2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wacky county vote count numbers in Pennsylvannia. See for yourself. [View all]democrattotheend
(12,011 posts)I worked as a voter protection volunteer for Hillary in Pennsylvania, and one thing I thought of that may have contributed to her loss there was the fact that her campaign told us not to challenge ANY voters. It made sense at the time, because generally when more people vote Democrats win.* But it meant that while the Republicans had observers at probably every urban precinct challenging the type of voters they thought would be Hillary supporters, rural voters and people they thought were likely to be Trump supporters got a free pass on any grounds we might have had to challenge them.
I am not generally in favor of making it harder for people to vote, but if the state is going to require ID or proof of address to vote, Democrats should consider stationing monitors in Republican areas to make sure the rules are enforced uniformly. Otherwise the rules are enforced more stringently against Democrats than Republicans.
* I volunteered at an urban precinct. I don't know if she did have people challenging votes in more Republican districts.
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