Richard Hayes Phillips
Richard Hayes Phillips was the leading forensic investigator of the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. He and his assistants photographed 126,000 ballots, 127 poll books, 141 voter signature books, and other election records, from 18 counties in Ohio. His analysis, and the raw data upon which the analysis is based, are presented in his book, "Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election." The book comes with a CD containing 1200 of the most telling photographs. The book is available at http://www.witnesstoacrime.com/

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Timeline 2004 – One more look at the Ohio election

More than a year ago, a reporter named Craig Unger asked me a brilliant question about the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. Referring to reports that the counting of votes was rerouted through SMARTech computers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at precisely 11:14 PM EST, and the possibility that the…

Imaginary numbers persist in our presidential elections

Lurking within the numbers that recorded Barack Obama’s election victory are some numbers that cannot be true. And while the errors are of nowhere near the magnitude to call Obama’s victory into question, they are substantial enough to continue to challenge the accuracy of optical scanners and…

The 2008 Presidential election: a preliminary analysis

In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s historic victory in the 2008 presidential election, two questions have frequently arisen. How did he manage to turn nine or ten “red states” into “blue states,” (as of this writing, Missouri is still too close to call), and why was the voter turnout “flat,” that…

Look at who runs our boards of elections

At 10:03 A.M. on August 7, 2006, one month before Judge Algenon Marbley ordered all 88 Ohio Boards of Elections to continue to preserve the ballots from the 2004 presidential election, Jacqueline J. Neuhart, Director of the Guernsey County Board of Elections, sent an e-mail to "All Counties" asking…

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