General Discussion

audit the increased GQP registrations for validity because there is no assurance that all were legit. It is not a question of "if it wouldn't have swung the vote then don't bother" as some people say. You also accomplish nothing by just having a recount that is either just rechecking the individual machine totals to make sure that they add up or is only a "sampling" approach.

An actual full audit of the physical ballots, poll books etc. and all registrations for actual verifiable validity is the only true complete investigation. What will you find? We won't know unless it takes place. The likelihood it will take place is unfortunately near zero for a multitude of reasons. The registration system is set up to be gamed by people who are supposed to verify registrations. Once again I will point out that simply presenting documents and having somebody put a check mark in the computer that those documents were presented is not verification the documents or the person are valid. We also don't know if the computerized registration system could be "allowed" or "gamed" to create registrations with names, addresses, documentation etc. without any real person having presented said documents. We don't know.

But it is important to remember that people expressing feelings and opinions stimulate debate and questions. That debate and those questions can contribute to laying out the types of things to be investigated. It is wrong for people to think that opinion or expressing feelings of doubt should come only once the facts are obtained from an investigation are putting the cart before the horse to a large degree. Suspicion and expressing it leads to investigation. Without that suspicion and expression you remove most of the pressure to do an investigation. Precisely what crooked people hope will happen.

Suspicion, opinion, doubt and expressing those three are fundamental things that help drive the desire to investigate and obtain facts. I will always stand firmly behind anybody who expresses those three in good faith.