From ~3000 years ago, but anticipating Twitter:
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you. Prov. 9:7-8 (NIV)
@Heminator This is correct. I am unable to locate the number of ballots received and counted this way. I don't think the state tracks. Also, "bona fide private mail delivery company" is loosely defined. IRS accepts DHL, UPS, FedEx but note: not via ground shipment.
@BobHarig I haven't checked the lineups today but in the past it has been surprising to me to see a bunch of well-known players at the same qualifying site. You would think they would target sites with less seasoned competition.
@EsotericCD I generally agree with you & you may write about this further, but let me add that there is no way to prove there wasn't fraud (not just paranoia). Apparently, witness signatures aren't verified. The # of accepted ballots with no/illegible post mark may not be tracked. Etc.
Possibly the US Supreme Court will fix this for us soon. Watching the results from California, dissenters may be capitulating as we speak.
(California doesn't even require postmarks. Also accepts records of a delivery service. Lacking that, a handwritten date will be accepted.)
As many point out, CA EC Section 3020.b2 creates fraud risk. Ballets are NOT rejected for having no or illegible postmarks. AFAICT, CA doesn't track # of COUNTED votes with no or illegible postmark. It should! @CASOSVote@baseballcrank@jimgeraghty@WillSwaim@CalMatters
@chriswithans This is the class of votes that needs to be fully understood. The # of ballots with no or illegible post mark might be small but it needs to be separately accounted for because of the great fraud risk. So far I can't find these numbers. @CASOSVote can you assist?
@jimgeraghty I fear California governance is a hopeless cause until bankruptcy. The mono-party government does what it wants and has a compliant propaganda arm in the mainstream press.