[rdl6989]

Invalidate any vote that was not presented for counting when the polls closed.

[timestax]

Invalidate any vote that was not presented for counting when the polls closed.

That's right-INVALIDATE !

[Vigilanteman]

Shazzam! I've been an election judge here in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for several years where there are multiple safeguards to prevent this kind of $#*+ from happening.

If my precinct was not to report in within a reasonable time after poll closing, I would be expected to call in with the reason. This actually happened once because someone was not there to lock up the polling place.

Within minutes, they gave me the OK to bring everything in and leave the place unlocked. Were I not to show up with my precinct results, they would send the constable to arrest me.

The other poll workers are to sign off the results on the readout tape and post them in the front window of our polling location to prevent these type of shennagins. When 100% of precincts are reported in, no other ballots other than the provisional and absentees (as deemed eligible) are to be counted. At least, that's the way things work in a Pennsylvania country bordering the county (Allegheny) with our 2nd largest city (Pittsburgh).

[grania]

Invalidate any vote that was not presented for counting when the polls close.

Absolutely. There's a count when the polls close of the number of people who signed in to vote and the number of votes tallied. A count could not have been submitted without that tally. The only other possibility would be early voting (already added to precinct totals) and absentee votes mailed in on time, but not early enough to have arrived at HQ. Those ballots would still have to be in their postmarked envelopes and verified before they're even opened by the county. Filled in ballots just found? No way.