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That's exactly the impression I got from the BoE employees in Cuy. County - that it was a personal affront to them that we were there at all. I never at any point thought that individual employees of the BoE were to blame for anything, and neither did the lawyers, who bent over backwards to to polite and cooperative with everyone, and stressed to us again and again to be the same.
But then - having said that - there may have been a serious CYA mentality going on, too. When other observers were noticing the discrepancies in the polling books, they snatched those books away - whoosh! - like there was really something to hide. It's almost impossible not to suspect some kind of complicity when they react like that.
And at first, I thought the Republican was the Democrat, and the Dem was the Rep, because the Republican was initially subdued and all-business, but friendly, while the Dem was very gruff and - like you said - defensive. Talk about your bookcovers.
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