But Democratic governors in the key swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina have vowed to count all votes.
And in an election where razor-thin margins can make all the difference, and where Trump supporters some of them armed are demanding to "stop the count" (see Florida 2000), the questionable whereabouts and date stamping of 300,000 votes becomes a matter of life or death.
Thus, Judge Sullivan is not happy. DeJoy, he says, "is either going to have to be deposed or appear before me and testify under oath " about why some measures were not taken after the court issued its injunction."
DeJoy might also be asked about how those missing mail-in ballots which have trended heavily for Joe Biden might affect the electoral fortunes of his boss and benefactor, Donald J. Trump.
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