good!!
The article is written to suggest this is a simple “don’t count the votes” petition. But the issue is that these provisional ballots were not in a sealed envelope, and therefore there is no proof that they were cast on election day.
Someone could have just put them in a pile. Someone could have gotten to them and modified them. They shouldn’t be counted because there is no proof that they were valid votes cast on election day.
"Neck-and-neck." As in a horse-race, their noses are even, which makes their necks even, too.
Side-by-side.
Joined at the hip.
In each other's shadow.
Abreast.
Photo-finish.
Dead heat.
Harruummph and rabblefratz!!!