Should the GOP Adopt Ballot Harvesting?

 

• What is “Ballot Harvesting”?

  A harvester is usually an anonymous political operative, or someone paid by a political operative, who rounds up ballots and places them in voter drop boxes or mailboxes -- sometimes after altering them. Perhaps, someone working at the city trash dump will pull unused ballots from garbage. Some harvesters don’t even bother dealing with real people. Care would be taken to disperse the harvested ballots into several mail boxes to avoid suspicion. Here are some other tidbits from the harvesting expert: Some mail carriers work directly within his “work crews.” Nursing homes can be “a gold mine of votes.” In some cases, a nurse would be one of his paid operatives.

• What can be Done About Ballot Harvesting?

  In those states, Republicans should try to expose the operations -- especially where illegal methods are suspected.

• How can Republicans expose Democrat Ballot Harvesting Operations?

  Republicans need to perform voter canvassing immediately after any close election. If aggressive (i.e., illegal) harvesting is suspected, hire a top-level CPA or law firm to canvass a statistically significant sample of homes. The accountants or lawyers (or staff) need to knock on doors and ask if voting actually took place, by what means (in-person or mail-in). If there are significant differences the cause will likely be ballot harvesting that was performed without the knowledge of the voter. Republicans need to have qualified professionals perform signature testing. However, in some states it will be very difficult to obtain samples of signatures.  (Election officials will probably cite privacy concerns.) Tough observers are needed to monitor drop boxes and mail boxes.

• Why shouldn’t the GOP do its own ballot harvesting? No group has more opportunity to harvest ballots than mail carriers. They can simply hang onto harvested ballots (or applications) and sell them, without detection. The audit concluded that patients were pressured to vote -- probably by nursing staff. GOP harvesters might be prosecuted while Democrat harvesters are not. By now, we all should realize that Lady Justice is not blind. Joe Fried is an Ohio-based CPA who has performed and reviewed hundreds of certified financial audits.

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