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In reply to the discussion: Wisconsin: None dare call it vote rigging [View all]Igel
(35,274 posts)One point doesn't make a line.
After one of the recent national elections somebody was quoted as saying that unless the vote was close, so that provisional ballots could make a difference, they didn't count them.
A few other similar quotes were dug up.
This quickly went from "unless the number of provisional ballots could make a difference" became "unless we have time" to "we try not to" to "we don't." It went from a random practice to universal practice.
I know when I worked the polls the provisional ballots were counted. They were called "affadavit ballots"--same thing--and they were counted within a couple of days. A lot of them were hard to count, and I watched (not realizing it at the time) our precinct chair invalidate a number of (D) ballots by giving the voters incorrect instructions. (I'd point out that our precinct chair was (D), had been (D) for his entire life, and had served as chair of the local (D) committee. He didn't look at his flip card for the right procedure, the arrogant jackass.)