When you consider the probability that both govt and private sector are generating ballots, then you evaluate ballot centric issues accordingly. County level ballots from two different feeder sources can present a problem at the scanning and tabulation stage, if there is any variance to them.
South Carolina – Berkeley County issued a statement Wednesday, Oct. 16, announcing certain voters are receiving duplicate absentee ballots. The announcement included that the county’s Department of Elections and Voter Registration is in contact with the state election commission about the incidents.
[…] “There were 246 absentee voters that were affected and did receive two ballots from the vendor that we use,” said Berkeley County elections director Rosie Brown. “I spoke to the state election commission, and they said there was a clerical error. But, doing our processes, all of our numbers matched, so I am not understanding the clerical error.” (link)
If you understand the lead-in paragraph, then you understand the “clerical error” perfectly.
North Carolina – NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – Elections officials in New Hanover County say a mechanical issue that developed at the one-stop, early voting location in Carolina Beach did not interrupt the voting process.
WECT reached out to Rae Hunter-Havens, the county’s Elections Director, after being notified about an issue at the Carolina Beach Town Hall site. Alex Riley, the Communications and Outreach Coordinator with the county, responded by saying a piece of equipment, the DS200 that scans ballots, had temporarily malfunctioned and was swapped out. (read more)
If the scanner is aligned to only one format of ballots, and more than one format are floating around (depending on county) then temporary malfunctions are likely.
Do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Do the thing you can control, put aside the thing you cannot.
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