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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Mail-In Voting
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In article <hd5e0jhgvifuqb437hutgp0vl04revgaos@4ax.com>,
 shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:27:17 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> >In article <uu6j76$b577$14@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> 
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On 3/28/24 1:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> >> > In article <uu3vv9$3kt4j$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > 
> >> >> On 3/27/24 9:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> >> > 
> >> >>> France banned mail-in voting in 1975 due to fraud.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Mexico banned mail-in voting in 1992 due to fraud.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Belgium banned mail-in voting in 2018 due to fraud.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sweden rejected a mail-in voting proposal.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Italy rejected a mail-in voting proposal.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Ukraine rejected a mail-in voting proposal.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Russia and Japan do not permit mail-in voting.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> No Middle Eastern country permits mail-in voting.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> No Latin American country permits mail-in voting.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> In the United States, Democrats love mail-in voting and are trying
> >> >>> their damnedest to get instituted everywhere.
> >> >>>
> >> >> Why don't we just go back to making a mark on a piece of broken pottery,
> >> >> and put it in a big wine jar?
> >> > 
> >> >> Because that's WAY better than requesting a ballot online and filling it
> >> >> out and putting it in the mail - and then track it online so you can see
> >> >> it was received and accepted.
> >> >>
> >> >> Because one of those ways is a 21st century innovation, and the others
> >> >> are as incredibly outdated as stone knives and bear skins.
> >> > 
> >> > And yet it'd still be better than what we have now in mail-in
> >> > California, where they're *still* counting the March primary votes. And
> >> > not only does Schiff keep gaining votes, but Garvey seems to somehow be
> >> > *losing* them.
> >> > 
> >> > How do vote totals for a candidate go down? Only in California...
> >> > 
> >> By math, stupid. The same way they go up.
> >
> >How do you count ten votes for Garvey and then an hour later reduce the 
> >total to eight? Did those two mystery votes exist or not? Did you count 
> >them or not? If you counted them, how could they go away and reduce the 
> >total?
> >
> >If someone gives you a pile of apples to count and then periodically 
> >checks in to see how you're doing, why would there be less apples at the 
> >last check-in than there were at the first?
> 
> Someone made a mistake in the count in the first place, or someone
> counted votes for Garvey but it was provisional and those votes were
> later removed. Without hearing from the people responsible there's no
> way to know just what happened.

It's weird how this only happens to the Republican candidate. We didn't 
see any reduction in votes for Schiff. His numbers only rise. Same with 
the other Democrat, Katie Porter. Her numbers only go up. Just like 
trunk ballots always favor the Democrat by some wild coincidence.