Like Ed said, they were protesting Democrat ballot theft.
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Nolan and Haueter said Downs described three basic tactics:
- "The first rule is, you keep counting until you're ahead. And if that doesn't put you ahead, you recount, re-recount--you keep counting until you're ahead. If you're behind, then you've got nothing to lose."
- Second, Nolan said, "the more times those ballots are handled, the more chance there is that chads will break loose" and hence disqualify the ballot.
- Third, he said, "the minute you're ahead, you stop and declare yourself the victor."