John Roberts Brakey

Substack Friends, I’ve published my new e-book, From Trust to Confidence: A Citizen’s Guide to Publicly Verifiable Elections. It brings together years of work and practical steps toward elections people can independently verify. Please read and share it. Short on time? Start with the executive summary. Election confidence requires traceable evidence: preserved paper ballots, ballot images, cast vote records, and documented reconciliations—with ballot secrecy protected. Our’s principle—“Voting must be secret; counting must be public”—guides this five-part Cassandra Series compilation, prepared with input from former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Examining the March 2026 Pima County Regional Transportation Authority election, the book asks whether explanations for reporting changes can be independently reproduced. It does not claim the certified outcome was wrong. Auditable Ballot Examination (ABE), the free Excel-based tool developed by Brakey and AUDIT USA, links cast vote records to ballot images where lawful access and reliable identifiers exist. Reviewers can compare recorded selections with visible marks. Preserved paper ballots remain essential checks on digital records. This complements rather than replaces risk-limiting audits. Appropriate privacy protections, documented custody, and clear procedures matter. Discrepancies may reflect corrections, eligibility adjustments, or timing—not necessarily wrongdoing. The demand is simple: make election explanations reproducible and supporting evidence available for independent public examination. johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c…

Friends, I’ve just published my new e-book, From Trust to Confidence: A Citizen’s Guide to Publicly Verifiable Elections. It brings together years of work, difficult questions, and practical steps toward elections we can independently verify. I’d appreciate your taking a look and sharing it with others. Short on time? Start with the executive summary. Here’s the link: johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c…

Friends, I’ve just published my new e-book, From Trust to Confidence: A Citizen’s Guide to Publicly Verifiable Elections. It brings together years of work, difficult questions, and practical steps toward elections we can independently verify. I’d appreciate your taking a look and sharing it with others. Short on time? Start with the executive summary. Here’s the link: johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c…

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I’ve just published my new E-book link, “From Trust to Confidence: A Citizen’s Guide to Publicly Verifiable Elections.” It brings together 22 years of work, difficult questions, and practical steps toward elections we can independently verify. I’d appreciate your taking a look and sharing it with others. Short on time? Start with the executive summary. Here’s the link: johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c… [E-book link] John R Brakey

Cassandra Series - From Trust to Confidence A Citizen’s Guide to Publicly Verifiable Elections johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c…

The Cassandra Series | Part Five of Five From Trust to Proof: A Practical Strategy for Verifiable Elections johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

Elections!!Read it. Listen to it. Question it. And please share it. 🎵 Start with the music. Then follow the evidence. Part Four of The Cassandra Series is now published: “Protective Reflex and Institutional Response.” Why spend a little time with it?

Read it. Listen to it. Question it. And please share it. 🎵Start with the music. Then follow the evidence. Part Four of The Cassandra Series is now published: “Protective Reflex and Institutional Response.” Why spend a little time with it? • See why correcting an election report—and showing the public how it was corrected—both matter. • Explore how election officials and citizens can build confidence together. • Learn how to use an AI assistant to understand complicated records, ask better questions, and check the answers against the original documents. I want our election officials to succeed. Public verification can help all of us. 🎵 Listen: suno.com/s/f2lXPcN6uieO6yCX 📖 Read Part Four: johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c…

Cassandra Series | Part Four of Five: Protective Reflex and Institutional Response johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/c…

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Plase read and Share: We expect banks to explain our charges, assessors to document our property taxes, and courts to examine evidence. Why should elections be the exception? In Part Three of the Cassandra Series, I explore what equipment tests establish, what actual-ballot audits add, and what questions remain unanswered about Pima County’s RTA election. A missing explanation does not prove the result was wrong. It gives us a reason to ask for the records needed to evaluate it. Whatever your party, you deserve understandable evidence supporting the count. Voting is secret. Counting should be publicly verifiable. Read Part Three—and share it with someone who believes public confidence should be earned through evidence. johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

The Cassandra Series | Part Three of Five: What Election Tests and Audits Can—and Cannot—Establish johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

The Cassandra Series, Prologue Part Three: Faith in Elections Must Be Matched by Proof johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

The Cassandra Series, Prologue Part Three: Faith in Elections Must Be Matched by Proof johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

Cassandra Series, Prologue Part Two: The Courage to Say “I Don’t Know Yet” johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

THE CASSANDRA SERIES PROLOGUE PART ONE - When Everything Feels Like a Lie johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/t…

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