I had to dig through so much shit to figure out what they changed that when I found it even the quote is crap.
The three approved guidelines for local election officials to certify voting results, changing the process from an administrative duty to an investigative one that could include digging into records and the way votes are counted.
Good find. Some additional context later in the same article that I found interesting:
In the July meetings, conservative board members favored proposals for increasing the number of poll watchers parties and candidates could send to vote-counting centers, changing the way local election offices verify vote totals, and giving local election board members more access to election-related materials prior to verifying election results.
Partisan poll-watchers and partisan election officials something something free and fair elections (according to conservatives).
There's supposed to be partisan balance for poll workers (basically volunteers). But, my experience volunteering in two states has been that the dominant party staffs all their allowed positions while the minority party struggles to staff their minimum.
Other than placing immense pressure upon Democratic platform, an end to partisan bullshit at the polls would be another result of the Green Party receiving 5% of the GE popular. It'd shove an objective third party into every district in America.
Many red states passed laws in 2021 to essentially add a (always republiQan) voting "approver" who will decide whether or not to send all the votes to the republiQan candidate or not.
If you live in a red state, it's probably a good idea to find out if this applies to you.
Of course it's unconstitutional, but as we have seen several times recently that doesn't matter a single tiny little bit.
And I'll say it until I'm blue in the face, that shouldn't matter. Because we should have universal vote by mail.
My state does this, and as far as I can tell there are zero downsides (eXcEpt iT wAsTes taXpayERs' MoNeY). Like the social aspect of voting on election day? Drop your ballot off in person, or just change your mind and vote in person.