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39. Calling out conspiracy is very called for

Very, very.

Especially since just this weekend information was given about these "questions" about audits and it seems like it was ignored entirely. I know, because that information was right there in our PA election exchange.

It's on the secretary of state's website.

So people can't manage to read a state's election rules and processes, but they can consume tons of unverified claims, speculation, and "this could have happened, possibly, maybe" on social media and spread it.

When the actual Secretary of State information never makes it through the bubble because social media speculation is just too confirming of what one wants to believe, yeah, I'm going to call that out. That is bad thinking. It is bad logic.

And it's a look that damages us, because we look kooky.

Here it is. Again.

After every primary and general election--and before any results are certified--Pennsylvania's counties conduct two separate, distinctly different types of audits:

2% statistical recount. Required by state law, the 2% statistical recount occurs in each county. During this audit, county boards of elections pull a random sample of either 2% of all ballots cast in all races OR a random sample of 2,000 ballots, whichever number is fewer.

Statewide risk-limiting audit (RLA). RLAs are are scientifically designed procedures that use statistical methods to confirm election outcomes. RLAs examine a random sample of paper ballots, comparing the votes on paper to the totals reported by the vote-counting machines to ensure that the reported outcome of the contest being audited is correct. These types of audits can confirm that voting systems tabulated the paper ballots accurately enough that a full hand count would produce the same outcome.
After three years of performing RLA pilots, the Department of State in September 2022 directed all Pennsylvania counties to participate in a statewide RLA for every primary and general election beginning with the Nov. 8, 2022, general election.

Each county's certified voting system provides a voter-verifiable paper record of each vote cast, meets the latest standards of security and accessibility, and can be thoroughly audited.

Every voting system and paper ballot in Pennsylvania must include plain text that voters can read to verify their choices before casting their ballot, and every system has successfully completed penetration testing, access-control testing and testing to ensure that every access point, software and firmware are protected from tampering. Many other important recommendations by national security and cybersecurity experts are in place in Pennsylvania, including mandatory pre-election testing of all voting equipment.