Most research into election fraud began in the six battleground or swing states, yet after numerous other states reported integrity issues the research has widened. We’re hoping to expand our coverage to every state in the US. The sections below outline what we know so far about Maryland.
Tally Discrepancies
In a number of states, the tallies of total votes have not matched the number of voters who voted, as per the voter rolls. This was the case in Maryland with the State Board of Elections reporting 2,961,437 votes cast, yet 3,038,031 voters were recorded as having voted according to city and county voter rolls.
What caused the discrepancy of 76,594 votes (2.5%)?
On Jan 26, 2022 the officers of the Baltimore City Republican Central Committee (BCRCC) unanimously called for a full forensic and independent audit of the 2020 election saying simply “the numbers don’t add up”:
Source: EIN Press Wire, Jan 26, 2022
Election Integrity Scorecard
The Heritage Foundation’s Election Integrity Scorecard is an assessment of each state’s voting laws, written regulations and procedures. Maryland was ranked 29th out of 51.
| Maryland's Total Score | 55% |
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| Voter ID Implementation | 30% |
| Accuracy of Voter Registration Lists | 90% |
| Absentee Ballot Management | 48% |
| Vote Harvesting/Trafficking Restrictions | 50% |
| Access of Election Observers | 100% |
| Verification of Citizenship | 50% |
| Identification for Voter Assistance | 67% |
| Vote Counting Practices | 67% |
| Election Litigation Procedures | 33% |
| Restriction of Same-day Registration | 0% |
| Restriction of Automatic Registration | 0% |
| Restriction of Private Funding of Election Officials or Government Agencies | 0% |
View the full Scorecard for Maryland
It’s important to note that the scores above reflect the laws, regulations, and processes that exist within the state, but not whether they were actually followed. In the 2020 election, some states with highly-rated election integrity measures did not uphold them. 1 As The Heritage Foundation reminds us, even the best laws are not worth much unless responsible officials enforce them rigorously. It is up to the citizens of each state to make sure that their elected and appointed public officials do just that.
Seth Keshel’s Trend Analysis
Former US military intelligence officer and statistical analyst Seth Keshel analyzed the trends of voter registrations versus actual votes and discovered alarming anomalies in a number of counties, ones that defy typical historical trends. He has published a report for every state, indicating which counties’ vote counts align with the trend in voter registrations and which have small or large divergences.
| Trump votes | Biden votes | Other votes | |
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| Officially reported results | 976414 (32.15%) | 1985023 (65.36%) | 75623 (2.49%) |
| Estimate of potential fraud | 128000 (4.2%) | ||
| Estimate of actual result
(with fraud removed) |
976414 (33.6%) | 1857023 (63.8%) | 75623 (2.6%) |
Seth estimates that there may be approximately 128,000 votes for Biden in excess of what Maryland registration trends would indicate — a possible indicator of fraud. Counties with the greatest number of excess votes deserve closer inspection.
Seth has listed Maryland’s Harford County as being among the Nation’s Top 100 Worst Counties in terms of abnormal trends during the 2020 election.
View Seth’s National Summary View Seth’s Maryland Report
Bloated Voter Rolls
In Oct 2020, a month before the election, Judicial Watch released a study that found 353 US counties in 29 states had voter registration rates exceeding 100% of the eligible voting-age citizens.
In Maryland the following counties exceeded 100%:
Montgomery County (113%); Howard County (111%); Frederick County (110%); Charles County (108%); Prince George’s County (106%); Queen Anne’s County (104%); Calvert County (104%); Harford County (104%); Worcester County (103%); Carroll County (103%); Anne Arundel County (102%); Talbot County (100%)
Statewide, Maryland had 102% of it’s eligible population registered.
While this could be a symptom of poor clean-up of voter rolls — where voters that have died or moved interstate are left on the rolls for extended periods of time — it creates significant opportunity for fraudulent ballots to be submitted under the names of expired voters, making them appear legitimate. This was made even easier with the prevalence of mail-in ballots and widespread abandonment of voter ID rules which occurred in many states during the 2020 election.
The door-to-door canvassing across numerous states is proving that “phantom votes” were indeed counted for certain voters who were registered but did not themselves submit a ballot.
Research is also underway to explore disconcerting cases in some states whereby voter rolls appear to have been deliberately padded with false, duplicated, or expired records, possibly for the purpose of providing cover for fraudulent ballots. This is evidenced by graphing the changes to voter rolls over time and observing patterns which appear algorithmically-generated rather than organic, and then drilling down to identify specific anomalous records. We hope to release more findings on these anomalies in the coming weeks.
Electronic Voting Machines
The polling and tabulation equipment used for each county in the US is listed at Verified Voting, although see our disclaimer 2. They also have a detailed database including photographs of the various models of voting equipment. Note that the polling and ballot marking equipment is different to the scanning and tabulation equipment — both need to be highly secure, and in most cases are not.
Voting machines and computerized tabulation equipment have introduced many vulnerabilities and avenues for manipulation in elections. Cybersecurity experts tell us that there is no such thing as a fully secure computer system, and the more complex our voting systems and election systems get, with more moving parts and connections, the more impossible it will be for any state or county to defend against a nation-state-level threat. Local counties running elections can no longer defend against these motivated and well-funded foreign nations. The efficiency gains brought by machines are not reason enough to tolerate the loss of security, accountability, and transparency.
Elections need to return to paper ballots and mechanical or hand counting to minimize the threat of cyber attacks and manipulation by fraud. Let your state representative, county clerk, county commissioners, and Secretary of State know your opinion about this.
The Arizona Ballot Integrity Project is one such initiative promoting new, ultra-secure paper ballots with state-of-the-art security features to prevent fraud and help restore faith in elections. Learn more about the initiative.
Voting Trend Anomalies
In our series of articles on election trend analysis, we identified the following statistical outliers for Maryland which deserve further investigation. Visit the linked articles to learn more.
| ⚠️ | Voting Rate Increase | The turnout, or percentage of registered voters who voted, was significantly higher in 2020 than in previous elections, increasing from a range of 61-68% up to 73.6%. |
| ⚠️ | Voter Registration Trends | Anne Arundel County previously voted Republican until a slight swing to Democrat in 2016 and then a huge swing further Democrat in 2020. The percentage of registered Democrats who vote Democrat in the county is typically 75-85% but in 2020 it jumped to 98%! Talbot County jumped to 102%. |
Other Reports
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A team of scientists from Election-Integrity.info produced the report “2020 Presidential Election Contrast Analysis” which lists Maryland as the state with the 5th highest number of unexpected Biden votes
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ElectionFraud20.org has also reviewed the voting and registration trends from 2000 to 2020 and noted several anomalies in both the voter rolls and the ballot counts in Maryland, among others. Read our Maryland Case Study and the preceding articles that explain the method and the observations.
State Representatives Supporting Election Integrity & Audits
Following the results of the Maricopa Arizona Forensic Audit, 188 state representatives from 39 states signed a letter asking for forensic audits in all 50 states. The signatories for Maryland include:
- Delegate Dan Cox
- Delegate Jeff Ghrist
- Delegate Mark Fisher
The US Congress Election Integrity Caucus — a group of 55 federal members working together on issues of election integrity — has no members from Maryland.
Election Audit Groups on Telegram
To join the grassroots efforts in pursuing election integrity and audits of the 2020 election in Maryland, you can join the following groups on Telegram:
For other states, see our Full List of Telegram Channels.
ElectionFraud20.org has no affiliation with nor any responsibility for these channels. Discern carefully, as some users and even admins of channels have shown obstruction to transparent audits of our elections.
Raw Data
We aim to publish links to both the raw election data and voter registration data for Maryland so that citizens and researchers can analyze this information for themselves.
Further Leads
Footnotes & References
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Looking at the nationwide trends over the 2020 election, it became commonplace to stretch or completely ignore the laws for absentee/mail-in ballot eligibility, bulk ballot collection, independent observation, voter ID, signature verification, citizenship verification, removal of inactive/ineligible voters from rolls, voting machine accreditation, retention of election records, transparency of operations, and numerous other laws. Most breaches have not yet been prosecuted. ↩
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Verified Voting has some useful information on their website, however we feel the need to caution visitors about the partisan ties and Democrat influence within the organization. According to The Gateway Pundit: 3
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Barbara Simons, Board Chair of Verified Voting, was appointed by top-ranking Democrats (Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and later Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer) to the seemingly-corrupt and powerful U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
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Mark Lindeman, Co-Director of Verified Voting, openly opposed the Maricopa Forensic Audit, yet was chosen to perform the criticized Windham NH Audit.
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Verified Voting also appear to have hidden the fact that cybersecurity consultant and New Hampshire election auditor Harri Hursti was previously a member of the organization, with all mention of him removed from their website two days after being selected for the audit, without explanation.
Utilize the VV website with these questionable issues in mind. ↩
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The Gateway Pundit: “BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The Windham, New Hampshire 2020 Election Audit Was Over Before It Started – Two of Three Auditors Have Conflicts with Pelosi and Schumer”, May 26, 2021. ↩
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