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The Witnessless Ballot

Words: 2987 · Source Novel:: The Abyss We Share

Arthur Smith, a blind voter in Mercia, prepares a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Martin Bolling, challenging a law that requires two witness signatures on absentee ballots. His efforts to find signatories reveal a city of disconnected souls, each too preoccupied with survival to offer a simple act of solidarity. Across town, Helios Capital launches a short-selling assault on a small manufacturing firm employing disabled workers, executing a premeditated financial kill. Elena Sharp, monitoring dark pool data from a cramped apartment, detects the pattern and marks her first target.