In close elections, being 99 percent accurate versus 100 percent accurate is the difference between correctly certifying the winner and falsified results.
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Large counties have “glitches” on Election Day. Why do counties like Harris County, Texas, and Maricopa County, Arizona, continue to experience electoral irregularities? Are large counties just overwhelmed by Election Day? As the nation inches closer to that day, preventing these “glitches” becomes more crucial.
Even a relatively small error, such as incorrectly tabulating 1 percent of the vote, can change the outcome of the election. For example, Joe Biden won Arizona by about 0.6 percent of the vote, half of which came from Maricopa County, which he won by only about 0.3 percent of the vote.
