Subj : Re: Military Preparedness
To   : RON L.
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Nov 22 2023 09:53:00

>  MP> Since you have to have an ID to vote here, and all of the early voting
>  MP> is in person, I am not sure how they would do that.  In an area with
>  MP> lax ID laws, expanded mail-in balloting, and unmanned ballot boxes, oh
>  MP> yeah, I can see it there.

> Like what they did in Detroit in the last election.

> We have it on camera.  They closed the tabulation area for a trumped up
> "emergency".  Two people stayed behind, pulled ballots out from under a table
> (i.e. no chain of custody) and fed the into the tabulator multiple times.

They can do that at any time.  Days before the polls open, after they close,
the next morning, etc.  Those types already have built in plenty of
opportunity for themselves so early voting doesn't really help them much.

I have heard some claims that they were processing mail-in ballots, but
that excuse doesn't cover the "multiple times" bit.

What would help there is better controls over who is allowed into the
tabulation areas at what times, i.e. you cannot have a closed door
"emergency" without representation from all sides present, and some sort of
date/time stamping that proves ballot processing before/after times when
they should be processed.

Also there should be some check and balance method to determine if the same
ballot was processed (and counted!) multiple times.

If these things are absent, then there is *really* no harm from early
voting because that is proof that someone has set the system up so they can
do whatever they want whenever they want, and whatever time legit folks are
voting doesn't really matter to them or their scheme.

I am not sure how to fix that, either.  I would be very leary of some
national-level requirements because we both know the current administration
would have all the states allowing all sorts of stupid stuff.


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