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Fair and Accurate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Extra!! Extra!! Read all about it!! The 2020 election was the most secure election ever held in the United States!<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Here in Ohio, the Secretary of State (Ohio\u2019s election chief) just released the numbers. Out of almost six million votes cast \u2013 thirteen votes were cast by non-eligible voters.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s .000223% (needed the big calculator for that one), or 2.23 illegal votes per million cast.\u00a0\u00a0Hardly enough to change an election; in fact, well within the \u201cmargin of error\u201d for just counting the votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that accuracy and integrity is mirrored throughout the nation.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a marvel of our democracy.\u00a0\u00a0At the worst moment in our national pandemic, when the most dangerous action was to gather in large crowds indoors, the United States conducted the largest election ever held here.\u00a0\u00a0Over 159 million votes were cast, 28 million more than the previous biggest turnout in 2008.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for those of you who think the turnout size itself is \u201cevidence\u201d of election fraud \u2013 the US population as a whole increased by over 24 million since 2008.  Yes, a higher percentage of folks voted, but the voter \u201cpool\u201d was bigger as well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the Moment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We did it with masks and with mail-in ballots.  We did it by allowing folks to vote early, and vote longer.  The election workers of America did everything they could to make voting safe (from COVID).  And we found what should be the \u201cmodel\u201d for American voting \u2013 the \u201cmodel\u201d that enabled more Americans to vote than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk about a time to \u201cpat yourself on the back\u201d!  We did it, and we found ways to do it safely.  There weren\u2019t viral \u201csuper-spreader\u201d events.  And we took a huge step towards achieving the American dream, of EVERY AMERICAN citizen having the opportunity to vote.  Isn\u2019t that what America is supposed to be about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in almost every state in the Union, the 2020 election has caused an outcry in the state legislatures, and in many, laws that restrict voting.\u00a0\u00a0Instead of fireworks and parades for our great election success, many states are limiting voter access, and taking election authority away from those officials who pulled off America\u2019s great success.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Lie<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve read my essays in \u201cOur America\u201d very often, you know I\u2019m no fan of the 45th President.\u00a0\u00a0And certainly he provided the impetus for voting restriction with his \u201cBig Lie\u201d strategy of eroding America\u2019s confidence in the voting process.\u00a0\u00a0He \u201clit the fuse\u201d that led to January 6th Insurrection.\u00a0\u00a0And there is a large segment of Americans who still \u201csecretly\u201d believe his lie.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a difference between \u201cthe fuse\u201d and \u201cthe bomb”. It\u2019s taken a concerted effort of many politicians who know better than to serve as \u201cthe bomb\u201d blowing up our national election expansion.\u00a0\u00a0And before anyone says it \u2013 these are not the \u201cuneducated\u201d masses that the 45th President is so fond of.\u00a0\u00a0These are our \u201cleaders\u201d, some with advanced degrees from the most prestigious universities in our nation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two quick examples:  on Fox News a guest commentator, Pete Hegseth, continues to push the \u201cBig Lie\u201d, including refusing last week to confirm that Joe Biden even won the election.  Hegseth is a Princeton graduate (2003)  with a Harvard advanced degree.  Josh Hawley, Senator from Missouri who still leads the charge to undermine the election: Stanford undergrad (2002), Yale Law School.  So much for a \u201cLiberal\u201d arts education. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future Republicans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is more to the voter suppression movement than the Presidential election of 2020.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s all about the Republican Party\u2019s decision to \u201cdouble-down\u201d on white \u201cvictimization\u201d rather than looking to expand to include the interests of minorities.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s a demographic nightmare for Republicans.\u00a0\u00a0The United States is moving inexorably (I love that word) towards a \u201cminority-majority\u201d nation.\u00a0\u00a0Whites will be less than 50% by 2045.\u00a0\u00a0So a political strategy that depends on winning white voters only is a \u201closing\u201d strategy \u2013 at least in the long run (and that\u2019s only twenty-four years).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here\u2019s the \u201csimple\u201d math.\u00a0\u00a0Republicans depend on white votes to stay in power. Whites make up a shrinking percentage of the population. So, Republicans must do two things.\u00a0\u00a0They must get an increasing percentage of the white vote, and they must keep the non-whites, the votes they have given up, from voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cbomb\u201d was set before the 45th President, and before the pandemic.  But the exigencies of pandemic voting pushed even the Republican election officials in places like Georgia and here in Ohio to expand access to voting, putting them in direct conflict with their own Party.  They did their job first \u2013 got people to the polls \u2013 but now are \u201cretrenching\u201d to Party goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rig the Vote<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

And for those election officials in places like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona who happen to be Democrats \u2013 the Republican state legislatures are changing laws and even state constitutions to remove their powers.  Many Republican legislatures are trying to take over the power to determine whether the vote count is \u201cacceptable\u201d \u2013 putting themselves as \u201csuper electors\u201d over the popular vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an ugly process, and one that is truly Un-American.  The inexorable (there it is again) tide of history and population growth is against them.  Democrats may lose some battles, like those they are gallantly fighting in Texas and Georgia.  But in the longer view, Republicans are betting on a losing strategy.  And the longer view really isn\u2019t that long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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