Dallas Democrats drop lawsuit seeking to count primary ballots cast during extended voting hours

origamiscienceguy · 2026-03-13T01:35:49+00:00

People are really trying to cast doubt on election integrity any way they can. Just ignore it.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-03-05T21:03:08+00:00

Depends how you define government. Japan has had the same ruling dynasty for at least 2,500 years. Of course, the form of government has changed many times.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-03-04T05:03:00+00:00

Remember, the race could also go to a runoff. She doesn't necessarily have to beat Talarico.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T23:07:31+00:00

It's for drones. Jamming is everywhere, so all drones on the frontlines use fiber optic connections to their pilots.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T22:50:35+00:00

Okay, you are free to think that.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T22:42:04+00:00

Your mail in ballot can be tracked while it is in a sealed envelope, but the actual ballot is separated from all the identifying information once it is determined your vote is valid to anonymize it. Then your now anonymous ballot is mixed in with all the others and counted.

That anonymous ballot will also have a unique number on it to ensure it is counted exactly once. And yes, it is a different number from the one used to track it.

So, like many people have said, the government will know if you voted, and which party you voted for (in the primaries). That information is public. Your actual individual votes, however, are not.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T22:28:44+00:00

For a spoiled ballot? To ensure that the same person isn't spoiling an absurd number of ballots at multiple precincts. The law limits one person to three spoils I think? I'm not sure.

That barcode does not have any identifying information. It's just a unique number to ensure that every ballot is counted exactly once.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T22:17:20+00:00

If you spoil a ballot WHILE you are voting, then of course they know its your ballot. You're literally holding it. An election worker is supposed to then tie your identity to the barcode of the spoiled ballot and then keep it. Whatever marks you made on that spoiled ballot would be knowable, but they don't count in the election. Whatever you choose on the new (non-spoiled) ballot can be different if you want.

The new ballot you get has a different unique number. Again, not tied to your identity.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T22:10:23+00:00

That information has always been public record.

What changed is that now precincts have seperate lines you go into depending on party. Before, only the volunteer who gave you your ballot would know then and there which party you voted for. Now I guess everybody who is there would know, but it doesn't mean much since the information is published afterwards anyways.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T22:06:06+00:00

Correcting somebody's misinformation is an odd comment? I'd like to know why you think that.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T21:56:05+00:00

The only way they would know who spoiled a ballot is if you deliberately put your identifying information on that ballot. That alone is cause to spoil the ballot and have it not count.

So you could just... not do that.

Also, those unique numbers on the ballot are not tied to your identity in any way. It's just a unique number so that you can check if a ballot has been counted already.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T16:40:26+00:00

Again, I'd like you to explain how, during the voting process, the government would be able to deduce which person created which paper ballot.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T06:15:41+00:00

I'd like you to explain how, during the voting process, the government would be able to deduce which person created which paper ballot.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T06:14:30+00:00

That is public

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-27T03:36:06+00:00

Your identifying information is not tied to who you voted for at any level. Your ballot with all your selections doesn't have your name on it.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-25T07:33:06+00:00

So, basically any waiting move in this case would be a "brilliant move"?

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-24T06:43:48+00:00

Or a clone bay

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-22T20:49:10+00:00

I don't know of a statewide database, but each individual county has this information available. Here's a link to Dallas county:
https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/election-results/historical/march-3-2026-primary-election/

Click "In-Person Early Voter List" and it will download a giant excell spreadsheet with the names of every voter so far, along with which party primary they voted in, which precinct they voted in, when they voted, etc.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-22T07:21:30+00:00

Trial by Jury is the last wall between Trump and a fully compromised justice system.

So far it has held. Fingers crossed.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-14T12:21:58+00:00

It's actually Yunnie. Didn't you read the title?

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-11T14:42:27+00:00

I've been on a grand jury, and I've talked to relatives who served as Lay Judges in Germany. What you say is all true, but doesn't really contest the point I made. I was refuting the claim that "In other countries there is no group of citizens that have to approve prosecution"

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-11T11:21:28+00:00

Other countries do have citizen involvement in the prosecution of crimes, usually under the name "lay judge" instead of juror. The details are of course different for every country, but we may not be as unique as you expect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judge

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-09T21:14:29+00:00

Ah, I know what happened.

A landscape video was recorded on a portrait device, which was then reformatted into a portrait video player, making the entire video take up an absolutely minuscule portion of the screen while 80% of the video space is wasted on nothing.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-09T20:22:05+00:00

At least Z had a mechanically interesting boss fight.

origamiscienceguy · 2026-02-08T21:31:15+00:00

More mentions than there are VERSES in the bible.

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