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I helped count votes at 7pm last night in my small town in NH.
There were very few mail in ballots. You can tell them when you are going through the stacks. Mails in are folded with two creases. These were ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS. Requested ahead of time and arrived ahead of time.

There were over 800 people that voted. I went through about 1/3 of the Republican ballots. Basically sorting them for WRITE INs on the very bottom. Someone usually writes in Mickey Mouse and something else silly.
The result the Moderator showed me of the tabulator was Trump 385, Haley 427, Ron 9, Vivek 3, Christie 1, Burgum 1

The Dem were a lot more complicated because the machine tabulator can NOT read the write in. It kicks it into another part of the box. So three people had to read the ballots and determine who they were voting for. All but one write in was for Biden.

The Moderator prints four copies of the tabulator read out. One for the Dem party, One for the Rep party. One for the Secretary of State. One for their own records. Then the ballots are put into boxes and sealed. In case there are any
races that they are required to do another machine or hand count.

This is the second time I have partaken in my small towns counting of the ballots. I knew right away after looking for write in on the Republican ballots that Haley had done better than average in my town. Which she ended up winning.
It is an interesting process to go through. I would suggest that all of us that are concerned about the safety of our vote get involved in your local town vote counting. The people doing it are always thankful for volunteers, even if you are the political polar opposite.

FYI, I also stood outside in front of my local polling place for about 4 hours. We had about six people who took turns holding the Trump signs. We also had a sign up sheet. We got four pages of names, addresses and email addresses from people in our town to sign up for our Republican committee. It did not exist until me and two others started it last year.