My Dad lost 18 friends inside 2 minutes over Hanoi one night. He got back in the plane and went downtown again, the very next night. Time to make a stand against these tyrant goons. Arrest you for WHAT? Refusing to vote the way they want?
For not doing our statutory responsibility. Do I really think it would have happened? 10 years ago I would have laughed but if you don’t think that the Dems would make examples out of the Supervisors of the reddest County in AZ, who is always a thorn in their sides, you are mistaken. Again, if I thought that not certifying would mean something, that something good would come out of it, I would have risked going to jail. But all they will do is appoint a surrogate to sign. It’s purely administrative.
I think you’re missing the point. Hildy said she’d risk arrest IF it would accomplish anything. But it would not.
The level of understanding of election law is abysmal, even here on FR. Those who get it realize that what is not explicitly illegal will not be punished, and in the absence of a legal remedy there will be no change to the election outcome. Put simply, even if fraud and cheating occur, the law does not provide a mechanism by which election results can be reversed or a new election held. Thus it will NEVER happen.
As explained, withholding certification only causes collateral damage and doesn’t change the outcome. Only election law reform can do that.
Maybe when enough people wake up and realize what the problem is we can see the right kind of action to correct it. Put simply, it’s possible to cheat and get away with it and there’s nothing you can do about it under the present laws.
THIS! You mean he didn’t say “it’s too risky! I’m not getting in that B-52”?
And there you have it... balls vs doing the reasonable thing.
Kudos for both your post and your father.