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Tenpoundbass says

I'm afraid that would be the case with any evidence presented.

Not necessarily. With my budget I am not going to rely on just the press release. I am going to contact the county clerk (a fellow officer of the court) and confirm this is press release is accurate. With an unlimited budget I would not rely on the press release and the statement of the county clerk and instead track down the parties in that room and get a statement from them, do a follow up or two, and ask them to execute an affidavit under penalty of perjury if need be. Not sure but because this is at the curative phase there likely is a D attorney and R attorney somewhere in there (per agreed upon rules) who absolutely would note any irregularities (in real time), and who must show the provenance of what they did and when they did it.

For what its worth, Ive done that job as a poll challenger (not as a poll watcher but a poll challenger) before as a young associate. Myself and the other counsel would make a joint statement as to what we expect of the volunteers in the room. We likely will remind them that there are cameras in the room and if there are any irregularities they are going to be found so it serves in their best interest to report to us so we can document the issue. I did this in the pre-social media, ubitiquous coverage of everything is then processed by either the D or R media as proof of problems (or proof of accuracy depending what side you are on). At the end of the day you have to accept that there is a certain amount of good will (or fear of repercussions) which will give you the best outcome you can reasonably expect.

Cdon2 says

Ive done that job as a poll challenger

Democrat or Republican?

Cdon2 says

Not sure but because this is at the curative phase there likely is a D attorney and R attorney somewhere in there (per agreed upon rules) who absolutely would note any irregularities (in real time), and who must show the provenance of what they did and when they did it.

Listen let me tell about me and my town Broward county, so you don't toss "R" and "D" around like it instills confidence in me that everything is on the up and up.

Our Republican party in Broward only exists for two reasons. To raise money for the party, and ensure the Democrats hold power in Broward, and Debbie Wassermann Schultz's dynasty does not get interrupted.

DWS had a Jamaican American candidate, and had an opponent, that should have made Carla Spalding a household name. The Republicans didn't spend one single dime on her, to make a video much like Kimberly Klacik had in Baltimore. A video of DWS telling the Congress police "You better return my Paki spy server or there will be serious consequences." DWS kept her head down all through the election because the Broward RNC never gives her an opponent that puts up a fight much less makes any waves for DWS.
This has been happening for 2 decades now.

Mitt Romney is an "R" do you think he would point out any voting irregularities if he were the poll watcher lawyer?

I sure as hell don't!

How hard is for somebody to show up, put their own ballot in the machine, have the machine tell the voter if the ballot is valid or not, and explain why it's not valid? If it's valid, consume the ballot, tell the voter to go on their way with a sticker of "I voted" or something pushed out of the machine, and if it's NOT valid destroy the ballot by shredding it, and make the voter fill it out a new one?

This is trivial to do, yet, some some reason ???? nobody but me has thought of this. I guess I'm just the smarted person in the world!!!

Or maybe the system is setup to steal elections. Which it is.

richwicks says

Or maybe the system is setup to steal elections.

Bingo. The system is set to steal elections under the guise of enabling minority vote.