Democratic Party must be the ones to count the votes!

[UCmeNdc]

It comes down to seeing the actual mechanisms of vote counting. No counting behind closed doors. No back room deals. No electronic switcheroos.

IMHO!

[jimfields33]

1. Both parties have representatives counting

[UCmeNdc]

2. At times it seems like the Democratic Party representatives are outmaneuvered

in some manner.

[Sherman A1]

3. Yes, and that is how it should be

Neither party should have control independently.

[Trumpocalypse]

6. FYI

[DFW]

4. If only one party counts the votes, the result will forever be suspect

It has to be both or a third country doing it.

"Those who cast the votes decode nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." -- attributed to Stalin (not necessarily correctly), taken to heart as the unofficial Republican Party motto.

[beachbumbob]

5. you need to educate yourself on how (mail-in) ballots are handled, NO single person counts

as there is a representative of a each party overseeing this process. For a ballot to be counted or be totally disqualified REQUIRES agreement of BOTH. If its 1-1, the ballot is set aside for further review.

Ignorance drives the crazy, don;t be the crazy

[FakeNoose]

7. Good points on the mailed ballots

I'd like to add one further point, it I may.

I'm not familiar with how other states are handling things since I'm in Pennsylvania. So far we've had a low rejection rate on the mailed ballots, and here's why: each county election board has been able to monitor the rejected ballots that were mailed in early enough. County clerks have followed up and contacted voters (whenever possible) to let them know there's a problem with the envelope, the signature, etc. Frequently the mistake is they wrote their date of birth on the envelope rather than the date they voted. In many cases, that citizen has been able to correct the problem and the ballot was later qualified to be counted.

This isn't a party-related issue, it's just good work by our county election boards. I hope every state is being pro-active like Pennsylvania has been doing.