Broken machines mean an excuse for cities to come in last with the results. Then they know exactly how many “lost” ballots they need to find to get the total needed.
Yep. And they can get started scouring around the building, say under the stairs in the church basement, a utility closet no one has used in 5 years, the car trunk of one of the poll workers.... It is hard to predict where those “lost” ballots might end up being found!