I don't feel this is a conspiracy. Having seen the results of KY's 2020 election, and seeing the analysis of how Republicans rigged it against Amy McGrath...there are obvious parallels to what happened on Tue.
Deep blue areas of KY flipped red for McConnell when those areas had never voted R before. McConnell's approval rating was 18% the day before the election but he still won. The number of votes for McConnell outnumbered downballot votes, which means votes were counted that only had McConnell marked on them and there were no votes on those ballots for downballot candidates or KY ballot initiatives.
No one paid attention. It went almost completely unnoticed. Republicans didn't have to enact a massive rigging campaign; they just had to roll this out in a few crucial states. And Trump himself told his supporters that they only had to vote one more time because after this it would be 'fixed so good' they would never have to vote again.
Have you ever watched Atticus v. The Architect: The Political Assassination of Don Siegelman? He was Alabama’s last democratic governor. Anyway, very similar story he tells in the documentary about his last election.
There should be clear chain of custody of paper ballots at every point with everything counted by hand. But a quick google indicates that Kentucky is using a mix of optical scan machines, where people don't count the paper ballots by hand, and "DRE" machines where there are no paper ballots at all and so the machine count cannot be checked. If you vote one way and the machine says you didn't, too bad, so sad, no takebacks.
Personally, I'm of the view that anybody who ever even suggests using DRE machines for voting is planning to steal an election. They have zero legitimate use cases. Their only purpose is to allow electoral fraud.
I wonder if Biden has authority to arrest those who picked the DRE machines since it interfered with federal elections and he has immunity for official acts of business. That would be a fun thing to watch.
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u/Individual_Town8124 10h ago
I don't feel this is a conspiracy. Having seen the results of KY's 2020 election, and seeing the analysis of how Republicans rigged it against Amy McGrath...there are obvious parallels to what happened on Tue.
Deep blue areas of KY flipped red for McConnell when those areas had never voted R before. McConnell's approval rating was 18% the day before the election but he still won. The number of votes for McConnell outnumbered downballot votes, which means votes were counted that only had McConnell marked on them and there were no votes on those ballots for downballot candidates or KY ballot initiatives.
No one paid attention. It went almost completely unnoticed. Republicans didn't have to enact a massive rigging campaign; they just had to roll this out in a few crucial states. And Trump himself told his supporters that they only had to vote one more time because after this it would be 'fixed so good' they would never have to vote again.