It should also be noted that the third recount was hand, not machine as were the first two.

It's hard to tell if we have had a "real" election since that time since the GOP has run a series of far right-appealing candidates and they lose big.

I think the new Post Office rules on dating of mail is a direct attempt by the current administration to derail mail-in ballots.

As to the mis-management that Salmo alludes to, I recall the Auditor's office saying that they look at money tracking and not if the spending itself met legal requirements. That would a different kind of audit.

We probably have a lot of really poor spending records in any governmental operation but until the public demands actual results and carries these demands to the ballot box little will change.