Reply #47: If they were that lazy and stupid they might have

[General Paranoia]

used a card punch to get what they wanted. Inspection of a ballot "voted" this way should show it wasn't voted by hand as the holes will not have any fuzz at the corners. In fact you could probably prove which card punch did it if you can find the punch.

If someone has access to the purchasing or repair records it would be useful to see if they have a card-punch anywhere in the whole department statewide. Also the recount watchers might be able to find one if they know to look for it. The presence of one should be enough to spawn an investigation by itself. If they do, subpoena the ballots and the card punch. Have a lab check the holes and total the votes for all the races on a separate machine. Calibrate the second machine with a deck (made up by the lab) that you hand count after doing multiple matching machine counts.

One of these days we will find a thread that unravels the emperors new mandate. It is fun to contemplate how many hairs the puppet master has left on his head after realizing how many incriminating threads there are out here.}( :toast: