Friend during lockdown part 1

Furthermore, judge, the people have provided the court

with an affidavit indicating that the security tape on those ballot boxes

is intact.

Which doesn't mean the ballots themselves

remain in their original condition.

They've been jostled, transported.

These are paper ballots marked with a pencil.

How could jostling possibly affect anything?

You can argue whatever you like to the jury about who killed Ms. Krasner,

but your motion is denied.

Then I insist on being part of any process that

involves counting these ballots.

Counselor, I'm not going to have a replay of recent shenanigans,

not in New York, not in a ****** case.

You can be present, but that's it.

Tell the board of elections to start counting.

Well, that's clearly a yes.

I counted those already.

When you see that--

I say yes.

--put it in that box.

He circled the name.

He didn't check the box.

But his intent is clear.

And so are the rules.

No extraneous markings.

He's ******** with the maybes already.

Why not like that all night?

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