That’s what statistical audits of the paper ballots are there for.
Secrecy of the ballot is an official Good Idea. All kinds of possible abuses become possible in systems where you can figure out who voted for whom.
Votes on legislation in Congress are not at all comparable.
Although it would be interesting, as an intellectual exercise at least, to consider how secrecy there might work out, too. Recalling the old Molly Ivins definition of an “honest Texas politician” as one who stays bought…
Ummmm… You do see the conflict there, I hope.
Like what folks were saying about the Senate and any chance of a secret ballot in trump’s second impeachment trial. Only problem there was that there was never a chance that a vote would stay secret, only because of the low denominator.
NBC IS CALLING IT. THE RECALL FAILED.
Fake news. Once they unskew the numbers from the illegal immigrants, Elder wins by a landslide.
(tomorrow gonna be interesting)
ETA: Guess CNFAKENEWSN just called it as well. But at the same time their live tracker changed the “no” votes from 67.7 to 67.5… WHAT ARE THEY HIDING
Nope, was talking about the fascists. They need a generator for next winter, and I gently suggested they get their two shots, but @left_in_washington_state corrected me, suggesting we give them all Ivermectin instead. I reluctantly agreed (because I guess I’m more of an asshole than I originally thought, but they do after all deserve it…)
Oh good. I did interpret it correctly. Keep in mind, they would prefer the horse paste.
Fulton County is still out. Ugh I can’t breathe!
Well, duh! These people are the folks who’d lick the baseboards if you tell them they’re painted with lead paint… 
It was a complete and utter BLOWOUT … and a huge waste of money, time, and resources.
California doesn’t play nice with fascists. We just bury them with our votes and piss on their grave.
Now they’re gargling iodine. Guess it’s too much trouble to find ivermectin these days: https://boingboing.net/2021/09/14/anti-vaxxers-now-stupidly-gargling-iodine-and-using-it-as-eye-drops-to-fight-off-covid-19.html
No. Not at all
When I exercise my right to vote as a citizen, I am voting by my own damn self, in private, for nobody else, as I see best, and free of interference and pressure.
When my elected reprehensibles are voting on legislation, they are voting on my behalf and I bloody well want to see what they are doing in my name.
We use the word “vote” in both cases, but they are abso-effing-lutely not the same.
Is tonight another loss we can put in the Trump column?
It’s going to end up with Ward’s Drop, and Lily the Pink’s Medicinal Compound.
Yes.
Yes. Elder was a trump knockoff
Off cycle odd year non-presidential special election, and the CA Dems brought the turnout. Buh-bye CA GOP, nice try except it wasn’t really.
There’s not really much to add to what Walt Kelly said in Pogo all those years ago.
Also, if you want to watch the carnage unfold in detail:
Go Angelyne!
Yes, she’s still alive and is still seen out and about L.A. in her pink corvette. She’s actually more qualified than any of the other replacement candidates.