As for the why, it sounds like he/they didn't find out about the ability until the game was already in play. Bad idea to change any plan in mid-stream. Also, it is very likely that the plan was compartmentalized and decentralized, so there would have been no opportunity to coordinate...and maybe stumbling problems if attempted. Besides, we are talking about the arrogant Deep State. More ballots than we need? What's the down side? (As it turned out, none for them. Yet.)
As for the why, it sounds like he/they didn't find out about the ability until the game was already in play. Bad idea to change any plan in mid-stream. Also, it is very likely that the plan was compartmentalized and decentralized, so there would have been no opportunity to coordinate...and maybe stumbling problems if attempted. Besides, we are talking about the arrogant Deep State. More ballots than we need? What's the down side? (As it turned out, none for them. Yet.)