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"Your verdict, on each count you consider, whether guilty or not guilty, must be unanimous. In order to find the defendant guilty, however, you need not be unanimous on whether the defendant committed the crime ..... "

again from page 31

"Although you must conclude unanimously that the defendant conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means, you need not be unanimous as to what those unlawful means were "

from page 44 (top):

"Although you must conclude unanimously that the defendant conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means, you need not be unanimous as to what those unlawful means were. "

it appears to be self-contradictory, n'est-cs pas? when hearing statements like this, a jury of "normal people" will undoubtedly think they do not have to be unanimously in agreement. the instructions are, at a minimum, confusing and ambiguous. intentionally.