The only people interfering with voting or ballot tabulation are local poll watchers (primarily of the R variety).
Close friend of my wife worked during early voting at a location here in Dallas last week and is working again today. She said that last week she was repeatedly approached by one of the poll watchers challenging what she was doing (when apparently watchers were prohibited from any interaction with poll workers and instead were required to notify the precinct judge of any issues to be addressed).
Ghouls.
I was not trying to hold anyone accountable for anything. I simply was offering you a suggestion on how to avoid "petty, interpersonal Surly conflicts." Feel free to ignore.
You know, if you had stopped after simply apologizing for having been misled your post might have gone over better.
Just a little bit of constructive criticism.