You rare equating State oversight with State control.
Election are RUN (as in operated and COUNTED) at the LOCAL level.
Each precinct has independent election officials and party observers who run the election process. There isn’t a single state where votes are counted at a central state processing facility. County is done at the local level, under observation and then the votes are reported from there.
The fact that States have various state officials or boards that oversee the elections, doesn’t mean that those officials actually count anything.
Your wall of text doesn’t contradict that basic fact, notwithstanding your arrogance.
“You rare equating State oversight with State control.
Election are RUN (as in operated and COUNTED) at the LOCAL level.”
Election Administration at the State Level
Each state has a chief election official who has ultimate authority over elections in the state.
Regardless of who the chief election official is, there are some duties that fall to the state office of elections. These include: ensuring that election laws are followed by local officials statewide; administration of a statewide voter registration database required by HAVA; assisting local election officials by providing training courses or materials on running elections in the state; and providing a process for testing and certifying voting equipment for use in the state.
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“The fact that States have various state officials or boards that oversee the elections, doesn’t mean that those officials actually count anything.”
Nope that’s correct, they don’t personally count. They do control the counting process. They establish and implement via the state legislatures the election process. They purchase and implement the ballot imaging and tabulation machines. They “certify” those results. They administer the election.
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“Your wall of text doesn’t contradict that basic fact, notwithstanding your arrogance.”
No arrogance, just the facts. And the facts contradict your statement that “ elections are run locally, not at the State level”