California RECALL: Votes Visible Through Ballot Envelopes!

Democrats appear to be playing games with ballot folds through the name of a particular candidate (Elder) in some counties, holes in the envelopes making your vote plainly visible, and paper stock thin enough to see votes through the envelopes with a flashlight, regardless of holes – August 20th…

I’ve also heard anecdotally that in counties using both sides of the ballot rather than just having everything on the front with the back left intentionally blank, the thin paper is causing bleed through issues. That matters because if the bleed through causes the machines to misread the votes, they’ll be sent to poll workers for “adjudication” (i.e. they decide what your intent was, and you have to trust they aren’t just giving the vote to their preferred candidate, no safeguards in place, no accountability).

Oh and re: the flashlight trick, here’s an example of what that looks like…

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