Blackstone Code

"Lynch, stay here for a moment, I have something to tell you."

Before the night ended, Connor left Lynch alone, and the others left silently without even taking another look.

After everyone had left, Lynch sat opposite Connor.

Connor was looking out the window at the scenery.

"I'm worried. We've done a good enough job, but..."

The scowl on his face was like the used paper in the toilet wastebasket.

The votes in swing states failed to form an advantage, which made the outcome highly variable.

Although judging from the current situation, he still has a chance to win the election, but this is only "possible", not "inevitable".

If this is just an ordinary card game, if you lose, you lose, and you can start the next round of the game soon.

This is a fucking presidential campaign, if you lose, you have no chance.

Connor actually didn't care about these things before he decided to run, but after Gladstone dragged him into participating in the campaign, whether he could win became particularly important.

During the campaign, he paid not only the favors of Gladstone, but also the campaign funds of capitalists, as well as his own favors and resources.

Losing this time will be the most serious "accident" in his political career.

In fact, for elections, the pain suffered by losers is always infinite, but no one will notice it after the election.

Connor doesn't want to lose, he wants to win.

He slowly turned to look at Lynch, "Lynch, I know you are a capable person. If possible, can we...can do some technical work on these ballots that have not yet arrived at Bupen?" Work?"

"Technical work?" Lynch repeated this sentence. In fact, he knew what Connor meant.

Connor also knew that Lynch knew what he meant.

Sometimes there are things that can be done but not said.

But there are also times when certain things must be said before they are done!

If Connor didn't make it clear what he wanted Lynch to do, if something unexpected happened, he could use "he misunderstood what I meant" as an excuse to completely shirk the responsibility.

But if he does say what he wants in detail, then it will be difficult for him to deny it.

Sometimes during the trial of a big shot, some people at the bottom will have a very strange idea - why are these people unwilling to lie?

For example, they have no need to admit what they have done or the mistakes they have made.

Why don't they lie, instead of letting the lawyers wrap their heads around some of the truth?

Of course not everyone lies, but the majority of them tell the truth!

It must be reiterated here that it is limited to the upper echelons of society.

In fact, it's not that they are unwilling to lie, but that lying has no meaning.

For example, if one day Lynch has to stand in the dock and face trial, is there any point in lying?

It has long been meaningless. Instead, it is better to tell the truth and maybe get some extra points!

When the big shots actually stand in the dock, what they say is actually not that important to the outcome.

Connor looked at Lynch. The two looked at each other calmly. After a while, Connor lowered his voice and said, "Those ballot boxes..."

"We have to do something!"

Lynch did not speak, but continued to look at him. Connor hesitated for a while, and his voice became lower.

"Change a few boxes. We have to make sure that I can win the election. As long as I can win the election, even if something goes wrong, I will be pardoned."

Pardons are the prerogative of the federal president. Although the subsequent president can overturn these pardons, given the current federal political atmosphere, this is unlikely!

After all, let’s be serious. So far, not a single federal president has a clean butt, including Mr. Trueman.

Mr. Trueman used his power to force legislation on many policies that Congress should have overturned, but they did not.

Politicians attach great importance to the concept of "fait accompli". They do not want some of their important decisions to be overturned by latecomers one day.

So Connor was confident that something had really happened and he could resolve these problems.

He said it very clearly, and the more he spoke, the smoother he said, "I heard that college will last for several days, and you have at least three days to deal with this matter."

"And I'm sure you know how to do it."

Lynch nodded, "You want me to replace some of the Conservative votes in the ballot box with your votes, right?"

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Connor rolled his eyes, "You don't need to say it so clearly, we all know what this is."

Lynch nodded again, "No problem, wait for my good news."

The two continued to look at each other for a few seconds. Connor looked away and stood up to see each other off, "Then I'll be waiting for your good news!"

The two left the room together, and Lynch then got into his car.

He did not go back to the mid-level villa area, but went to a villa in the suburbs, and then called the director-general.

About half an hour later, the chief arrived here wearing a windbreaker.

"Help me check a few things."

"First, find out which states have extra polling stations that are not in use."

“Second, check which company produced this year’s ballot cards and whether they have them in stock.”

"Thirdly, I want full details of the shipping and packaging of the ballot boxes."

The director-general looked at Lynch and clearly realized what Lynch was going to do. He frowned and looked at him, "Is the chance of winning very small?"

He said with some disbelief, "I read in the media that Connor is in a good situation now, with a lead of five to six million votes, which is almost as much as the votes of an entire state!"

Federal voters must be "legal voters", have a job, actively pay taxes, have no criminal record, and are willing to register as voters. Federal citizens are eligible to become real voters.

Each state has more or less voters, but not exactly the same number.

For example, some states have a small population and do not care much about elections. Such states only have more than 300,000 voters.

In the state where Bupen is located, there are many people who care about the election. At the same time, due to social environment and other reasons, there are more than one million voters.

Currently, there are approximately more than 17 million registered voters in the federal country, but not all voters will go to vote.

For example, when they think the three candidates are all bastards, they don't go to the polling station to vote, or they simply abstain and mix a cup of hot coffee with them.

So the actual number of valid votes is only 10 million to 12 million.

Connor looks pretty good on the surface, after all, he is so far ahead!

Lynch shook his head. "The votes in the north have not been counted yet. He is very dangerous."

"We were unable to win the swing states in this election and even gave the Conservative Party a lot of votes. This will be very troublesome."

"In order to ensure that Connor can win, we have to do a little bit outside the game."

The Director-General also knows exactly what it means if Connor loses the election.

On the one hand, he continued to run the largest comprehensive violence agency in the federal government for eight years; on the other hand, he resigned from the FBI, completely handed over the power in his hands, and then disappeared one day in the future.

The director-general didn't need to think about it for too long before he made his decision.

"When do you want it?"

"The sooner the better!"

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the director-general asked his nephew to bring a file bag to Lynch, which contained all the documents Lynch needed.

Lynch called Connor and asked him if he really needed to do this!

Connor gave him a definite answer, and then Lynch began to make arrangements.

The box used to hold the ballots is completely sealed and is connected to the voting gate of the polling station.

Once a ballot enters the ballot box, it is not opened until it reaches Congress.

At the same time, the sealed structure of the ballot box will prevent the ballots inside from being poured out. If you want to get the ballots inside, you must destroy the ballot box.

Once the ballot box is destroyed, fraud must have occurred, and the results of the entire state will not be adopted, but a re-vote will be conducted.

Because it is difficult to make ballot boxes and they are not used on a daily basis, a large number of them are made every time, along with the voting stations.

The price of each polling station is 20,000 yuan, and the polling stations will be thrown away after they are used up, while the ballot boxes will be given away.

Lynch's plan is to replace the votes in some ballot boxes in three states, so that Connor loses to the conservative candidate by a very narrow margin, and even draws with him in the elections in these three states!

In this way, Connor can easily win, after all, he is now hundreds of thousands of votes ahead of the White Hand candidate!

It is obviously unlikely that Connor would get a majority of votes in the Conservative Party, as long as his disadvantage is not so great.

The problem with polling stations and ballot boxes is not big. Now that the voting period is over, the unused polling stations and ballot boxes have been regrouped and stacked in the warehouse.

Just let Noel's people do this, and there is no strict monitoring or guarding in these warehouses. After all, there is no use if this thing is stolen.

The ballot cards were handed over to Vern. The information given to Lynch by the Director-General showed that the idea of ​​allowing overseas voters to vote this time came near the end of the year.

It’s not that it’s too late to reprint the ballot cards at this time, but it’s too late in terms of design.

The people responsible for implementation in the federation are very efficient, but the decision-makers who decide what to do are very inefficient.

Sometimes they may have to hold meetings for two years to consider the name under which a policy should be implemented.

Not to mention that the design of ballot cards for overseas voters is no small matter.

Congress and the federal government believe that there should be many people voting at overseas polling stations, but in fact overseas voters are not enthusiastic.

For example, in Nagaril, people there don't care much about voting for the federal president, which also leads to a lot more ballot cards in Nagaril.

These ballot cards, which would have been destroyed if they were no longer used, apparently had a use now.

At the same time, after the ballot card is stolen, it will be filled in locally, and the ballot box will be sent directly.

In about two days, the sealed ballot boxes will arrive north, and Lynch will have an extra day to replace them!