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kairos12

(13,880 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 04:43 PM 23 hrs ago

Advisors to the Orange Shitgibbon probably paid attention on 6 January to when

those courageous Pages secreted out those ornate boxes carrying the official electoral vote counts.

Given the importance of the ballots themselves in this example, like many people, I believe Chump's interference will be based on seizing machines and/or ballots in a few key states to throw the election aftermath into chaos.

Once the chain of custody is lost for those ballots who can trust MAGA hasn't altered them.

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Advisors to the Orange Shitgibbon probably paid attention on 6 January to when (Original Post) kairos12 23 hrs ago OP
I believe none of that will happen Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #1

Fiendish Thingy

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1. I believe none of that will happen
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 04:59 PM
22 hrs ago

Do you think the states will just stand by and let that happen?

There is no such thing as “a few key states” in this election, as republicans are crossing over and voting for democrats is solid red districts.

In many states, the votes are tabulated as they are cast , but the results aren’t released until after the polls close.

I’m talking about after you have marked your physical ballot, you walk over and feed it into a machine where it is scanned and the hard copy is stored. When the polls close, those tabulator records are downloaded to a central computer and compiled, at least in some states.

It’s really important to think through all the necessary steps for one’s dystopian fantasies to actually occur in the real world, lest the reader be exposed to misinformation and needless fearmongering.

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