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Where are the Votes from the Electoral College? (Original Post)
malaise
Jan 2021
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Bayard
(28,990 posts)1. Wondering the same thing
The anarchists would love to get their hands on those.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,632 posts)2. I bet there are backup copies, back at the states' capitols.
None of this nonsense changes the events of Jan 20.
But it does expose issues with capitol security. And issues with our tolerance of white-power terrorist groups.
malaise
(294,130 posts)3. Good to know
PHEW
NotASurfer
(2,366 posts)4. There's redundancy built into the electoral process
I'm confident the ballots sent are, like the VP, secure, but they're essentially official state documents and each state has the original copy, so to speak. There will be no monkey business in that regard
