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Here's an anecdotal story about a young man who returned to the west coast within the last few days from counting provisional ballots in Ohio. I don't have lots of details but I'll share what I've been told.
My mom's been a middle school teacher for about 30 years and today, after school let out, an ex-student stopped by to tell her how important she was to him (not an infrequent occurance- Mom's a great teacher) He's out of school, having studied political science and was very active in Kerry's campaign. I *do not* know at what level or in what capacity.
She told him we'd been very disappointed with the rapid concession and he said: That was the plan all along
Hearing this I pumped her for details and as near as I could surmise, the meaning was that, while there was sadness that it wasn't a blow-out, nothing would be contested until after there was some solid work done on the case first.
Further, it's unclear which group he was associated with in his capacity as a ballot checker, but he told her that while a number of dems were counting, the sheriff accused them of letting errors slip through and ended up taking them to the police station. He told them that he and those working with him were following all the regs- any errors were typos made in the ballots themselves by poll workers, and there were several of those.
That bit lends credence to what he said (in my mind) for this reason: he told my mother that he called his mom from the police station to tell her what was happening. His mother taught in the class next to my mom's for years- she's at a different school now but it's not unlikely that they'll cross paths and discuss the incident.
Now I don't know who told him about it being "the plan all along", if it's commonly accepted among the groups working now in Ohio, or even which specific group he was connected with, but the story cheered me, so I thought I'd pass it on.
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