I always assumed elections were regularly audited

Dear Diary,


Every aspect of business is regularly audited. Not just taxes but so much else- your policies and procedures, surveillance and physical security, workplace safety, and on and on. It's audited regularly to make sure you are doing things that you are supposed to do. The government and other institutions (insurance companies, banks, etc) don't just take your word for it. They want proof of compliance, and they want it annually.

How in the hell were there not already regular auditing activities around elections? The audits would not necessarily have to be for every single precinct nationwide, but spot checking precincts here and there, and only digging deeper if the auditor finds too many red flags. I just assumed this already happened. It blows my mind this isn't already a common procedure in elections.

And now that something that should have already been an ongoing process is suggested and one side screams bloody murder is just demonic. It's sick. Weren't these same people screaming about election hacking and integrity from the top of Mount Sinai for three years?

[mike gundy voice] It makes me want to puke.


Thanks for listening.