Reply #10: So, it looks like the point's moot.

[Igel]

A post above shows that public notice was given.

Canvassing on Thursday, as the observer said had been the practice for many years, would have violated the rules laid down in the PDF: The canvassing meeting had to be held within 24 hours of the polls' closing. They closed the evening of 4/5. The meeting was held the next day, on Wednesday. Had they waited until Thursday, they'd have violated that 24-hour provision.

In fact, by saying a lack of public notice would require that the canvassing board hold its meeting again you're asking that the 24-hour rule be violated.

The rules are badly written. On the one hand, if the meeting isn't public, it could be held invalid. On the other, if it's held invalid any meeting that would be held would be invalid. There's no remedy under the terms of the PDF; presumably that means the election in that jurisdiction would have to be held again. However, knowing the results in other jurisdictions would constitute a kind of impermissible bias, so the election would have to be held again in the entire state.

The remedy is more harmful than the violation.