Analysis: The dangerous GOP voting laws change who counts the votes

CNN via MSN ^ | 6/06/21 | Harry Enten

[Libloather]

The Republican efforts to change voting laws around the country after Donald Trump's 2020 loss are often all lumped together as one push. And while they almost all seek to ameliorate fear of widespread fraud that no one has proven exists, the modifications sought actually fall into two distinct groups.

You have proposed bills that seek to change how people vote and ones that propose to change how votes are counted.

The former has received much of the attention from Democrats trying to counter Republicans, but it is the latter that is by far a clearer threat to democracy.

Recall what has happened since people voted in the 2020 election, and what has scared Americans the most. We've seen Trump charge fraud at every turn and try to get results overthrown. There were legitimate audits and recounts in many states that proved Joe Biden won the election fair and square.

Then we saw how fragile the election system can be. In Michigan, for example, officials in Wayne County initially failed to certify the vote. There were real questions whether statewide officials in Michigan would, even as Biden easily won the state.

In Georgia, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger had to fight off death threats and defend the state's vote count from charges of fraud from other Republicans in and out of the state.

Arizona Senate Republicans have allowed a company that has no experience in ballot counting to go on a goose chase in its"audit" to find fraud long after the election. Republicans in other states have pushed for audits as well.

[MrRelevant]

Good. Are they saying next election Ruby Freeman and her crew wont be able to pull ballots out from under a table and count them alone in the middle of the night unsupervised?