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WhiskeyGrinder

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

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:50 AM

Oct 2020

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.

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My theory about what may happen in the vote-counting room in PA, WI, MI, etc. [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 OP

Our people do the same? pwb Oct 2020 #1

doesn't work that way beachbumbob Oct 2020 #2

Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #3

What I know is NO SINGLE election official/judge looking at ballots/signature has the authority beachbumbob Oct 2020 #8

Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #9

These counters don't look at how the voter voted. Kaleva Oct 2020 #4

Ok. Keth Oct 2020 #7

Their have been so many cases of ballots.. Maxheader Oct 2020 #5

Yeah, no signature on the ballot itself. yellowcanine Oct 2020 #6

In my state, IIRC, the only time a person might see a marked ballot is when the scanner can't WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2020 #10

Honestly, you should delete this OP. It shows a deep ignorance for the process and makes baseless WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2020 #11

I am an election inspector in Michigan GreenEyedLefty Oct 2020 #12

Your theory is based on the process used in the 2000 FL recounts and doesn't apply here Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #13

That's not how it works in most states. Not at all. MineralMan Oct 2020 #14

Signature alone canNOT be a reason after yesterday's ruling Roland99 Oct 2020 #15

Their have been so many cases of ballots.. Maxheader Oct 2020 #16