Our Technology
In 2021, our team of attorneys and investigators began a deep analysis of voter rolls in Wisconsin. Every Secretary of State, and the Wisconsin Election Commission – uses relational database technology. However, relational technology was far too expensive, cumbersome, and slow to identify anomalies in current voter rolls. We needed deeper analysis – without an insurmountable cost. We talked to technology experts, and exhaustively surveyed the software industry. Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County helped us to identify two cutting-edge technologies that have enabled us to do what we do:
Fractal Computing
Similarity Search
Advanced Artificial Intelligence Address Verification
Fractal Computing
Fractal Computing technology enabled us to take Wisconsin voter rolls, property tax rolls, and other databases, and reconcile them in real-time to find data anomalies. We combined these results using Similarity Search technology which was first developed for the TSA No-Fly List.
Similarity Search
Similarity Search allows us to see, across multiple voter rolls on different dates, changes that are difficult to see with relational technology. For instance, Willie Hendersen and Bill Henderson – next door to each other – are they one person or two?
Our team innovated with selective artificial intelligence techniques for comparing every address to its USPS equivalent – finding thousands of official voter registrations at addresses where the city did not match the zip code.
Our team innovated with time-series analysis of voter rolls.
We took voter rolls on different dates, each with millions of records, and compared every cell against every previous corresponding cell – finding anomalies hidden for decades – in plain sight! Our technology team leveraged Fractal’s granular analysis of large databases (9 copies of the Wisconsin voter roll – on different dates – about 60 million records) and, by combining it with these additional techniques, delivered canvassing rolls which were 95% accurate. (By comparison, current canvassing rolls used by political parties, are about 52% accurate.)
NGO Tracking
Fractal technology brought us quantum speed without the need for a data center. Thus, the cost was a fraction of a conventional system. Quantum results are defined as:
Enables the solution of complex problems exponentially faster than classical computers, with potential applications in cryptography, optimization, and machine learning.
By utilizing Fractal technology, we obtain results exponentially faster than any other current technology at a fraction of the cost. Common Sense Elections is applying artificial intelligence, Fractal quantum speed computing, Similarity Search and the expertise of our attorneys and investigators to the voter rolls of the swing states. We will be publishing data on voter roll anomalies never before seen – even by Secretaries of State.