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“There’s a real fear you have partisans try to sow chaos from these small things,” she said.
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Simple enough, have an election worker and a poll watcher, each count a box, and keep at it until they agree on a number. And if some ballots are proven lost, that is not reason to disallow the election, but rather work on tighter procedures for next year and keep at it until there is confidence in the machine count.
I am fed up with election workers protecting data as if it were their own personal kingdom. Be eager to show your data, allow access without a court order for every little thing, cooperate in rebuilding lost confidence. Even if you, as an election worker, "know" things are fine, allow access anyway in the spirit of making others agree with you based on more than just your assurance.
