Under Arizona statute (and many other states besides), the court is required to presume that any irregularities in an election worker's behavior are honest mistakes, unless an intent to cause the result to change is shown in court. It's the judge's call on whether that's been shown.

Under the Chevron court decision, judges are instructed to presume that government workers are being honest at all times, and any inaccuracies in their work are honest mistakes.

Judges are appointed by politicians or elected directly. In either case, that makes them political offices.

Corruption is both guaranteed and required by law. The third box ain't gonna work unless they're legitimately frightened by the likelihood of the fourth.