My theory about what may happen in the vote-counting room in PA, WI, MI, etc.

[no_hypocrisy]

You have one Democrat, one Republican. They examine each paper ballot. When it's a vote for Biden, the Republican has been ordered to find something to object to. Maybe the signature is just a little different. Maybe the signature has an abbreviation where the printed name doesn't. Just something to throw it out. And there's a pattern.

And you can't replace the Republican counter. Either nobody else is available or they've all been given their instructions to throw out Biden ballots.

[pwb]

1. Our people do the same?

That is the job.

[beachbumbob]

2. doesn't work that way

[Sherman A1]

3. Agreed

These folks take their jobs very seriously.

[beachbumbob]

8. What I know is NO SINGLE election official/judge looking at ballots/signature has the authority

to either count it or reject it. It takes 2 and if its 1-1, the ballot is set aside for further review. I wish people would actually understand how the system works before posting nonsense

[Sherman A1]

9. Agreed

A report on the St.Louis County Election Board earlier this year mentioned that the only place where the two people (one from each party) was not required was the restroom.

These folks are dead serious about their jobs and the trust placed in them.

[Kaleva]

4. These counters don't look at how the voter voted.

In Michigan, a voter signs on the envelope that contains the ballot. Not on the ballot itself.

[Keth]

7. Ok.

That was my question. Do the folks reviewing know how the person voted. Makes sense that they wouldn't. Or shouldn't.

[Maxheader]

5. Their have been so many cases of ballots..

And their validation problems. At least the officials should be aware

of this and act accordingly...Course they can be bought...

[yellowcanine]

6. Yeah, no signature on the ballot itself.

And the ballots will be scanned electronically. No chance this happens.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. In my state, IIRC, the only time a person might see a marked ballot is when the scanner can't

tabulate it and kicks it out for review. It's then set aside and reviewed only if counting it and others like it might change the final outcome. This would happen only in a recount situation, and then gets into "voter intent" (half-filled bubbles, bubbles marked with an X instead of filled in, etc.) and so is highly regulated.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Honestly, you should delete this OP. It shows a deep ignorance for the process and makes baseless

assumptions about how the process works, boosting distrust.

[GreenEyedLefty]

12. I am an election inspector in Michigan

That will not happen, that is not how it works.

The signatures, which are on the outside envelope, are verified by municipal clerks, before the ballots are sent to individual precincts for counting.

Ballots will NOT be thrown out, they CAN NOT be thrown out. Every ballot MUST be accounted for. Only ballots that are beyond comprehension will be *invalidated* through a bipartisan, multi-step process, which is documented.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Your theory is based on the process used in the 2000 FL recounts and doesn't apply here

This isn’t how the initial counts are tabulated; if it was, Trump would be correct in asserting it would take “years” to know the results.

[MineralMan]

14. That's not how it works in most states. Not at all.

In Minnesota, for example, ballots are only examined if there is a recount - not on election night. We use optical scanners to tabulate votes, not hand tabulation. That is true in most states. Ballot reading is automated.

[Roland99]

15. Signature alone canNOT be a reason after yesterday's ruling

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214345160

[Maxheader]

16. Their have been so many cases of ballots..

And their validation problems. At least the officials should be aware

of this and act accordingly...Course they can be bought...