Posted on 04/09/2022 5:05:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
What if we applied the principles of election integrity we expect from other countries to the United States?
The U.S. government spends about $2.4 billion per year supporting democracy around the world. Through this support we aim to encourage adoption and compliance with internationally accepted principles and obligations for democratic elections and governance. These principles and obligations are grounded in Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and are included and elaborated on in regional treaties and agreements.
Grounded in this foundation, advocates of democracy have developed detailed approaches to evaluating the fairness and legitimacy of elections, and the quality of democratic governance. How does the 2020 election in the United States compare to the standards we apply in our international democracy assistance?
Effective elections must accurately reflect the free expression of the will of the people; and must be perceived by the voters as fair with an outcome seen as legitimate. Elections fail when they do not result in an outcome generally perceived as fair or legitimate. Failure can be caused by a breakdown in process, or by factors that cause voters to doubt the fairness or legitimacy of the process.
Although there is a lot of evidence of both process failure and intentional malpractice in the 2020 presidential election, a strong argument can be made that this was a failed election because it did not meet the minimal standard of ensuring the perception of legitimacy among a large portion of the population. Numerous factors over a long period of time have contributed to the general lack of faith in the legitimacy of our election process.
Election Environment
The relative fairness of an election cannot be determined solely by considering what occurs on election day,
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Your image in this post makes me wish there was a “LIKE” button to push.
What we are learning is that democracy does not mean to the US government what democracy means to you and me. It Simply means countries becoming client states of the United States rather than other countries so that our corruptocrats can suck them dry rather than someone else looting them.
If intl standards the the US and other Western nations try to make third world countries live up to were applied here, the summer of riots would be looked at as the US being a failed State, the election would be known as a farce and the Jan 6th people would be considered political prisoners of an illegitimate government.
Trump may have won but he lost the final and most important
part of the process...... SWEARING IN
Until the process is cleaned up CHIT is gonna happen.
Thanks.
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