All States Should Run Elections Like Florida
by Big Dog on Nov 9, 2022 at 11:30 2022 Election, Opinion, Tyranny
If I were in charge, we would have things like they were a long time ago. There would be an Election DAY. There would be no election weeks or months, just Election DAY. The only people who could receive an absentee ballot would be the people who are not present to vote on election day (military out of state, persons on vacation or travel) or who have a condition that prevents them from going to vote (in nursing home, in hospital, home bound due to illness). My idea for an absentee ballot would require you to go to a polling place if you are able to leave your house for any other reason such as to shop, go out to eat or for entertainment. Certainly, if you can do that you can go vote. I would also require paper ballots with absolutely no use of electronic voting machines.
But absent some seismic event such as federal election GUIDELINES or an amendment to the Constitution, we are certainly stuck with early voting and absentee ballots**, both of which (particularly mail in ballots) are easily used for cheating.
If your state is unable to count all your votes by the next morning, then there is cheating going on. While it certainly happens that some races are too close or turn out has increased such that it takes longer, there is no reason that all ballots cannot be counted by the next morning. The idea that mail in ballots take up to a week is a self-inflicted wound. Without widespread use of these tools of deception and cheating the count would go more quickly. The only reason it takes so long is because shenanigans take place. Pennsylvania takes forever to count (and has a history of election cheating) No, being a hugely populated state like Pennsylvania is, is not an excuse.
Florida has 9 million more people in it than Pennsylvania does, and Florida managed to count MILLIONS of ballots and have results before 10 pm on election night. Some races took a little longer, but the counting went quickly. As of this writing the total counts for Florida are well over 85% of the vote and only one Congressional District race has not been called. Pennsylvania will take days to have some results and it did not recently suffer a catastrophic hurricane like Florida did. Hell, PA is quick when it looks like Democrats are winning (or they cheated sufficiently) but takes days when Republicans are ahead.
There is no doubt the election system in our country is broken. The responsibility for running elections belongs to the state legislatures but the part of the Constitution that states that, Article I section 4, also states that Congress may alter such regulations.
“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.” ~ US Constitution, Art I Sec 4.
The choosing (chusing in original text) of Senators is done by popular vote now instead of selection by state legislatures as Article I Section 3 prescribed. Changing that was a huge mistake.
So while it would be great to have states run elections like Florida (they learned from the hanging chad days) the reality is most states do their own thing and criminal activity is baked into the process. There is a lot of cheating in elections. It exists because it works (Biden is in the White House) and because there are little to no consequences for those who get caught cheating.
We need the federal government to write a basic guideline describing the minimum standards for elections. They are allowed to, by law, make new or alter eisting regulations. A federal standard for elections is long overdue.
We should have an election day. If there is a worry about people getting off work or not being able to make it then I propose the first weekend in November be designated election weekend. You can vote on Saturday or Sunday. The standard workweek in America is Monday through Friday so most people should be off. Anyone working both of those days and whose shift covers the entire 13 (or so) hours each day that the polls are open can get an absentee ballot. Voting is not just a right (now) it is a civic duty. If it means that much to you then voting on “your” weekend should be ok. Hell, most people early vote on the weekends before elections anyway. Maybe we make it 24 hours from Saturday through to Sunday so people can vote at any time removing the worry about having to work. This is something the guidelines can spell out.
All ballots should be paper ballots that come in a packet that has a bar code or QR code (or other security device) that must be scanned to activate the ballots in the packet (like they do for scratch off lottery tickets). When more ballots are needed a new packet is activated (by the poll supervisor and only that person) by scanning and then can be used. Any ballot that comes from a packet that has not been activated will not scan (a warning will show on the scanner screen) and it will be instantly obvious that something is wrong. This will keep people from producing fake ballots (or stealing ballots) and introducing them into the election like was done in 2020.
People absolutely MUST have ID to vote. I do not want to hear any crying about how unfair it is to minorities. That is a racist construct by people who want to cheat. Minorities are just as smart as everyone else and they can figure out how to get an ID. In fact, nearly everyone has an ID. You cannot do much of anything these days without an ID. The government that tells you ID is racist is the same government that requires you to have a Real ID (that is very burdensome). If that ID is good enough to verify identitiy then it is good enough to use to vote. Anyone who does not drive can get a non driver ID card at no cost.
An ID is required to buy alcohol, buy tobacco, open a bank account, apply for government social services, apply for Social Security or Medicare, apply for unemployment or for a job, rent or buy a house or apply for a mortgage, drive, buy or rent a car, get on an airplane, get married, purchase a firearm, adopt a pet, rent a hotel room, apply for a hunting or fishing license, buy a cell phone, visit a casino, pick up a prescription, hold a rally or protest, donate blood, and purchase certain cold medications.
Certainly, nearly everyone does at least one of these things so nearly everyone has an ID. If we have to show an ID to do all the things listed (and that is not a complete list) then we should have to show ID to vote. If anyone is against showing an ID to vote, then they are in favor of cheating. Anyone in government who is opposed, fosters and encourages an environment of cheating.
There needs to be stiff penalties for cheating in an election. It must be a federal felony and the punishment must be, loss of right to vote, prohibition on working for campaigns or at the polls, and a 5 year minimum sentence in federal prison. The left is up in arms about J6 and the alleged insurrection. People have been in jail for over 2 years without a trial and without bond. They are political prisoners. Surely the same can be done to those who attempt to manipulate the election process for political gain. They are more dangerous than the J6 people…
It will likely never happen and I imagine, much to my dismay, that we will be engaged in another Civil War before we ever get these things fixed. Our nation is divided, and it is so because politicians of all stripes refuse to uphold the Constitution and they have used tax dollars to create a dependent/victim class that is always aggrieved and looking for more things to which they are entitled. Politicians violate our Constitution and the tyrants in black robes allow them to do it.
Until we either fix the system or have the next revolutionary act we should follow the model that Florida has provided. It is not perfect, but it is better than anything else out there.
(**) Maryland adopted the widespread use of absentee ballots and changed the law to rename them Mail-In Ballots. This language is required by election officials. They should have called them what they really are, election fraud documents.
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