File Information — concise_report_2020-2024.pdf
| Filename | concise_report_2020-2024.pdf |
|---|---|
| Title | Assessment of In-Election Machine Logs: Ballot Scan Count Checks and Benford's Law Analysis |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Author / Vendor | Jason Page |
| Homepage | https://benfordbench.org |
| Category | Projects » Benford Bench » Chicago Board of Elections » Reports » |
| File Size | 233.2 KB |
| Downloads | 19 |
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| Uploaded | 2026-06-06 11:55 by pagetelegram |
| Approved | 2026-06-06 11:55 by pagetelegram |
| Tags | Elections fraud report Benford machine-logs in-election Chicago Board of Elections CBOE CBOC |
| License | MIT |
Description:
Significant anomalies are identified under both analyses in both election cycles, but the two elections present qualitatively different signatures. The 2020 logs show temporal irregularities consistent with log-level manipulation --- batch insertion, timestamp regularization, or post-hoc log editing --- reflected in an 10% Benford deviation. The 2024 logs show hardware/record-level scan inflation (a 21.75% failed-scan rate and a 2.41:1 total-scan-to-certified-ballot ratio), combined with an atypically low Benford deviation of 4% that suggests a synthetic component calibrated to appear statistically normal. In neither cycle do the machine logs constitute a self-certifying record.