Thread by @Ike_Saul

1/ A few preemptive "election fraud" notes & what to expect on #ElectionDay2022

First, Pennsylvania's votes will take a while to count. You can take it to the bank that Dr. Oz will open with a big lead when the first tallies are released, and it will get closer as it goes on...

2/ That's because Republican state legislatures in states like PA, WI, and MI do NOT allow mail-in voting to be processed before election day. In OH and FL, Republicans allow this, so the count comes in quicker. It's an easy fix but they didn't fix it. 🤷‍♂️

3/ So, you can expand this to any state that has mail-in voting and doesn't allow processing before election day... don't be surprised if Rs open up some big leads in swing states and then those leads narrow and mail-in votes are tallied (which will skew heavy Dem)

4/ There will be reporting errors. There always are. If you are watching the results on TV, then you are seeing results go from election places to state websites to journalists to TV producers. There are OFTEN input errors along the way... In 2020, votes did not "flip" on live TV

5/ What actually happened was votes were input for Trump when they should have been input for Biden -- appearing wrong on a graphic before being corrected. We know this because the original vote tallies from state websites never changed. It was a production error.

6/ So... if you see vote tallies get retracted or changed on live TV, just know those aren't *actual* votes. Those will be hosted on state websites & in polling places. You can read more about the process here: voanews.com/a/2020-usa-vot…

7/ Finally, please be cautious with viral videos of "nefarious" activities. Remember: Poll workers have to do things like correct & sort ballots, so seeing them writing on ballots or putting them in bins in broad daylight is not evidence of fraud.

8/ Many of those poll workers are low-wage workers or volunteers. If you're not 100% certain they are doing something illegal, don't try to plaster their face on the news. There will be a LOT of tension and scary stuff and polling places today, so let's let level heads prevail.

9/ In 2020, dozens of videos went viral that weren't even from U.S. elections or were years old (I found a lot of them). This year, I expect more of the same. Be cautious with your RT and share. And again, I'll do my best to track things in this thread:

https://twitter.com/Ike_Saul/status/1589961174552293377

END/ Finally, if you want to follow along my coverage, I'll be publishing newsletters all week about the election at @TangleNews, the news outlet I started: readtangle.com

AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE readtangle.com/why-you-should…

IMPORTANT UPDATE HERE:

It looks like a lot of PA districts are reporting mail in votes first. This is an excellent surprise (and not what election officials told me would happen)

So, we could be looking at an early Fetterman lead that closes as the night goes on. #Election2022