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[–]AcceleratedWallops 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Didn't they do numerous audits in multiple states?

[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't know. I've heard various things like:

  • claims were dismissed on technical reasons (e.g. too early/too late to file)
  • claims had no legal standing
  • no claims were actually brought
  • claims were retracted

So, I really don't know how the claims were handled, or whether or not they were baseless. I'm not American so I haven't been following the various issues in individual states either. But, for the US public, if you can point to someplace that publically shows what claims were actually brought, and whether the evidence was actually heard in a court, I think that would help everyone know that their concerns were properly heard.

It shouldn't be that hard. In a year when people can't go out to verify things for themselves, hearings are done over Zoom, and when there's additional restrictions on voting observers, it's not enough to just dismiss any questions and say "trust us on this one".

[–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not really sure how to access court documents, despite them being (allegedly) public record.... Trying to find them on the internet just yields a bunch of scummy-sounding companies who will do searches for a fee.

But yeah, since people no longer trust journalists it would be nice to read the documents ourselves.