Seems like a big potential opening for “harvesting” fraud–not manufacturing ballots for your guy but losing the ballots for the other guy: “If a voter trusts a stranger with their ballot, there is no recourse if that ballot doesn’t show up at the elections office. And there is
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Jun 6, 2026
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So the CA Ballot Tracker tells me my ballot’s been “Accepted” but not whether it’s been “Counted”?
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Jun 6, 2026
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It could have been a boom economy without the inflation (certainly without the high gas prices). … https://t.co/EIoqg0o6TI
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Jun 6, 2026
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The best Pratt voters are getting tonight … https://t.co/7Kzc6O60Hg
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SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS … Imagine how strong the economy would be if Trump hadn’t started his foolish Iran war. Imagine how much stronger his chance of holding Congress would be. https://t.co/7ezirJo3vO
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NPR being NPR:” A new study suggests that the National Guard’s presence has done little to reduce violent crime in Washington, D.C., despite the steep cost..”
Eventually you learn there was a “24% reduction in opportunistic crimes, like theft or vehicle break-ins”–the sort of— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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I was wondering about that, given the role of “subjectivity” in deciding which ballots to throw out. … https://t.co/74IIMl9bKX
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Jun 5, 2026
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Didn’t @Vox just denounce partisan primary elections? https://t.co/UnszIybV9Z Make up your minds, people! https://t.co/rWRlHQuAHn
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Jun 5, 2026
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Hilton doesn’t have to outrun the bear. He just has to outrun Becerra. https://t.co/QkGq6md1r2
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They’ll drop one of these vote bunches every night for the next 8 nights. It’s Election Hanukkah https://t.co/Odgz2ZSsBT
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Jun 4, 2026
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Why so few votes counted? https://t.co/tgkUqwXm6E
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Jun 4, 2026
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WOKE VOTING: Maybe CA’s extreme voting system–maximize participation, damn the delay and fraud potential–is another Peak Woke phenomenon that will now be moderated as common sense reasserts itself. https://t.co/FjiJb76aNY
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Jun 4, 2026
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Re: Scott Pelley/ @CBS–I’ve been on staff at magazines when an editor you like is replaced by an outsider you distrust. I’ve never thrown a fit like Pelley did. That’s just not what you do. You make the new person feel at home and then stab them in the back as soon as you can.
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Jun 4, 2026
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No. If you didn’t have universal mail-in voting you wouldn’t create so much opportunity for fraud and you would’t need all the time-consuming checks. https://t.co/RQYgAOK52v
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Jun 4, 2026
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If Republicans hate the CA wait-a-month mail voting system, and Dems realize CA’s bad rep is hurting them–why doesn’t someone sponsor a ballot initiative to get rid of it? https://t.co/LMduYeU7k4
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Jun 4, 2026
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On the subjectivity problem: I remember the recent petition to recall woke LA DA George Gascon, which was kept off the ballot when the registrar’s office–headed by Dean Logan, whom Republicans trust not at all–disqualified a large number of signatures. https://t.co/qcSMIH32g5 https://t.co/Q5ng7gDK2e
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Jun 4, 2026
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Useful thread on “curing”. https://t.co/gzSp8ayhwt
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Jun 4, 2026
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Hunter/Chelsea ‘28 “We need the money” https://t.co/dtzTdVZ5MF
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“The estimate does not include additional valid Vote By Mail ballots that may be received after it is prepared.” https://t.co/Tu98LPzqTZ
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The problem is they can increase the estimate of uncounted votes as the mail ballots come in. https://t.co/IK3W6a0BaF One can’t confidently say how much of the vote has been counted. https://t.co/h7QIOI3SkL
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Jun 4, 2026
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The problem is they can increase the estimate of uncounted votes as the email ballots come in. https://t.co/IK3W6a0BaF One can’t confidently say how much of the vote has been counted. https://t.co/h7QIOI3SkL
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Jun 4, 2026
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CA certainly doesn’t need this provision (which seems like an invitation to fraud, in addition to delay) … https://t.co/MhhPp8PcyH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 4, 2026
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Here’s the @LATimes:
“In particular, the expansion and popularity of universal vote-by-mail has created more steps to count and confirm ballots. Unlike in-person voting, where verification happens upfront, mail-in ballots must be inspected and have signatures verified. If a— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 4, 2026
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Of course, even if you have universal mail-in voting you don’t have to give the ballots 7-days to get to the counting centers. That’s California (ie California Democrats who run the state) opting for the Deluxe Delay model. You could (like Florida) say if mail ballots don’t
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 4, 2026
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Most of California’s wild counting delays are the product of universal mail balloting. If you don’t have mail-in ballots you don’t need to check signatures after Election Day, and you don’t need to try to “cure” the ballots that fail a signature check, etc.. Is it worth it to https://t.co/olGpLELN2D
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