Ballots processed with no oversight or observation

Justin Kweder, a lawyer and a volunteer certified GOP canvas observer, Pennsylvania State Senate Hearing, Nov. 25, 2020

Justin Kweder was at the Philadelphia Convention Center during the pre-canvas, canvas processing, and counting of the ballots cast in this year’s general election for about 85 hours over10 days. He described that the Philadelphia Board of Elections processed hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots with zero civilian oversight or observation. The mail-in ballots were handled, processed, opened, and counted in the huge Hall F of the convention center. The Board of Elections erected a fence approximately 50 feet into the hall that ran the length of the room. All observers were corralled behind the fence. More than a hundred board workers processed and opened mail-in ballots on the other side of the fence. It is estimated that 96% of the board workers were processing mail-in ballots 15 to 200 plus feet from observers. No opportunity for observers to observe, challenge, or inspect the mail-in ballots being opened.