Georgia Related comment:
Notice no one addressing the issue, yet, that Zuckerberg donating >$350 million to fund the hiring of (particular) local elections staff, pollworkers, etc., most notably in Fulton County Georgia, and in Philadelphia... is another instance of the end-around the authority of State Legislatures... in relation to determining the conduct of elections... as the “times, places and manner”... It is an unconstitutional usurpation of power... even in the simple and apparently benign element of funding the installation of ballot drop boxes... A valid argument... that every ballot dropped into a privately funded drop box... is an invalid vote. The effort made directly subverts the Legislatures in their most directive exercise of authority... appropriations and spending.
Arizona related comment:
The problem with the Sharpies in Arizona... isn’t an issue of the ballots marked by Sharpies being unable to be counted by the machine...
The issue is that giving one pen to one group, and another to another group... ensures that the ballots are being made identifiable... THUS ARE NOT SECRET BALLOTS... while ballots thus marked are also made subject to the corruption of the elections staff.
The violation, in result, includes violating the equal protection of those voters who are subjected to unique risks in having their ballots identified by unique markings... markings that are not unique because of their votes... but because the ballots have been made identifiable.