Wood v. Raffensperger
Exhibit I Silva Affidavit — Document #6, Attachment #9
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Description
Emergency MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order IMMEDIATE HEARING REQUESTED with Brief In Support by L. Lin Wood, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A Litigation Settlement, # 2 Exhibit B Coleman Affidavit, # 3 Exhibit C Deitrich Affidavit, # 4 Exhibit D Volyes Affidavit, # 5 Exhibit E Zeher Affidavit, # 6 Exhibit F Romero Affidavit, # 7 Exhibit G Reyes Affidavit, # 8 Exhibit H Johnston Affidavit, # 9 Exhibit I Silva Affidavit, # 10 Exhibit J O'Neal Affidavit, # 11 Exhibit K Fisher Affidavit, # 12 Exhibit L Savage Affidavit, # 13 Exhibit M Peterford Affidavit, # 14 Exhibit N Redacted Declaration, # 15 Exhibit O Makridis Declaration, # 16 Exhibit P Failure Study, # 17 Exhibit R Moore Affidavit, # 18 Exhibit S S. Hall Affidavit, # 19 Exhibit T R Hall Affidavit, # 20 Exhibit U Hartman Affidavit)(Smith, Ray) (Entered: 11/17/2020)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
L. LIN WOOD,JR.,
Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.
l:20-cv-04651-SDG
V.
BRAD RAFFENSPERGER,in his official
capacity as Secretary of State of the State
of Georgia,REBECCA N.SULLIVAN,
in her offlcial capacity as Vice Chair of
the Georgia State Election Board,
DAVID J. WORLEY,in his official
capacity as a Member of the Georgia
State Election Board, MATTHEW
MASHBURN,in his official capacity as
a Member of the Georgia State Election
Board,and ANH LE,in her official
capacity as a Member of the Georgia
State Election Board,
Defendants.
AFFIDAVIT OF CARLOS E. SILVA IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
I, Carlos E. Silva, declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true
and correct:
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Ex. I to TRO Motion:
Silva Affidavit
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1.1 am over the age of 18 years and competent to testify herein. I have
personal knowledge ofthe matters stated herein.
2.1 am and have been a Florida trial lawyer for over 26 years.
3.1 am a registered Democrat.
4. Me and several people from my firm were very interested in the election
process in this country and wanted to be observers in the Georgia recount
process to see if we had a valid, secure and non-biased voting system.
5. On Sunday, November 15, 20201 arrived to Dekalb County Poll Precinct
located at 2998 Turner Hill Road, Stonecrest, OA 30038.
6.1 was allowed to be an observer and walked over to a table oftwo women
counting votes.
7.1 watched them pull out a pile of what I observed to be absentee ballots and
noticed two very distinct characteristics that these ballots had. One,I noticed
that they all had a perfect black bubble and were all Biden select. I was able
to observe the perfect bubble for a few minutes before they made me move
away from the table. At no time did I speak to the poll workers or obstruct
them in any way. I heard them go through the stack and call out Biden's
name over 500 times in a row.
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Silva Affidavit
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8. On the following day, on November 16, 2020, I presented myself to Cobb
County Poll Precinct located at 2245 Callaway Road SW, Marietta, GA. At
first, I was standing next to the panel reviewers in Room B, where I observed
absentee ballots being reviewed with the same perfect bubble that I had seen
the night before at Dekalb County. All of these ballots had the same two
characteristics: they were all for Biden and had the same perfect black bubble.
9. After being there for over an hour, I walked over to Room C where the
absentee ballots were being manually recounted (audited). While in this room,
I did not hear a verbal callout as to each ballot as I had heard the day before
in Dekalb County. It was instead, done in a silent manner between both poll
workers.
lO.I was able to visualize the perfect bubble with the name Biden on it for
approximately ten minutes before a female middle aged (blonde hair with
glasses)supervisor in a ski jacket asked me to move ten feet away and refused
to give me her name. Later on, one of the people traveling with me from my
office, heard her say to keep an eye on the guy with a blue blazer and a pocket
square, he is not allowed to come on the floor and observe past the yellow
tape. I was the only one wearing a blue blazer with a pocket square.
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11.1 also observed a dispute at one ofthe tables between an observer and
a male supervisor(perhaps in his mid-thirties) who stated that a box had been
certified incorrectly because the recount number was different than the
original number. The observer was also upset because nothing was done about
it.
12.1 also saw absentee ballots for Trump inserted into Biden's stack and were
counted as Biden votes. This occurred a few times.
13.1 also observed throughout my three days in Atlanta, not once did anyone
verify signatures on these ballots. In fact, there was no authentication process
in place and no envelopes were observed or allowed to be observed.
14.1 saw hostility towards Republican observers but never towards Democrat
observers. Both were identified by badges.
15.Lastly, after my frustrating experience, I decided to try to speak one of the
poll workers after hours. I identified myself as an observer that wanted to
know more about the process and any pressure he may have been under. He
advised that they, as poll workers, have been prohibited to speak to observers
at any time, and that the pressure they have been under by their supeiwisors
has been great. Not only in the speed of counting, but in reference to
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Silva Affidavit
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irregularities that he was not at liberty to discuss with me. I asked him if he
could find some time to speak with me after he was done counting and relieved
of his duties and he said he was advised to never speak to anyone about the
process.
16.Based on my observations, I have reached the conclusion that in the counties
I have observed,there is widespread fraud favoring candidate Biden only.
There were thousands of ballots thatjust had the perfect bubble marked for
Biden and no other markings in the rest of the ballot.
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Silva Affidavit
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements are true and
correct.
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
Carlos E. Silva appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the
above jurisdiction, this _j^day of November 2020, and after being duly sworn,
made this Declaration, under oath.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires_
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Ex. I to TRO Motion:
Silva Affidavit