I was an MSB election worker. After intense training and taking the oath, I helped set up the collapsible aluminum boxes that deniers called “election machines”. Calling them a “machine” is a stretch. They had a scanner that was fixed to the top of the box. the voter would insert their ballot to be scanned as a count of total ballots. We asked each voter to stand by the “machine” to be sure the voter visibly saw their ballot was counted.There was no internet connection at any of the poll sites I worked at. It literally counted the circle that was filled in by the voter. Very low tech, but it was accurate. That’s it. It was that simple. There was no sending the ballots up via satellite to Italy or Venezuela. We worked long and late hours to accommodate all eligible voters and to complete the process. We had the strictest training and rules to follow. All counts were crossed checked by the ledger that each voter signed. When polls closed we were instructed to remove all the ballots that were dropped in the box and insert them into a sealed bag that would be counted again back at the Borough building against the “machine” tallies. We all witnessed and signed the outer envelope. Election Supervisors were required to have another election official drive with them to the borough building to assure that no shenanigans happened on the way. All of my fellow workers were seniors and dedicated to running a smooth election. None of us knew each other’s party affiliation. Now, with hand counting; the election is less accurate and will take a lot longer. Election workers will be tired and will be asked to stay later than they ever did before, which was very late. After I saw the ridiculous removal of the Dominion boxes, I didn’t want to participate in the big lie. A single conspiracy theorist stood before the assembly requesting the machines be removed. All members except Stephanie Powers went along with this conspiracy lie to have them removed. No public vote occurred. The mostly all MAGA Assembly made the decision for us. On the very day the machines left the Borough building, Dominion won a 787 million dollar lawsuit from FOX news due to their misinformation, lies and defamation to the Dominican company. Ironic. With no scanners (ie “the machine”) a voter won’t even be able to witness their ballot being counted. It is dropped into a box to be handled multiple times before being hand counted in the wee hours of the night. No room for error there is there? (said sarcastically).

The leader of MAGA continues with the lies and has pushed them out further everyday to include natural disasters (FEMA is not evil and is helping storm victims despite threats) , migrants eating cats and dogs (debunked), and the “enemy within” (whoever disagrees with him or election officials), journalists (all but FOX) and that he won the 2020 election despite no proof. Fear mongering is his game. It will never stop as long as he is the leader of MAGA. I won’t call him or his cult Republican. My Dad would roll over in his grave at the thought of MAGA being Republican. If you are still a denier; consider you are being force fed bad information everyday, by the hour. Over and over again.