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by jcadam 2054 days ago
People are being willfully obtuse when they say the kind of fraud being alleged isn't possible. A certain political party spent that last six months forcing rule changes on swing states vis a vis mail in voting that you can't compare this year's election to any that came before.

Most of the fraud allegations (at least the ones where the numbers would be large enough to make a significant difference) revolve around these unsolicited mail in ballots and the extended deadlines which we've never had before in this country.

And please, kicking out GOP poll watchers (and only GOP poll watchers) and blocking their ability to observe and inspect ballots might not prove fraud took place, but it does prove criminal intent in my eyes, and the eyes of millions of other Americans.

These concerns need to be addressed.

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> And please, kicking out GOP poll watchers (and only GOP poll watchers) and blocking their ability to observe

Could you please provide a source for this?

I believe there was one where GOP poll watchers were barred from entry - because there were already GOP poll watchers in the room and the room was at capacity.
That is what is being alleged in multiple swing state lawsuits by the GOP.

https://youtu.be/DAh_stm5Bdc

> "I have not yet had the benefit of reviewing the underlying proceedings..."

Ah, vloggers. Same desperate need to fill airtime as the 24-hour news channels, with even less resources for actual journalism.

> these unsolicited mail in ballots and the extended deadlines which we've never had before in this country.

Many states added new procedures like these to this election, but I don't believe any state added procedures that weren't already used in one or more other states.

Also, if it was organised in advance, then what exactly is the problem? This year hasn't exactly been like any before in living memory either...
Can we not go down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole? Until any of these allegations have been verified, I don't see the point in speculation.

> kicking out GOP poll watchers (and only GOP poll watchers)

Zero evidence anywhere this happened. Much evidence to the contrary.