Erik van Mechelen

Erik van Mechelen

01
Apr

No Senate Honorees in LEA's 2021 Report on the Minnesota Legislature

A letter from Bret Bussman, District 5 Senate Candidate
1 min read
31
Mar

A reading of Mesa County Colorado Voting Systems Report #3, Election Database and Data Process Analysis

Analysis provided by Jeffrey O'Donnell and Dr. Daugherity—This report is relevant to Minnesota because several counties also use Dominion software and hardware...
1 min read
30
Mar

Judge Sarah Grewing – Should She Have Recused Herself from the Consent Decree Cases in 2020?

Her orders on consent decree cases removed witness and signature requirements for absentee ballots, which went on to represent 58% of total ballots (1.9 million)
2 min read
29
Mar
Why CVR reports are important

Why CVR reports are important

They are the cast vote record - all physical and digital election records must be kept for 22 months after a federal election, according to federal law
1 min read
28
Mar

A disservice to the public?

Open source intelligence is available for us to research (and we should use freedom of information act requests and public data requests to get more of it)
1 min read
27
Mar
11 states of door to door canvassing, Minnesota canvassing ongoing

11 states of door to door canvassing, Minnesota canvassing ongoing

Comparing official records to interviews with voters
1 min read
21
Mar
Data on Elections—Everyone Should Have Access to this Data to Decide for Themselves

Data on Elections—Everyone Should Have Access to this Data to Decide for Themselves

Data from: New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin
2 min read
20
Mar
Did Tim Walz Even Win in 2018?

Did Tim Walz Even Win in 2018?

And a simple question for Minnesota gubernatorial candidates
4 min read
19
Mar

What Questions Do You Have About Minnesota Elections?

I'm preparing a report toward greater clarity
17
Mar

Hazy IPA Prices in the Fog of War

How a search for "Bolshevik" on Project Apario led me to question how much is excised or redacted prior to declassification of government records, and what that means for OSINT hunter gatherers
4 min read