re: I received four absentee ballot applications today

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And yet even if he only sent all 4 only 1 will be counted

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The chance that the other 3 won’t be counted is not zero.

What if someone shows up to vote on election day only to find out they already voted?

**Jump to the bottom for cliffs. Continue reading if you’re a thinker.

I could probably count on a two-fingered hand how many times I’ve had that true, deep down feeling on this board that the person knew what they were talking about, genuinely so. And both times that person was me. Yes, two times isn’t many, but I was just playing down the actual number so as to not come across as boastful.


Seriously though, especially when someone specifically brings attention to others not knowing what they’re talking about, but that particular someone does…..I definitely know that someone absolutely doesn’t know what he or she is talking about. As for everyone else - they don’t know much either. How do I know? What’s my authority for that? Where are the receipts? Show my work? Can’t do it. Only way I know to explain it is, “when you know, you know”. It’s like a sixth sense. An additional gear most if not all others don’t have. A third tit.



Cliffs: despite their over the top shows of self confidence, most of the time people, even here among us, actually have no clue what they’re talking/lecturing about. Where’s my proof of this claim? It’s right here in my mind.

I genuinely don’t have a frickin clue what you’re trying to say here.

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That chance is so low, it's a rounding error.

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Because our election systems are such a mess and non-transparent, the odds can’t be calculated.


We should at a bare minimum have enough transparency to verify that the odds are as low as you claim.


The mere fact that we can’t is enough to justify reforms so that the public can have a modicum of faith in the system.

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He can vote for some dead people whose names are still on the rolls.

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And then get arrested for voter fraud.

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I’ll admit it was just a momentary outburst on my part after seeing so many instances of so many people clearly not knowing what they’re talking about, yet giving a lecture anyway

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Are we talking about OP here?

It was just in general, I believe, but surely in some way or another spurred by the post to which I initially replied. I’m too lazy to check it out, I’ll be honest.

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Because our election systems are such a mess and non-transparent, the odds can’t be calculated.


We should at a bare minimum have enough transparency to verify that the odds are as low as you claim.


The mere fact that we can’t is enough to justify reforms so that the public can have a modicum of faith in the system.

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Assuming that someone submits 2 mail in ballots, either by mistake or by design, what mechanism would you put in place to catch it that doesn't already exist?

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But you only get to be on the voter roll one time. One person, one vote.

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What if someone on your team decides to just count all four ballots if they're for the Dim, like your team has been doing for years?

Blue Counties in Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts and Maine, among others, had over 90% voter turnout (up to 100%) in 2018, 2020 and 2024. That's a rash of statistical impossibilities.