Harris was the Republican Secretary of State for Florida who played such a charming role in the 2000 recount brouhaha.
Husted is the Republican Secretary of State for Ohio who's played such a charming role in the 2012 election to skew and/or reduce early voting, mess around with voting rolls and provisional ballots, and now …
I mean, you simply don't update critical software right before it's about to be used for something important, unless it simply won't work otherwise.That's basic good IT practice.
And here we are, with Husted okaying right before the election — an election where Ohio is once again expected to be the lynchpin state — the installation of "experimental" and unchecked software patches on the county tabulation systems, ostensibly to provide easier reporting of info to the secretary of state's office.
He couldn't do more to arouse suspicion of shenanigans if he was lurking around polling places and offering voters piece of candy.
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Agreed. It's like he's inviting an investigation – or so arrogant he thinks he can get away with it because Katherine did.
Or is willing to fall on his sword afterwards in order to ensure a GOP win now.
I did tell you it wasn't a democracy…
You see, I'm not a conspiracy theorist… but when people do stuff like this how can you NOT be suspicious?
Since I'm not hearing calls for a recount this morning, my hope is that there are some calm, sober reassessment of some of the shenanigans (of whatever sort) that came up during this election cycle, without the pressure of actually resolving the presidential election riding on it.
You're not hearing calls for a recount because the Republicans would have to recount at least three states to have a shot at winning this thing, and even then it's not guaranteed. In the reverse scenario, it was likely that the Democrats would only have to prove error or disenfranchisement in one state.
Regardless, the fact that this isn't being pursued is a mistake. Even if it didn't affect this outcome, when things go unnoticed or ignored, they become tacitly accepted, and finally institutionalized. We need to, as a nation, take a harsh stand that organized disenfranchisement is not tolerated.
I agree completely, +Gary Roth.