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by andrekandre 2153 days ago
> Finally you simply throw ballots from the disfavored precincts directly in the trash.

cant this be done, arguably even easier with mail-in voting?

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Provisional ballots avail a lot more leeway for election officials to legally discard ballots compared to mail-in ballots. Its not legally easier to do so with mail-in ballots
I don't think the person you were responsing to was suggesting mail in ballots are legally easier to disgard but easier to illegally discard.
I was making the distinction explicit. Illegally discarding ballots is...dicey - all it takes would be a journalist submitting a FOI request to the USPS and comparing the tally against counted votes
yes, thank you, exactly what i meant