Reply #29: I don't know

[OnTheOtherHand]

Broadly speaking, the pollworkers are supposed to check each other and make sure that everything is done right (the specifics vary by jurisdiction). Quite obviously that doesn't always happen. I'm not aware that any election protection group tried to cross-check those results, either (although I don't claim to know what every group did). I can imagine some plausible reasons, but I don't know the facts.

My impression is that there aren't many places where the election officials have to beat off would-be election workers with sticks. We could use some more of those, it seems.