QFT wrote:
Does anyone understands the reasoning behind the policy not to allow vote count to be observed? Here are two obvious questions:
a) What would stop people who count votes from simply making up the number that would favor whatever candidate that person happens to favor? Its not even about Republicans or Democrats, I think people on either side can lie if nobody watches them, thats just human nature.
b) I guess if the above is just a sacrifice for "greater good" then maybe it would make sense. But what "is" the greater good here? I guess right now "greater good" is looking credible. But what about November 3? What bad thing would have happened if, on November 3, people were allowed to observe the vote count from as close the distance as they like?
I guess if thats the policy they had in other elections too then I can still see how Trump is being a bit dishonest in that he didn't protest all the previous elections and he only protests the one that he lost. But still the question remains: *why* did they have that policy in the previous elections? Just because something happens over and over that doesn't remove the question as to why it happens. And, by the way, did they, in fact, have that policy, or is it something recent?
What policy about not allowing the vote count to be observed? Are you referring to the vote counting where the Republicans wanted to bring in more observers than what they are legally entitled to have?