Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: ez
We've been hearing about this issue with provisional ballots for years, and reflexively assume that "cheating" is going on. We went through a lot of discussions here in 2016 when the post-election recounts were going on in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

The biggest misconception among a lot of Freepers was that there must be large-scale Democrat voter fraud simply because Democrat vote totals consistently grow when recounts and canvassing is done. There's actually a very simple reason for this. Most of the votes added to the totals after Election Day are the result of provisional ballots that were cast on or before Election Day but not counted in the initial totals. There are generally two reasons why a provisional ballot is accepted but not immediately counted:

1. The voter showed up at the wrong polling location, ands therefore wasn't listed among the registered voters there.

2. The voter didn't complete the ballot correctly, so there was a legitimate question about whether it was a valid ballot.

Just think about those two items there, and you can see why it's always DEMOCRAT vote totals that grow as these provisional ballots are counted:

1. A person is more likely to show up at the wrong polling place in an urban area where these polling locations are often just a few blocks apart. Voters in these cities tend to be overwhelmingly Democrat.

2. In the case of #2, just ask yourself if someone who isn't intelligent enough to complete a ballot correctly is more likely to be: (A) a Republican, or (B) a Democrat. I'll let that one speak for itself.

9 posted on 11/14/2018 3:30:56 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Alberta's Child

In case #2 that you cite, “un readable” ballots are reviewed by a panel of judges either at the precinct level to determine if the will of the voter can be discerned. Those ballots are segregated from other ballots for the precinct when sent to the county elections office. They can then be re-reviewed by the county board. It has been my experience that unreadable are not significant number to sway an election, as in many cases the will cannot be determined. If I remember, for every 1000 ballots, there might be 5. I worked in an inner city precinct. My other post below yours explains my inside experience with provisional ballots, it aligns with our explanation.


24 posted on 11/14/2018 3:47:36 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot (Evolution is the long term solution to Global Warming. So let's party while we can!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

To: Alberta's Child

I would add to your list voter changed address and county hasn’t caught up yet.

Worked three time polls in two soCal counties.


65 posted on 11/14/2018 3:56:43 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson