete list containing the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of social security number, and address of all individuals who voted by provisional in the May 2021 Primary Election, by County.

14) A complete list of all changes to voter records made between May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2021.

15) A copy of the certified results for each and every race and/or ballot question on the 2020 General or 2021 Primary elections.

16) A copy of all reports of audits and/or reviews of the SURE system conducted by or for the Department of State between 2018 and the present, including, but not limited to, any audits conducted under 25 Pa.C.S. 1803(a).

17) A copy of the annual reports submitted to the Department in 2021 pursuant to 4 Pa. Code 183.17.

As desirable as this initial foray appears to be, compare/contrast with what “Audit the Vote PA” would request, for the splay between these listings reflects the potential difference between only confirming what the statewide entity wrote/did vs. what occurred within the “machinery”; indeed, although an instant-transcript isn’t yet available, I believe I heard the Chair concede lack of interest in [1]—challenging certification/electors (at the onset), and [2]—probing what occurred within the counties/precincts (near the end). The following is viewable as a subset of under-oath admissions that I had painstakingly/uniquely distilled from transcripts of the ten House State Government Committee hearings (STILL carrying a grossly unappreciated WALLOP), but a far superior opening gambit if the pathophysiology of what occurred is to be elucidated:

Full Forensic Audit Subpoena List

1. All ballot production, processing and tabulation equipment from satellite election offices and any other location used to count votes.

2. The software and bootable media, hardware tokens (security keys) for the equipment described in item #1 and the election management system that was used.

3. Forensic images of all election equipment

• Servers – Election Management Server, File Servers, Network Servers, Dial-up Servers, or any other server utilized for the processing or storage of election results or data required to run an election.

• Tabulators – High speed and normal speed

• Ballot Marking Devices – Including accessibility, or for normal voting

• Desktops & Laptops – Utilized within the Election Management System for any purpose including but not limited to: EMS Client, adjudication, registration, creation of ballots or designs, processing results, uploading results or anything similar

• Signature matching and ballot sorting equipment.

• Switches, Routers or Other Network Equipment – This includes normal networking equipment as well as any specialized systems such as Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems or similar

4. Forensic images of all removable media (including, but not limited to USB thumb drives, external hard drives, backup tape cassettes, memory cards, PCMIA cards, Compact Flash, CD/DVD or similar) used as part of the election process or to load software, configuration, or programming.

5. Forensics images of the firmware of any device associated with the election that does not have a hard drive; including any tooling required to extract that firmware, if applicable

6. Forensic images of all SIM cards used for wireless 3G/4G LTE/5G communications (REASON: Some tabulators are configured with cellular cards that connect to the internet and if not properly configured could be remotely accessed.)

7. Forensics on all machines utilized for absentee ballot processing to include:

• All logs from the system

• Backups of the system

• Offsite cloud storage associated with the system

• Media used to transfer data (USB drives, compact flash, external hard drives)

8. Logs from all routers, switches, firewalls, IDS, IPS or similar devices. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Netflows (or equivalent)

• DHCP Logs

• Access Logs

• VPN Logs

• PPP Logs

• RDP Logs

• Splunk Logs

• Any remote administration tool logs

9. Logs from all computer systems, servers, desktops, laptops or similar including but not limited that was used in the design, management, and running of the election:

• Windows Event Logs

• Access Logs

For rest of the Audit the Vote PA audit list go to: {https://tinyurl.com/u4mmbt93}

Awareness of such granular detail is vital and, perhaps, reflects the approach that Sen. Mastriano had wanted to adopt; that he was represented today with a proxy is a sad commentary on how Sen. Corman has ostracized him unjustly. More evidence of aberrations/fraud has been compiled, pulling key-info from national resources into how these data impact PA’s experience; also noted is the predictable dispute of a PA legal group’s finding on ‘unknown’ ballots by the government.

Due to omission of key/expansive input of “Audit the Vote PA” and of myself, the initial subpoenae are deficient; it’s possible that this approach is intended to establish a database upon which the future subpoenae can be superimposed, for the vulnerability thereof was limited to decrying the inclusion of personally identifiable data and to alleged uncertainty as to the credibility of the entities that might enjoy access thereto. Regarding the former, what’s requested is basic info that permits x-ruffing data from multiple sites; regarding the latter, the ability of lefties to access the registration sites yields the inevitable conclusion of hypocrisy again abounding among Dems.

Nevertheless, the “trust but verify” posture remains applicable to what Sens. Corman/Dush did, particularly in the absence of a timeframe within which the data (or litigation attacking the filing, a far more likely outcome) can emerge; although it’s going to be necessary to review transcripts, I hope I mis-heard Sen. Dush disclaim interest in probing—for example—blockage of oversight that blatantly occurred in Philly @ the PA Convention Center, for under-oath testimony by perps (again, note both House/Senate State Government Committee admissions) cries for a probe.

In this regard, noted is how the “Audit the Vote PA” listing includes seeking Philly-contracts; thus, in the regrettable absence of Sen. Mastriano from the public hearings [today and last Thursday], it is all the more vital that each step-of-the-way be monitored and demonstrably NOT dilatory.

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