We saw the same pattern in almost every state that has an off year election. Even in Florida the Republican candidate for governor won by less than two percentage points where both Trump in 2024 and DeSantis in 2022 won by double digits.
In 2020, we saw a mixture of low tech cheating, using ballot box stuffing methods that Boss Tweed used 160 years ago and high tech manipulation of voting machines through hacking from overseas sources. There has been no evidence in the alternative media of old school fraud. If there was cheating, it was on a high tech level that the FBI and other Federal intelligence agencies either missed or allowed.
yeah, there are paper ballots, but some of it is by machine:
Texas currently has two types of certified voting systems: those manufactured by Hart InterCivic (based in Austin, TX) and Election Systems & Software (or ES&S, based in Omaha, NE). All Texas counties use one of these two systems for conducting elections in Texas.
As of September 1, 2026, all voting systems used in Texas are required to produce a physical, auditable paper ballot. Depending on the equipment a county uses for conducting elections, voters will cast ballots using one of these methods:
Hand-marked paper ballots: You mark your choices with a pen or marker and place the ballot in a ballot box or scanner.
Ballot marking devices: You make your selections on a touchscreen, and the device prints a paper ballot showing your choices. You review it and then place it in a scanner or ballot box.
Optical scanners: These count paper ballots, whether marked by hand or printed by a ballot marking device.
Electronic voting machines with a paper record:You vote on screen and review a summary of your choices. The machine produces a paper record of your vote that is kept by election officials.
then there ought to be a record in any audit