What Happened At Friday’s Hearing On Delco’s Elections —Greg Stenstrom posted on Facebook a synopsis of the hearings Friday, Feb. 13, in Delaware County Common Pleas Court concerning the election integrity issues in the county, involving himself and Leah Hoopes.
We’ve often pointed out that the troubling lack of transparency by the county, along with its bald dishonesty as to the motives of those who ask questions is responsible for the widespread skepticism of Delco’s voting process.
Leah, by the way, will be appearing on the the MatthewJShow 7 p.m., today, Feb. 17 on X.
Here is Greg’s post.
Was in court on Friday from 1pm to 6:30pm for 3 cases. Will provide details once we secure audio and transcripts, but the longest hearing was for Stenstrom v Delaware County et al (CV-2025-009036) regarding uncertified election machines. The bulk of the hearing was testimony and cross examination of James Allen, Director of Elections. In the only other (previous) hearing on Election Day in Nov 2025, the lawyer acting for the county, James Larkin admitted the county does not run the Software Validation Test (SVT) required by federal and state law on any machine, and could not explain the list of unauthorized software provided in briefs. In Friday’s hearing, they first tried to justify not running the SVT because they ran an alternate “better” test purportedly authorized by the EAC. At first both the county lawyer and judge refused to provide me a copy of the EAC report. To get around the objections I demanded to enter it as my (plaintiff) exhibit, and only after that was begrudgingly allowed, I was given about 30 seconds to glance at it (which is all it took). James Allen was forced to admit it was undated, unserialized and unsigned or authored by a Responsible Managing Authority (RMA) and, in fact, Allen had produced the report. I characterized it as a self licking lollipop of no value as evidence of EAC authorization. They then shifted tactics and Allen said that when the machine is turned on a “Trusted Build Validation “occurs”” when the screen says Verity 2.7. That only took a few minutes to dismantle as a falsehood. The judge shortly afterward point blank asked the defendants (Larkin & Allen) if they would be willing to run the SVT. They refused and said it was not required. I pointed out that the county’s first position was they did not run it, followed by they ran a “better” test, ending with sworn testimony that they ran it when the machines booted. Red faced, the county lawyer blurted out that the burden of proof was on me to prove fraud. I retorted I never alleged fraud (which is a different section of law in 25 PS election code with different thresholds of proof), and had simply averred that the SVT required by law had not been run. Further, once the complaint had been submitted and survived preliminary objections (which it did), then the burden of proof shifted to the county to prove they ran it. In the only instance over about 3 hours, the judge agreed with me. I closed with a summary of what the test and certification process was supposed to entail by law, and described what a “trusted build” actually was and how it got on machines. The only relief I requested was that the machines be tested to determine if they were running authorized software for the Nov 2020 election and that all machines be tested and certified as required by law for the upcoming 2026 elections. The judge said he would take everything under advisement and issue a ruling in the future.
This current case was developed from lessons learned in multiple previous legal actions based on the work of mostly anonymous small group I work with called the Delco Deep Divers, and several citizens from the Montco Box Watch Captains. They deserve the citizenry’s gratitude for quiet professionalism and faithful service to our community and nation for the past 5 years. I could not have succeeded with at least getting to a hearing with a full understanding of the fabrications and machinations the Director of Elections and County officials would resort to, to continue using uncertified and compromised election machines.
Also re-entered as evidence Friday was that the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has stated in two previous hearings in other cases that not a single election machine in PA runs the SVT required by federal and state statutes, directives and standards.
Our goal is simple. If we are going to use electronic voting machines in our elections, they must be tested before every election to ensure only EAC certified and tested sioftware and hardware are allowed to be used. As an FYI, the tests take only a couple of minutes per machine.
I have been working on election integrity since Nov 2020. I have been sued 4 times since 2020, been co-defendants with President Trump 2x, and prevailed with Leah Hoopes pro se (self represented ) 3x of 4. The first hearing on Friday was for the County suing Leah and myself for $849k each plus punitive damages as retaliation, suppression and deterrence for continuing to press election violation actions against the county – which they admitted in both oral arguments and briefs by county attorneys on Friday. I have been sanctioned 7 times financially and defended myself successfully in all.
Attached is an article with videos from the 2020 election with the same county officials we were in court with this past Friday – 5 years later. James Allen, depicted in one of the videos and Director of Elections since 2020, was transplanted from Chicago and the Obama era election fraud machine there.
I do not see much truk in tilting at windmills and vague organizations like the “cabal,” or “deep state.” Corruption always has faces and names and we can confront and stand against them. Have courage and do your duty to God, country, and your friends and family, when duty calls. There is no other choice if you love them all.
https://thestarnewsnetwork.com/…/its-a-felony-a-new…
You have to ask yourself whether this is happening in the rest of PA’s counties (very possibly) and whether anyone even knows.
As someone who worked in IT/application development, I have always been against implementing digital voting. There are too many opportunities for cheating compared to the old paper ballots, and incompetence is magnified, not reduced.