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We need to stop it before the ballots are cast. Because once they're cast, we all know it'll be damn near impossible to un-cast them if you will.

You've hit on something that's fundamental to the issue of auditing election results and proving fraud:
Ballots, once cast, cannot be traced to a voter. There is no serial number or any identifying mark to match that ballot to the person who supposedly voted.

Think about that for a moment. In all other forms of audit you can trace a transaction back to a person.

Our elections are designed to value "privacy" over security.

Two points to consider about the 2020 election; Number 1- Republicans were completely blindsided, taken by surprise at the blatant, widespread ballot fraud. Nobody was expecting multiple states to simultaneously stop the count and have counting centers working secretly during these hours racking up ballots for Biden. No real measures were in place, no protocols, no strategy, no boots on the ground to counter this. And Number 2- there was a"health emergency" that was exaggerated and weaponized to feed and facilitate the fraud. In 2024, both of these factors are gone. The Republican Party officially acknowledges that fraud will happen, and to plan accordingly. To throw millions of dollars and people specifically at the problem is a great sign. And there is no Covid to weaponize in psychological warfare against the voters. And to boot, now many voters are fully aware of ballot fraud, it is not tinfoil hat bullshit anymore.