The Pennsylvania absentee & mail-in ballot canvassing process is a mess – you've heard about the elimination of signature verification requirements, but it’s actually even worse than just that. Time for a quick primer since we’ll undoubtedly be hearing more in the days ahead: 1/
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We’ve all heard of “ballot harvesting” where political operatives manage the absentee voting process from start to finish on behalf of their candidate or party, and potentially do so in a way that exerts undue influence, or even invites outright fraud. 9/
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Well, Boockvar took that concept to the next level and implemented a highly suspect and potentially illegal “ballot perfecting” operation late the night before the election: 10/pic.twitter.com/A9R7pbSAty
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Her department told county election directors that they should provide information to *party and candidate representatives* during the “pre-canvass” period regarding rejections of absentee ballots... 11/
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SPECIFICALLY so those “party and candidate representatives” could facilitate the curing of those ballots by finding the voters and assisting them in completing provisional ballots. 12/
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Note: the “pre-canvass” period starts no earlier than 7am on election morning and is essentially a time for them to sort out the ballots and prepare them for counting. Not a time for "fixing" them. 13/
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Section 3146.8 of the Pennsylvania Election law is quite clear that “No person observing, attending, or participating in an pre-canvass meeting may disclose the results of any portion of any pre-canvass meting prior to the close of the polls.” READ THAT AGAIN 14/
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In Philly & Montgomery County there are reports (and lawsuits) alleging that democratic election workers were working to identify deficient ballots so provisional ballots could be cast to cure the deficiencies: https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/live/elections-2020-results-candidates-updates-news-pennsylvania-20201103.html#card-873549722 … 15/
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Conveniently, these democrat election workers were also allegedly keeping GOP observers "too far away from the actual canvassing to provide any meaningful oversight". 16/
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What are the odds that this late night policy push encouraging Election Day malarkey clearly against Pennsylvania Election Code benefited one party disproportionately? YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. 17/
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And yes, Republicans are suing over this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/11/03/republicans-sue-pennsylvania-to-throw-out-provisional-ballots/?sh=49d171e51873 … Let's hope it makes a difference. 18/
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@realDonaldTrump seems on point here: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/256063573669855232?s=20 … 19/19This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread
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