They must not be as certain that they can rig the 2024 election, if they are worried about actually needing real votes.
Maybe I'm assuming the opposition is smarter than it really is, but I am beginning to wonder if perhaps the disloyal opposition has decided it would actually be better for them to have a Pubbie in the WH in 2025. That way they can blame all the economic and military destruction of the country upon us, as well as gin up all the usual suspects (BLM, LGBTQ+, La Raza, Planned Parenthood) for mostly peaceful protests, IYKWIM, to create such chaos that only they can take over and wipe out all vestiges of freedom. I wouldn't put it past them...