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In reply to the discussion: Baltimore’s Election Results Are Decertified as State Investigation Is Launched [View all]Igel
(35,300 posts)The problem are the workers. Often poorly trained, and those who have off all day to staff the polls. Often very partisan, as well.
I've seen poll workers invalidate ballots, sign in people incorrectly, pitch tantrums that produced chaos, get confused, insist on doing things because they distrusted their peers until they couldn't help but screw up. They've argued with voters and campaigned, they've mis-instructed voters and held things up. They've ended up so tired by the end they've misread tallies, they've written things down wrong and the official canvassing caught the mistakes. When swamped, they skirted corners and cross-tallies stopped agreeing.
Why? See my first paragraph. None of these things were planned or really intentional. But given hostility and suspicion and it's easy to (mis)judge them.