analysis of 2016 stv delegate election data - write-ins...

Analysis of 2016 STV Delegate Election Data(Write-ins/“Mentions”/Excludeds)

January 4, 2017Prepared by Janet Kobren, PNB Secretary

Overview

As part of her preparation to implement the 2016 Delegate Elections recount motion approved by the PNB on 12/13/16, the iED gave the PNB Secretary authority to obtain membership class (Listener-Sponsor or Staff) and membership status (valid membership between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, the election “record date”) verification information from GMs on individuals whom voters from their respective stations chose to write-in on their ballots.

The PNB Secretary had been corresponding with Kenny Mostern, Vice President for Western US Operations for TrueBallot since early December to clarify the contents of the two disks TrueBallot had sent to her and learned that the individual write-ins were located in TrueBallot’s write-in report files and STV input files.

All the write-ins, their rankings and the specific filenames where they are located can be found below under the Data section below. The notations in blue were added by PNB Secretary Janet Kobren to the best of her knowledge.

Note that for the individual names sent to the GMs by the PNB Secretary only two GMs responded and provided membership information. Also note that the data provided below only addresses Write-ins and Excludeds and does not address other election irregularities like discrepancies on the election website or whether members were sent proper or multiple ballots, or other election issues.

Terminology

Write-in = an individual the voter wrote in on the write-in line of their ballot and gave a ranking to.

“Mention” = (a TrueBallot classification, not a Pacifica election term) defined by TrueBallot as individuals for whom voters did not give a “top” ranking to and who had only been ranked two or fewer times.

Excluded = An individual whose name was written in on a ballot who either did not have a verified membership status or whose name was written whose membership class did not match the membership class of the election or who was already seated on their respective LSB was EXCLUDED from being run through the STV tally.

Aggregated = multiple names (write-ins) lumped together as a single candidate and run through the STV tally as the ”Write-in (aggregate)” CANDIDATE; TrueBallot

created write-in report files containing the aggregated list of names, including how many times each individual was ranked and how many rankings the individual got.

Disaggregated = one or more individual names separated out from the aggregated list of candidates and included in the STV input file as either as an individual CANDIDATE or EXCLUDED.

Vetting write-ins

When it came to write-ins it was the NES’ responsibility to instruct TrueBallot before the STV tally was run to provide the NES or LES with all the names of the write-ins for verification. The NES or LES should have verified from the membership data that had been provided by management for sending out ballots that each write-in was a member of the correct membership class for the election and that the write-in’s membership status was within the year preceding the record date. Once this was done, TrueBallot should have been instructed to EXCLUDE any write-in who was not verified. TrueBallot with the help of the NES/LES should have also checked that a write-in was not a misspelling of or alternate name for a candidate on the same ballot, and if so, if the voter did not rank the candidate listed on the ballot the write-in vote should be combined with the candidate’s and tracked as belonging to the candidate. If not, the write-in should be considered a separate individual.

Disaggregating and Mentions vs. Write-ins

Per Article 15, Section 1.A.2. which says, “Vote counting shall start with a tabulation of each voter's first, or only, choice vote” means that if someone, a candidate or someone a voter wrote in on their ballot, is given any ranking by voter, the individual who was written in must be counted in the tally.

Apparently the NES did not notify TrueBallot of the Voting Methods in the bylaws and thus they were not followed by TrueBallot for either the original or re-run tally.

Of the 163 unique write-in names listed in the write-in report files, only three were disaggregated as reported in TrueBallot’s 10/28/16 Certification Addendum. The rankings for the remaining 160 individuals were basically excluded because they were considered by TrueBallot as “mentions”, not bonafide write-ins, and were counted as part of the “Write-in (aggregate)” CANDIDATE and did not appear in any of the round-by-round results. And although only 56 of these 160 names have since been vetted it is likely that many of the remaining 104 individuals were also valid and verifiable members of the appropriate membership class.

All should have been disaggregated and counted separately and included in the runners-up lists that have to last for two years in their respective election.

Furthermore, the voter(s) who wrote them in and ranked them were disenfranchised, the runners up lists for each station that need to last until the 2018 Delegates election are incomplete and even incorrect in some cases, and also there is a possibility in a few cases, especially at WPFW, some of the ELECTEDs might be incorrect.

WPFW Listener election

It is clear from the TreBallot files that WPFW was handled differently from the other stations, particularly when it came to the Listener election. There were 51 unique “mentions” in the write-in report for the Listener election of which 40 were not vetted and all were disaggregated. In addition, the STV input file contained 7 named write-ins who were not among the 51. The 51 write-in/“mentions” were likely lumped together in the “Write-in (aggregate)” CANDIDATE. It is not known if any of the 7 had been vetted, but 3 of them were listed as Listener electeds, 3 of them were Staff members who ended up being listed as runners up in the Listener election, and the 7th did not even appear as a runner up.

Summary of listings below

For the 10 elections, below is a listing of 176 write-ins/“mentions”/other documented on the TrueBallot disks including:• 160 unique individual names which were written in on ballots, designated by

TrueBallot as “mentions” (not write-ins) and not disaggregated,• 3 non-names written in all of which should have been excluded,• 3 unique individuals whose names were written in on ballots and disaggregated

(Ahmad Anderson, KPFA Listener; Jaime Rodriguez, KPFT Listener; and Ebon Charles, WBAI Listener), and

• 10 undocumented write-ins who were included in one of the tallies.

Data

Legend for color-codingGreen = “Mentions” who were candidates in the same membership class election or were verified members of the membership class of same membership class election (exs. Listener candidate for Listener election or Staff member for Staff election), whose membership status was valid within the membership period for the election, and should have been disaggregatedGold = “Mentions” whose membership class and/or membership status was not verified. All of these write-in (“mentions”) were aggregated, i.e., lumped together in the STV input files as a single CANDIDATE named “Write-in (aggregate)” and thus did not appear in any of the round-by-round results and not ending up as runners up.Orange = “Mentions” whom the NES should instructed TrueBallot to excluded from the STV tally by for one reason or another but apparently were not excluded.

Legend for other mattersNumbers in (parentheses) are based on the TrueBallot write-in reports the filenames and contents of which were confirmed by TrueBallot. These files include the ranking(s) that one or more voter entered for the individual they wrote in (or in TrueBallot’s terminology, “mentioned”) on their ballot, so for example, (5,2 2) means that three voters wrote-in (“mentioned”) the individual, one voter ranking the individual #5 and two voters ranking the individual #2;GM = General ManagerJK = Janet Kobren

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KPFAKPFA Listener election

* 20 unique “mentions” (plus 1 disaggregated “write-in”, Ahmad Anderson), compiled from the KPFA-L all write-ins except Ahmad Anderson.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/KPFA/ *

A. Verified Listener member as of June 30, 2016 record date per KPFA Database Manager (1/4/17); was disaggregated

1. Ahmad Anderson (unavailable) [JK: Verified Listener member; disaggregated as CANDIDATE 16 (see below)]

B. Verified Listener members as of June 30, 2016 record date per KPFA Database Manager (1/4/17); should have been disaggregated

2. Michael Parenti (5,1,1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

3. Cynthia Johnson (9) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

4. Rainer Wachacovsky (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

5. Lynn Orlando (10) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

6. Michael J. Sukhov (9) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

C. Unknown Listener membership status (should have been excluded if not a member as of June 30, 2016 record date, otherwise should have been disaggregated)

7. Dave Heller (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; 3 Dave Hellers in membership database but membership within the required membership period is unknown to the KPFA Database Manager]

D. Staff members (should have been excluded)8. Dennis Bernstein (1) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 9. Davey D (9) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

E. Staff candidates (should have been excluded)10. Kate Raphael (8,4,3,15,3,1) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]11. Josiah Alderete (8,5,4) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 12. Steve Seltzer (6,6)/Steve Zeltzer (11,1) [JK: Staff candidate Steve Zeltzer including

misspelled Staff candidate name, assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 13. Lisa Dettmer (5) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 14. Richard Wolinsky (2) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

F. Should have been excluded15. Robert Reich (9) [JK: In membership database but not within the required membership

period] 16. Stacy Scott (11) [JK: In membership database but not within the required membership period] 17. Jessie Ventura (5) [JK: Not in membership database] 18. Nanci Armstrong (8) [JK: Not in membership database] 19. Onana Supoaco (4) [JK: Not in membership database] 20. Ken & Janie Wong (1) [JK: Not in membership database; also, a couple cannot be a

candidate] 21. nobody (9) [JK: Assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

CANDIDATES listed in STV input file {including 1 write-in, CANDIDATE 16, and remaining write-ins aggregated in CANDIDATE 17, “Write-in (aggregate)”}; one candidate EXCLUDED:

.CANDIDATE 1, "Chris Cory"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Tom Voorhees"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Kris Stewart"

.CANDIDATE 4, "LaTasha Monique Warmsley"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Brian Crowell"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Carol Wolfley"

.CANDIDATE 7, "T.M. Scruggs"

.CANDIDATE 8, "Aki Tanaka"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Andrea J. Turner"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Marilla Arguelles"

.CANDIDATE 11, "Ramses Teon Nichols"

.CANDIDATE 12, "Christina Huggins"

.CANDIDATE 13, "Carole Travis"

.CANDIDATE 14, "Craig Williams"

.CANDIDATE 15, "Yuri Gottesman"

.CANDIDATE 16, "Ahmad Anderson (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 17, "Write-in (aggregate)"

.EXCLUDE-CANDIDATE 15

KPFA Staff election

* 6 unique “mentions”, compiled from the KFPA-S write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/KPFA/ *

A. Verified Staff members as of June 30, 2016 record date per KPFA Database Manager (1/4/17); should have been disaggregated)

1. Ann Garrison (5,3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

2. Philip Maldari (4,5) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

3. Luis Medina (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

4. Phil Osegueda (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

B. Listener candidate (should have been excluded)5. Rames-Teon-Leon (4) [JK: Apparent misspelling of Listener candidate Ramses Teon-Nichols,

assumedly excluded but perhaps was not; per KPFA Database Manager (1/4/17), in membership database but not within the required membership period]

C. Should have been excluded6. Dennis Roos jr (6) [JK: Listener; in membership database but not within the required

membership period]

CANDIDATES listed in STV input file {including no write-in(s) and all write-ins aggregated in CANDIDATE 17 as “write-in (aggregate)”}; no CANDIDATES EXCLUDED:

.CANDIDATE 1, "Lewis O. Sawyer"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Josiah Luis A. Alderete"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Steve Zeltzer"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Kate Raphael"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Lisa Dettmer"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Richard Wolinsky"


KPFKKPFK Listener election

* 29 unique “mentions”, compiled from the KPFK-L write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/KPFK/ *

A. Verified Listener members as of June 30, 2016 record date per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16); should have been disaggregated

1. Erik Hines (17) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

2. Kevin Breslin (10) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

3. Buzz Mansur (1) [JK: Actual name is Mansoor Sabbagh; Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

4. Roger Zimmerman (16) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

5. Rolando Salmaron (11) [JK: Misspelling of Salmeron; Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

6. Ted Hajjari (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

7. Wendy Lofland (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; Note: Listener-Sponsor status valid per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]

B. Obvious or assumed alternate or misspellings of Listener candidates per GM (12/23/16); if voter didn’t rank the candidate on the ballot, the write-in vote should have been added to the candidate’s tally, not aggregated.

8. Nick Macias (1) [JK: Assumedly a misspelling of Listener candidate Richard (Rick) Macias; if the voter had not ranked candidate Macias on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Macias’ tally, otherwise Nick Macias’ membership class and status should be verified and if a Staff member should have been excluded and if a Listener member, should have been disaggregated; Note: Listener-Sponsor status of Nick Macias invalid per KPFK Membership Dept. (12/27/16)]

9. M. Bond (2) [JK: Assumedly an alternate spelling of Listener candidate Marlena Bond for whom the voter intended to vote for; if the voter had not ranked candidate Bond on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to candidate Bond’s tally, otherwise it is not obvious what the intention of the voter was and this write-in should have been excluded]

10. Dorothy Raik (15) [JK: Assumedly a misspelling of Listener candidate Dorothy Reik; if the voter had not ranked candidate Reik on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Reik’s tally, otherwise Dorothy Raik’s membership class and status should be verified and if a Staff member should have been excluded and if a Listener member, should have been disaggregated]

11. Jessica Andrea Spencer (3) [JK: Obviously an alternate spelling of Listener candidate Jessica A. Spencer; if the voter had not ranked candidate Spencer on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Spencer’s tally, otherwise this write-in should have been excluded]

12. Lance Simmons (2) [JK: Obviously an alternate spelling of Listener candidate Lance Simmens; if the voter had not ranked candidate Simmens’ on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Simmens’ tally, otherwise this write-in should have been excluded]

C. Staff members (should have been excluded)13. Randy Koppang (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; Note: Listener-Sponsor status invalid per KPFK

Membership Dept. (12/27/16); assumedly excluded but perhaps was not; should have been EXCLUDED in the STV input file.]

14. Alan Minsky (1) [JK: Program Director assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]15. Ian Masters (1,1) [JK: Staff member per GM (12/23/16) assumedly excluded but perhaps was

not]16. Don White (1) [JK: Listener-Sponsor status invalid per KPFK Membership Dept. (12/27/16);

voter could have intended Don White as a Staff member deceased 6/19/08, assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

17. Roy Tuckman (1) JK: Staff member per GM (12/23/16) assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

18. Tej Grewall (1) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

D. Staff candidates (should have been excluded)19. Paulina Vasiliev (2,16,6,8,9,9) [JK: Assumedly a misspelling of Staff candidate Polina

Vasiliev; assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]20. Steve Weatherwax (1,10,10,11,10) [JK: Assumedly an alternate spelling of Staff candidate

Steve L. Weatherwax; assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]21. Ali Lexa (1,2,17,17) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]22. Marlena Bond (17,6) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]23. Sue Cohen-Johnson (8,18) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

24.B. Cohen Johnson (2) [JK: Assumedly an alternate spelling of Staff candidate Susan Cohen-Johnson (see above), assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

24. Ricardo Hernandez (7) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]25. Chrisanne Eastwood (1) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]26. Mariella Saba (1) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]27. Steve Pride (17) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

E. Should have been excluded28. none of the above (1) [JK: Assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]29. Michael Novick (5) [JK: Outgoing KPFK LSB member who terms out December 2016

assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

CANDIDATES listed in STV input file {including no write-in(s) and all write-ins aggregated in CANDIDATE 36 as “write-in (aggregate)”}; also note EXCLUDED CANDIDATE 7:

.CANDIDATE 1, "Singh I. Bird"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Kahllid A. Al-Alim"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Lisa Wong"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Reza Pour"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Rick Macias"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Charles Fredericks"

.CANDIDATE 7, "Leslie A. Fox"

.CANDIDATE 8, "Michael A. Corral"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Dorothy Reik"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Sabina Virgo"

.CANDIDATE 11, "Alise Sochaczewski"

.CANDIDATE 12, "Jessica Andrea Spencer"

.CANDIDATE 13, "Mike Mora"

.CANDIDATE 14, "Schyna Pour"

.CANDIDATE 15, "Bella DeSoto"

.CANDIDATE 16, "Brother Cid Williams"

.CANDIDATE 17, "Ismael Parra"

.CANDIDATE 18, "Rose Mary Elizondo"

.CANDIDATE 19, "Ralph Hawkins"

.CANDIDATE 20, "Paul Song"

.CANDIDATE 21, "Doug Barnett"

.CANDIDATE 22, "Barbara Marbach"

.CANDIDATE 23, "Lawrence P. Reyes"

.CANDIDATE 24, "Mariella Saba"

.CANDIDATE 25, "Allan Beek"

.CANDIDATE 26, "Jack Neff"

.CANDIDATE 27, "Allan Coie"

.CANDIDATE 28, "Doug Kriegel"

.CANDIDATE 29, "Will Ryan"

.CANDIDATE 30, "Thomas C. Halle"

.CANDIDATE 31, "Jaime Gomez"

.CANDIDATE 32, "Sandy Childs"

.CANDIDATE 33, "Brenda Medina"

.CANDIDATE 34, "Rob Macon"

.CANDIDATE 35, "Lance Simmens"



KPFK Staff election

* 8 unique “mentions”, compiled from the KPFK-S write-in report.xlsx (file); an aside was that on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/KPFK/ *

A. Staff candidate (if voter didn’t rank the candidate on the ballot, the write-in vote should have been added to the candidate’s tally, not aggregated)

1. Jaime Gomez (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; Staff candidate; if the voter had not ranked candidate Gomez on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Gomez’ tally]

B. Verified Staff members per KPFK GM (12/23/16); should have been disaggregated2. Tej Grewall (3,3,1,3,3,1,1,5,6,3,4,1,4,3,3,4,3,3,3,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) [JK: Not

disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file even with 28 “mentions”; TrueBallot noted in the KPFK-S write-in file that “NOTE: Tej Grewal had only four first place votes and would still be defeated first round”.]

3. Mark Maxwell (6) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

4. Teddy Robinson (6) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

5. Chavonne Taylor (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

C. Listener candidates (should have been excluded)6. Doug Kriegel (2) [JK: Listener candidate, assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 7. Paul Song (6) [JK: Listener candidate, assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

D. Listener member (should have been excluded)8. Will Ryan (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file;

Note: Listener-Sponsor per KPFK Membership Dept (12/27/16)]


.CANDIDATE 1, "Marlena Bond"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Chrisanne Eastwood"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Steve Weatherwax"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Ali Lexa"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Polina Vasiliev"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Sue Cohen-Johnson"

.CANDIDATE 7, "Ricardo Hernandez"

.CANDIDATE 8, "Adam Rice"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Steve Pride"


KPFTKPFT Listener election

* 16 unique “mentions” (plus 1 disaggregated “write-in”, Jaime Rodriguez), compiled from the KPFT-L write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/KPFT/ *

A. Listener candidate1. Jaime Rodriguez (unavailable) [JK: Assumedly verified Listener member; disaggregated as

CANDIDATE 27 (see below)]

B. Unknown membership class (should have been excluded if not a verified Listener member as of June 30, 2016 record date or if a Staff member, otherwise should have been disaggregated)

2. Egberto Willies (11,11,11) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

3. Roark Smith (1,1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

4. Edwin Johnston (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

5. Jeffrey Thames (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

6. Dennis Simshaeuser (6) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

7. Eddie Kerley (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

8. John LaBonte (12) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

9. Paul A. Colby (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

C. Staff candidates (should have been excluded)10. Wally James (12,2,1,13,2,4,1) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was

not] 11. Hank Lamb (1,1,15,2) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 12. Joseph Davis (1,12,10,8) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

11.B.Joe Davis (6) [JK: Staff candidate, alternate spelling of Staff candidate Joseph Davis (see above), assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

13. Marietta Roebuck (1,9,11,6) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 14. Rhonda Garner (6,1,6) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 15. Lars Headington (1,1) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 16. Michael Roebuck (1,6) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

CANDIDATES listed in STV input file {including 1 write-in, CANDIDATE 27, and remaining write-ins aggregated in CANDIDATE 28, “Write-in (aggregate)”}; also note EXCLUDED CANDIDATES 19, 18, 4:

.CANDIDATE 1, "Elaine M. Duncan"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Matthew Moore"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Richard Hyde"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Rizwan A. Raja"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Jim Krafka"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Don Cook"

.CANDIDATE 7, "Di Conkling"

.CANDIDATE 8, "Georgia D. Provost"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Nancy Saibara-Naritomi"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Rick Potthoff"

.CANDIDATE 11, "Wesley Bethune"

.CANDIDATE 12, "Alan Alan Apurim"

.CANDIDATE 13, "Nicolas Economidis"

.CANDIDATE 14, "Perry `P.K.` McCary"

.CANDIDATE 15, "Rita Washington"

.CANDIDATE 16, "Robert L. Mark"

.CANDIDATE 17, "DeWayne Lark"

.CANDIDATE 18, "Yahconnon"

.CANDIDATE 19, "Lauren E. Haydu"

.CANDIDATE 20, "Todd Buehlman"

.CANDIDATE 21, "Alexandra `Catherine` Hunter"

.CANDIDATE 22, "Adriana Casenave"

.CANDIDATE 23, "Benjamin Perodeau"

.CANDIDATE 24, "Adrienne LaViolette"

.CANDIDATE 25, "Vaniecia J. Williams"

.CANDIDATE 26, "K.C. Sinclair"

.CANDIDATE 27, "Jaime Rodriguez"

.CANDIDATE 28, "Write-in (aggregate)”




KPFT Staff election

* 7 unique “mentions”, compiled from the KPFT-S write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/KPFT/ *

A. Staff candidate (if voter didn’t rank the candidate on the ballot, the write-in vote should have been added to the candidate’s tally, not aggregated)

1. Christopher Whaley (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; Staff candidate; if the voter had not ranked candidate Whaley on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Whaley’s tally]

B. Unknown membership class (should have been excluded if not a verified Staff member as of June 30, 2016 record date or if a Listener member, otherwise should have been disaggregated)

2. Akua Holt (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

3. Patrick Hoyt (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

4. Rick Heysquierdo (5) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

C. LSB Staff member (should have been excluded)5. Anthony Cox (10) [JK: Aka Tony Cox; KPFT LSB Staff member elected in 2015 whose term ends

12/18 assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

D. Listener candidate (should have been excluded)6. Nick Economidis (1) [JK: Listener candidate, assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

E. Listener member (should have been excluded)7. Jaime Rodriguez (1) [JK: Assumedly a Listener member (see KPFT Listener election above)

and assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]


.CANDIDATE 1, "Lars Headington"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Michael Roebuck"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Robert Gartner"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Wally James"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Vinisha Patel-Adams"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Hank Lamb"

.CANDIDATE 7, "Joseph Davis"

.CANDIDATE 8, "Rhonda Garner"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Marietta Roebuck"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Christopher Whaley"


WBAIWBAI Listener election

* 17 unique “mentions” (plus 1 disaggregated “write-in”, Ebon Charles), compiled from the WBAI-L write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/WBAI/ *

A. Listener candidate1. David Salay (3,1) [JK: Not disaggregated; Listener candidate; if the voter had not ranked

candidate Salay on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Salay's tally]

B. Assumedly verified Listener member2. Ebon Charles (unavailable) [JK: Assumedly verified Listener member; disaggregated as

CANDIDATE 15 (see below)]

C. Unverified membership class and status per WBAI GM (12/23/16); should have been excluded if not a verified Listener member as of June 30, 2016 record date or if a Staff member, otherwise should have been disaggregated

3. Thomas Barton (7,7,7,1,7,8) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

4. Kevin Keating (2,7,7,9) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

5. Bernard White (6) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

6. Betty Dopson (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

D. Staff candidates7. Randy A. Credico (10) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 8. Wuji Jacobs (3) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 9. John Riley (8) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 10. Kathryn Davis (1) [JK: Staff candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 11. Mitchel Cohen (5,5,2) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 12. Reggie Johnson (1,1) [JK: Assumedly Reggie J. Johnson Staff member assumedly excluded

but perhaps was not]

E. Staff members13. Gary Null (1,1,1,1,2,1) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 14. Bob Lederer (8) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 15. Richard Wolff (1) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not] 16. Max Schmidt (1) [JK: Obviously an alternate spelling of Staff member Max Schmid; assumedly

excluded but perhaps was not]

F. LSB Listener member17. Lynn Stewart (1,9) [JK: WBAI LSB Listener member elected in 2015 whose term ends 12/18


CANDIDATES listed in STV input file {including 1 write-in, CANDIDATE 15, and remaining write-ins aggregated in CANDIDATE 16, “Write-in (aggregate)”}; also note EXCLUDED CANDIDATE 5:

.CANDIDATE 1, "Carl Makower"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Ken Laufer"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Eugene Hamond"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Cerene Roberts"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Dacio A. Quintana"

.CANDIDATE 6, "James Sagurton"

.CANDIDATE 7, "Moira Meltzer-Cohen"

.CANDIDATE 8, "William Heerwagen"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Sharonne Salaam"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Mario Mastrandrea"

.CANDIDATE 11, "Frank LeFever"

.CANDIDATE 12, "Five Mualimm-ak"

.CANDIDATE 13, "Michael Ochoa"

.CANDIDATE 14, "Rebecca Naegele"

.CANDIDATE 15, "Ebon Charles"



WBAI Staff election

* 6 unique “mentions”, compiled from the WBAI-S write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/WBAI/ *

A. Verified Staff members (should have been disaggregated)1. Janet Coleman (4,4,4,6) [JK: Not disaggregated; Staff member; lumped into “write-in

(aggregate)” in the STV input file]2. Shawn Rhodes (4,4,4) [JK: Not disaggregated; Staff member; lumped into “write-in

(aggregate)” in the STV input file]3. Gloria Browne (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; Staff member; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in

the STV input file]4. Michael Haskins (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; Staff member; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)”

in the STV input file]

B. Listener candidate (should have been excluded)5. Cerene Roberts (6) [JK: Listener candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

C. LSB Listener member (should have been excluded)6. Lynn Stewart (4) [JK: WBAI LSB Listener member elected in 2015 whose term ends 12/18



.CANDIDATE 1, "Reggie Johnson"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Mitchel Cohen"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Vajra Kilgour"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Max Schmid"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Wuyi Jacobs"

.CANDIDATE 6, "John Riley"

.CANDIDATE 7, "John Kane"

.CANDIDATE 8, "David Salay"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Kathy Davis"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Randy Credico"

.CANDIDATE 11, "Write-in (aggregate)”

WPFWWPFW Listener election

Note: Based on the two TrueBallot disks, there were two different and inconsistent write-in listings: 51 unique write-ins listed in the write-in report which I will refer to as SET 1 and the WPFW Listener STV input file which I will refer to as SET 2. When I inquired of TrueBallot whether there is another WPFW Listener write-in report somewhere on the two disks I was told no.

SET 1:

* 51 unique “mentions”, compiled from the WPFW Non-Aggregated Write-in report.docx (file) on the 10/21/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 Pacifica/3671601 WPFW/WPFW STV Count/ *

A. Listener candidate1. Martha Peterson (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; Listener candidate; if the voter had not ranked

candidate Peterson on their ballot this write-in vote should have been applied to Peterson's tally]

B. Listener members2. Michael Byfield (5,3) [JK: Not disaggregated; Listener member; lumped into “write-in

(aggregate)” in the STV input file]3. Marian Douglas-Ungaro (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; Listener member; lumped into “write-in

(aggregate)” in the STV input file]4. Ron Pinchback (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; Listener member; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)”

in the STV input file]5. Thomas Orourke (7) [JK: Misspelling of Listener member Thomas O’Roarke; not

disaggregated;; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership status was verified]

6. Murray Cliff (7) [JK: Alternate name for Listener member Murray (Cliff) Smith or Murray Smith who is listed as a write-in in the STV input file; Murray Cliff not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

C. Unknown membership class (should have been excluded if not a verified Listener member as of June 30, 2016 record date or if a Staff member, otherwise should have been disaggregated)

7. Bernie Sanders (9,7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership status was verified regardless of how unlikely]

8. Esther Iverem (3,2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

9. Brad Grant (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

10. Jake Jones (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

11. Victor Motley (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

12. Craig Karp (1) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

13. Chanda Causer (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

14. David Schwartzman (8) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

15. Angela Mitchell (8) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

16. Hillary Binder-Alvarez (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

17. Suzette Gardner (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

18. Grigsby Hubbard (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

19. Elizabeth Barth (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

20. Norman W. Baylor (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

21. Jessica Montgomery-Riley (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

22. William Taft (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

23. Jon Youngs (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

24. Mwiza Munthali (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

25. Chuck Hicks (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

26. Malcolm Wiseman (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

27. Anise Jenkins (5) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

28. Lance Reynolds (8) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

29. Herb Scott (9) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

30. Aaron Myers (10) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

31. Mark Berman (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

32. Miyuki Williams (5) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

33. Kojo Nandi (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

34. Kaba Akintuynde (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

35. Rusty Hassan (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

36. Brother Ah (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

37. Jon Liss (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

38. Glenda B. Davis (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

39. Ernest Ford (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

40. Herman Marshall (8) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

41. Bernada Bassett (9) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

42. Michelle Obama (7) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership status was verified regardless of how unlikely]

43. Jim Dombrowski (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

44. Bill Starr (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

45. Ron Benjamin (4) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

46. Lucy Murphy (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

D. Management (should have been excluded)47. Katia Stitt (7,2) [JK: Interim Program Director assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]48. Lydia Brazon (4) [JK: Pacifica iED assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

E. Staff members (should have been excluded)49. Robyn Holden (4) [JK: Staff member assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

F. LSB Staff member (should have been excluded)50. Tony Leon (3) [JK: WPFW LSB Staff member seated in 2015 whose term ends 12/18 assumedly

excluded but perhaps was not]

G. Should have been excluded51. Quorum Supporter (7) [JK: Assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]

CANDIDATES listed in STV input file {including 10 write-in(s) — see descriptions below under SET 2 write-in listings, none of whom were among the 51 unique write-ins (see SET 1 wrtie-in listings above)}; 4 “CANDIDATES” EXCLUDED (see descriptions below under SET 2):

.CANDIDATE 1, "Meridith P. Cordisco"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Benito Diaz"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Gloria Turner"

.CANDIDATE 4, "Eileen Rosin"

.CANDIDATE 5, "Martha V. Peterson"

.CANDIDATE 6, "Vickie McGill"


.CANDIDATE 8, "Robb Simms"

.CANDIDATE 9, "Lona K. Alias"

.CANDIDATE 10, "Sandra Butler-Truesdale"

.CANDIDATE 11, "Murray Smith (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 12, "Lonnie Hall (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 13, "Christine Cutter (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 14, "Arthur McCloud (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 15, "Julie Hewitt (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 16, "Tom Cole (write-in)"

.CANDIDATE 17, "Nancy Alonzo (write-in)"





SET 2:

* 10 unique write-ins, compiled from the WPFW Listener STV input file named WPFW-Listener.txt on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 Pacifica - with new materials and reorganized folders/0731601 all ballot counts/WPFW/Choice Plus/Listener/ or the same file on the 10/21/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 Pacifica/3671601 WPFW/WPFW STV Count/Listener FINAL/; all names inconsistent with SET 1 (above); documentation of these write-ins is unavailable *

A. Unknown membership class (should have been excluded if not a verified Listener member as of June 30, 2016 record date or if a Staff member)

1. Murray Smith [JK: CANDIDATE 11 in STV input file; alternate name for Listener member Murray (Cliff) Smith or Murray Cliff who is listed as a write-in in SET 1 (see #6 above); documentation of write-in unavailable; listed as ELECTED on elections website (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

2. Lonnie Hall [JK: CANDIDATE 12 in STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified; documentation of write-in unavailable]

3. Christine Cutter [JK: CANDIDATE 13 in STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified; documentation of write-in unavailable; listed as “Christine Cotter” as ELECTED on elections website (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

4. Julie Hewitt [JK: CANDIDATE 15 in STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified; documentation of write-in unavailable; listed as ELECTED on elections website (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

B. Staff members (unverified)5. Arthur McCloud [JK: CANDIDATE 14 in STV input file; unknown if membership class or status

was verified but apparently a Staff member; documentation of write-in unavailable; listed under NOT ELECTED / RUNNERS UP on elections website (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

6. Tom Cole [JK: CANDIDATE 16 in STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified but apparently a Staff member; documentation of write-in unavailable; listed under NOT ELECTED / RUNNERS UP on elections website (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

7. Nancy Alonzo [JK: CANDIDATE 17 in STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified but apparently a Staff member; documentation of write-in unavailable; listed under NOT ELECTED / RUNNERS UP on elections website (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

C. Staff candidates (EXCLUDED)8. Robb Simms [JK: CANDIDATE 8; must have been included because of some undocumented

write-in since the individual was a Staff candidate]9. Lona K. Alias [JK: CANDIDATE 9; must have been included because of some undocumented

write-in since the individual was a Staff candidate]10. Sandra Butler-Truesdale [JK: CANDIDATE 10; must have been included because of some

undocumented write-in since the individual was a Staff candidate]

D. Write-in (aggregate) CANDIDATE 7 (EXCLUDED)

WPFW Staff election

* 5 unique “mentions”, compiled from the WPFW-S write-in report.xlsx (file) on the 11/1/16 TrueBallot disk, with path 0731601 all ballot counts/All write-in materials and disaggregated recounts/WPFW-S/ *

A. Staff member (unverified)1. Arthur McCloud (2) [JK: Not disaggregated; unknown if membership class or status was

verified but apparently a Staff member; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the Staff STV input file; Note: McCloud is CANDIDATE 14 in Listener STV input file; listed on elections website under WPFW Listener election as NOT ELECTED / RUNNERS UP (see http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/wpfw-listener-sponsor-member-delegate-election-results-2016/)]

2. Robyn Holden (3) [JK: Not disaggregated; apparently a Staff member; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file]

B. Unknown membership class (should have been excluded if not a verified Staff member as of June 30, 2016 record date or if a Listener member, otherwise should have been disaggregated)

3. Esther Iverem (1,2) [JK: Not disaggregated; lumped into “write-in (aggregate)” in the STV input file; unknown if membership class or status was verified]

C. Listener candidates (should have been excluded)4. Eileen Rosen (2) [JK: Assumed misspelling of Listener candidate Eileen Rosin assumedly

excluded but perhaps was not]5. Meredith Cordisco (3) [JK: Listener candidate assumedly excluded but perhaps was not]


.CANDIDATE 1, "Sandra Butler-Truesdale"

.CANDIDATE 2, "Lona Alias"

.CANDIDATE 3, "Robb Simms"


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