As we approach another presidential election cycle which will certainly prove to be one of the most pivotal in our nations’ history the issue of “election integrity” will certainly rear its ugly head once again no matter on which side of the aisle your reside. Without rehashing past elections (local, state, or presidential) it is clear that irregularities have occurred and perhaps determined a winning candidate – to deny this is simply implausible and naïve.
It is not secret that many of our elections laws and practices were manipulated by the Democratic Party under the guise of mandated “social distancing” during the recent COVID-19 Pandemic. Well, the Pandemic is by all accounts over, and life appears to have returned to “normal” yet the loosened requirements for voter registration and voting remain. Why have we not returned to the pre pandemic laws and regulations ? Well, the answer is obvious – the laws benefit the voting habits and practices of one political party over the other.
https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-france-elections-europe-96859198666d51b2c4482c3cdb0eb6aa
During the Pandemic many western democracies did not alter voter registration or voting requirements as did the United States. In France, for example voters, use the same system that’s been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand. Despite periodic calls for more flexibility or modernization, France does not allow mail in voting, early voting, or use voting machines like the United States.
Mail-in voting in France was wisely banned in 1975 amid fears of potential fraud. Voters make their choices the day of the election in a booth, with the curtains closed, then place their ballot in an envelope that is then put into a transparent ballot box. They must show photo identification and sign a document, next to their name, to complete the process. Voila – perhaps there is a lesson there for the États Unis !
Research shows that the integrity of our country’s elections compares poorly to other democracies. A recent report published by the Electoral Integrity Project, an independent project found that U.S. elections from July 2012 through December 2018 rated “lower than any other long-established democracies and affluent societies.” Each country in the index was given a score out of 100 based on assessments of the quality of each of its elections – including categories such as electoral laws, voter registration and voting process. The U.S. score was 61 – the same score as our less illustrious neighbors to the south Mexico and Panama !
Yes, Democrats will cry foul and accuse Republicans of the usual epithets but if Americans are ever to regain faith in their government and elections at all levels the sanctity of election integrity must return. Without free and fair elections, which serves as the bedrock of our Republic we will simply fade away like many of the great civilizations before us. Simply put – where there is no election integrity there is no freedom and where there is no freedom there is anarchy.
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Your link to the Election Integrity Project does not work, probably because you don’t want anyone to realize that EIP is sponsored by Harvard. EIP clearly states that claims of illegal activities in the 2020 election are unfounded and that the real problem with elections is NOT mail-in ballots or machine counting but instead are gerrymandering and dark money.
Hand counting is far less reliable than machine counting as shown in study after study and experiment after experiment.
The rest of your article is warmed over MAGA nonsense.