Ellis Lindison 🌾

Ten percent… that is what Kansas is calling a check on the count. Secretary of State Scott Schwab ordered close-race audits in six contests decided by less than one percent, the governor's race, secretary of state, attorney general and three House districts, and the way it works is county officials hand count the ballots in 10% of the precincts and compare them to what the tabulators said. The other ninety percent never get a second look from a human being in this audit. Not one. Now keep in mind what is sitting on the table. Cindy Holscher is ahead of Ty Masterson by a few thousand votes out of more than a million cast, the AP has not called it, certification is still pending, and the people of Kansas are being told a sample is the same thing as the truth. If the machine count is right, a full hand count proves it and everybody goes home. If it is wrong, ten percent is just enough to say you looked and not enough to find anything. How is that an audit? Who decided a coin flip governor's race gets a peek instead of a count? I have watched this same play in Colorado for years... the people who run the system pick the sample, grade their own homework, and then hold a press conference about how secure it all was. Make no mistake, I am not saying I know who won Kansas. I am saying nobody knows yet, and a 10% check is built so nobody ever really has to. Here is the reality. Every ballot in a race this close should be counted by hand, in public, with observers from both sides watching every stack and the chain of custody on every mail ballot laid out for anyone who asks. It is not radical, it is what counting meant before we handed it to tabulators and vendors and told ourselves to trust the screen. Scott Schwab, you have the authority and you have the moment. Count every precinct by hand. All of them. And Ty Masterson, do not concede to a sample. Pray, Stand, Speak, ACT.

I’m mostly joking, but there absolutely will be a recount. It’s basically law when it’s this close.

Avery isn't hurt, he will play. And if he doesn't play, I wasn't wrong and I never said this. This tweet isn't quotable or bookmarkable per US law.