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by lki876 2053 days ago
> What constitutes a small margin?

I'm sure that within the context of the discussion and the number of votes cast, you can come up with a meaningful number.

> Fraudulently casting that many votes undetected would be a non-trivial task.

Non-trivial is a low barrier.

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> Non-trivial is a low barrier.

Okay, I will clarify. Fraudulently casting 10K votes undetected is impossible.

And hey, the only actual evidence we have is from a couple republicans who tried to bring fake ballots to a precinct in Philadelphia. Maybe the real fraud we should be investigating is how one candidate beat his predicted performance by several points two elections in a row. What are the odds of that?