Scanning the envelopes tells them whether the ballots inside are likely to be Republican or Democrat.
There is ample information in voter rolls, Twitter databases and Google databases that tells them how person x will vote. Just scan the envelopes and sort them into two piles: one for counting and one for losing/adjudication/spoiling etc.
Duh, for scanning services!
Certainly not so we can take them outside the chain of custody and away from legally required observers.
Scanning the envelopes tells them whether the ballots inside are likely to be Republican or Democrat.
There is ample information in voter rolls, Twitter databases and Google databases that tells them how person x will vote. Just scan the envelopes and sort them into two piles: one for counting and one for losing/adjudication/spoiling etc.