John Roberts Brakey

Co-Founder of AUDIT AZ/USA. Election Transparency Activist for the last 20 years.

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Why Read the Cassandra Series: It’s about Hope for Our Elections

Banks verify transactions.
Scientists verify results.
Judges examine evidence.
Pilots use checklists.

Why should elections be the one area of public life where citizens are told:
"Just trust us."
After 22 years studying elections, I believe there is a better way.
Voting is secret.
Counting should be publicly verifiable.
THE CASSANDRA SERIES:
A multimedia civic documentary about trust, transparency, and verification.
https://t.co/EVpZ38DzxC
Links to Cassandra Syndrome series:
Part 1: Will Our Constitutional Democratic Republic Survive Without Transparent, Verifiable Elections?
Part 2: Trust Alone Is Not Verification When It Comes To Elections.
Part 3: The System Protects Itself From Being Verified*
Part 4: How I Became a Cassandra
Part 5: Trust Is Important. Verification Is Essential
How do free people maintain trust in elections, institutions, and democracy itself in the digital age?

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Cassandra Syndrome Part III: The System Protects Itself From Being Verified* https://t.co/VTuV1Bg6vS

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People sometimes reject warnings not because they are false…
but because accepting them would force them to confront uncomfortable truths.
My newest piece uses the ancient Greek story of Cassandra to explore election transparency, public trust, and why verification matters in a constitutional democratic republic.
The problems may be complicated.
But the solution is simple:
Transparency. Verification. Evidence.
Hope. Peace. Democracy. John Brakey
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Episode 2: Why I’m Vigilant - Lessons from 21+ Years of Election Transparency Work in Arizona and Across America https://t.co/WikQc9pDtx

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Plese Read and Share: If Election Systems Already Produce the Public Records Needed to Verify Results… Why Aren’t We Using Them?
Why Election Transparency May Determine the Future of Our Democratic Republic
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Thanks for reading John’s Substack! https://t.co/2vSu2GAJ4N

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Episode 1: Voting Is Secret. Counting Must Be Public—So Why Was the $2.67 Billion RTA Election Certified Without Verification? https://t.co/ezY9eeN5kh

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When the Story Is Controlled, Democracy Is at Risk https://t.co/loYgJoWT3d

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🧾 Tucson Handed the RTA $2.67 Billion — Then Refused to Print the Receipt, by @ThreeSonorans https://t.co/PHFGO9Itn3

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Special Public Accountability Report: Before the $2.67 Billion Vote — The RTA Transparency Lessons Pima County Residents Can’t Afford to Ignore https://t.co/pTdYFQMtJK

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Special Public Accountability Report: Before the $2.67 Billion Vote — The RTA Transparency Lessons Pima County Residents Can’t Afford to Ignore https://t.co/UomTFTHnVq

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In favor of AZ Republicans:

- Large and growing voter registration advantage in AZ.

- In Nov. 2020, Republicans outnumbered Dems by roughly 130,000 registrants.

- Now, Republicans lead by 330,000 registrants.

- State is now 35.8% GOP, 28.2% Dem, 34.3% Ind.

- 7.6% gap is largest in a while.

In favor of AZ Dems:

- Dems are walloping Reps in races throughout the country, including in districts that Trump won in 2024.

- Recent Louisiana special election had 37-point swing in favor of Dems.

- Recent Texas special election had 31-point swing in favor of Dems.

- Since Trump returned to office, Dems have flipped 26 state legislative seats. Republicans have flipped 0.

- Dems won VA and NJ governor by bigger-than-expected margins

- Trump's approval rating is bad. Quite bad. And getting worse.

- The issues Trump is leaning in on (Greenland, ICE, Epstein) are some of his least popular.

- Republican voters are now less-educated and less-affluent than Dem voters. These types of voters are less likely to vote in midterm elections.

- Many Republican voters turn out for Trump. He's not on the ballot.

- Of the big races in AZ, Dems have incumbent Gov, incumbent AG, and incumbent SOS.

- Big race CD1 is an open seat.

- Big race CD6 is Republican incumbent.

- Dems have fundraising advantage in most cases (see today's AZ Central about Hobbs funds vs. Biggs/Schweikert

ADVANTAGE = DEMS.

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We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️

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BREAKTHROUGH: Miami-Dade will preserve ballot images—allowing public verification of election results. Transparency isn’t partisan; it’s essential. Read how this quiet victory could transform elections nationwide: https://t.co/Qq80SYWRRM

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Extortion isn’t how we govern in the United States.

Thanks to @FOX10Phoenix.

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How a “Small” Decision in Miami-Dade Could Transform Election Transparency Nationwide https://t.co/o9cabdp95Z

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Supervisors Davis and Fanning — and the Citizens of Santa Cruz County, Arizona https://t.co/gw9RV5fCKp #SanCruzCountyAZ