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Fox. I was asked a question this past week that is worth reflecting on.

How will our country react if the election is close in November and by close I mean no clear winter on

election night. That question prompted me to add some questions of my own.

What if the election comes down to a single state which has actually happened before?

What if the election comes down to a single county in a single state? What if the election comes down to a single precinct or a single

box in a single county in a single state.

And that led me to perhaps the most important question of all,

which is who do we collectively trust enough

to count the ballots in that single precinct, in that single county, in that single state.

The question I was focused on isn't who will actually conduct the count, the county involved and the state involved, would already have those procedures in place.

And I'm certain all of that would be overseen by the ever watchful eyes of lawyers hired by nearly every group you can possibly imagine.

So the question isn't who would actually conduct a count.

The question I had was broader and a little different.

Who would you trust?

Who would we trust to conduct that count?

And at this point, it's probably

we're stopping and addressing this new political trend

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