Trump “finds” his 3,000,000 illegal ballots in 3…2…1…

Heaven help us all.

Alternative President Donald J. Trump has stumbled upon a "voter fraud" app called VoteStand where voters could use Twitter to report election irregularities, such as "machine jammed" or "sister voted absentee but was still in book" or "someone wore shirt with slogan on it inside polling place."

I scrolled through dozens of these tweets today but could not find a single instance of voter fraud. Three things were apparent, however:

(1) There was no way to know if any of these tweets was true. They were just what someone claimed to have seen during the election. Curiously, people using the app were not required to report their name, only the town in which they voted. In this era of alternative facts and fake news, this could be real...or not.

(2) Even if you accept that every one of them was true, none that I read indicated that anyone voted illegally. They were just reports of irregularities that did not involve the actual casting of ballots.

(3) And, even if you assume that some people did vote illegally, there was no indication of which candidate they voted for.

Nevertheless, I’m predicting that Donald “I Could Never Have Lost the Popular Vote” Trump will come out with a report in a day or so that says more than 3,000,000 illegal votes were cast and every single one of them went to Hillary.

This morning, he tweeted this:

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump  Look forward to seeing final results of VoteStand. Gregg Phillips and crew say at least 3,000,000 votes were illegal. We must do better!

Phillips, a former Health and Human Services Commission executive from Texas and the founder of VoteStand, has declined to provide proof to the media of illegal voting, saying he will instead "release all methodologies, data and analysis directly to the public." My bet is, he'll release some kind of report to Trump who will then tweet it to the entire world.

Meanwhile, the following is a random sample of consecutive tweets copied directly from VoteStand’s Twitter account an hour or so ago (note the absence of names). You can judge for yourself what it shows.

North Bethesda, MD: Democrat sample ballots visible on check-in table.

Sumner, IA: Took the paper ballot machine three times to read my ballot today in Iowa. Third time was the charm. Hope it worked.

Massapequa Park, NY: Voter finds sister's name in registry not reflected as having voted absentee despite ballot already being cast.

Los Angeles, CA: "The place where I voted in the primaries did not have my name in the voter book this time. Had to vote provisional."

Tucson, AZ: "Tucson poll workers telling a Hispanic woman (my wife) that she would be deported if she voted for Trump."

Saint Petersburg, FL: Ballot containers arrived without proper serial numbers, packaging.

Virginia Beach, VA: Poll workers reportedly told voter they had neglected to ask for #VoterID all morning when asking why she wasn't carded.

Euclid, OH: "Woman signing poll book caught that her 15 year old son had ended up in the book."

Philadelphia, PA: "WARD 36 district 48 electioneering right outside of the location."

Troy, NY: Optical ballot scanner jammed on voter's ballot.

New York, NY: "Woman handing out information in the polling station line for 'alternative candidates'." #Electioneering

Oakland, CA: Voter asked if she was a @realDonaldTrump supporter after specifically requesting an English "I Voted" sticker. None available.

Rockville, MD: Poll worker mistake leads voter to cast a provisional ballot.

Santa Monica, CA: "Multiple people" seen wearing partisan clothing, accessories in polling place.

Chicago, IL: Voter tells clerk they've ID'd the wrong voter in registry. "He passed away months ago."

Arlington, TX: "Precinct 1627. Lady helping with turning in ballot was looking at everyone's ballot, even if they didn't ask for help."

San Lorenzo, CA: Voter demands that optical scanner be fixed on site, refuses to leave ballot in a bag for later counting.

And on and on and on it goes…