Georgia Election Could Help Settle The Cheating Question

The upcoming Georgia election could be something of a surrogate for an investigation of the Presidential election. The result is highly consequential so both sides will be trying their hardest. If it is conducted fairly and honestly the variance from the previous result would be an indicator of the true voter sentiment.

 

That's a big "if". Mail-in voting has a risk for voter fraud. Every other advanced country which presumes to hold fair elections minimizes the practice. That cat's out of the bag in Georgia, where 6 times the usual number was cast in November, the preponderance counted for Biden, which is said to be the reverse of the usual situation. That's the source of much of the cheating reported by Republicans, along with unsupervised vote counting. Critics have noted thousands of illegally cast ballots as well as a dramatically lower percentage of ballot rejections. But there was also complaints of inappropriate counting activities and unrestricted ability to manipulate the voting machine data.

 

In the coming Georgia election, the legitimacy of mail in votes must be iron-clad. There must be a clear-cut determination, acceptable to all, that every mail-in vote is from a legal voter, that there is acceptable signature verification that the mailer is the actual voter, and that any potential rejections due to voter ballot error are adjudicated directly with the voter to everyone's satisfaction. If this takes time, so be it. They asked for it.

 

There must be absolute freedom of political pole watchers to view the handling of each ballot in a meaningful way, that is, close up and personal. There must be no ballot handling or counting performed when observers are not present. Optimally the procedures should be continuous until completed. There must be strict custody control of the ballots from the point of reception to the point of actual opening. Any disputed ballots must be kept aside until all controversies are settled. There must be a video record of the entire process.

 

There must be absolute certainty that voting machines cannot be connected wirelessly to an outside source. There must be strict control of chain of custody of any USB drives. The contents of USB drives, computer programs and data in voting machines must be accessible at all times to appropriate examiners.

 

In short all must be on the up and up. Republicans were caught napping in the Presidential election despite preliminary warning signs. They now know what to look for and if they stumble again, then shame on them. Democrats should want these precautions to be strictly followed as well and should actively assist in seeing that they are carried out.

 

If all these things are done, and the outcome is the same, it will not be absolute assurance since other states are involved, but it will go a long way to tamping down a serious controversy that threatens to pull our nation apart even more. If the outcome is different and Republicans win by larger margins, then the Dems have some splainin' to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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