On the subject of election rigging, David Michigan on The Daily Kos enhances a public service by the law firm of Ashby Law by taking a tweet storm by Ashby and turning it into something a little more coherent. The storm concerns the mechanics of running the election – and why election rigging is highly unlikely. Here’s the final paragraphs of a precise, fascinating description of something I was not that much aware of:
This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t watch the election. We absolutely should. But watching means signing up, getting trained, understanding the election process and conducting yourself appropriately on Election Day.
Watching doesn’t mean loitering menacingly in and around a polling place. That’s not poll watching, that’s voter intimidation.
Republican leaders and lawyers should speak out against this fantastical nonsense. In addition to undermining public faith and confidence in our electoral system, which is foundational to the legitimacy of our government, it is undermining legitimate efforts to recruit and train watchers to observe this election to ensure that it is free, open, fair and honest.
Elsewhere they treat the election machine protocol, and honestly I felt the protocol sounded naive and easy to circumvent. But it’s clear that most rigging would be difficult to do – and the election machines are supplied by mostly Republican-associated entities, so I don’t think Trump has a leg to stand on still.
