Posted on 11/07/2024 4:37:51 AM PST by dennisw
While the details of this potential change to the U.S. electoral process are thin, the suggestion of the RNC co-chair seems to confirm many experts' fears that Donald Trump's return to the White House might significantly transform American democracy.
A "blanket federal election process" is likely referring to a desire to standardize procedures at the national level instead of letting every state choose its own process; this might include the homogenization of the deadlines for mail-in ballots, absentee ballots, and when votes are counted across the country.
Talking to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday after her father-in-law's historic victory about how to make the election process more secure and transparent, Lara Trump said that with Donald Trump in office, a GOP majority in the Senate and potentially in the House as well, the Republican Party finally has a chance to address the issues "99 percent plus of Americans agree on." These include, according to Lara Trump and Hannity, proof of citizenship and voter IDs.
"We don't have a perfect system right now," she told Hannity. "We have to get through this system, we have to play the hand that we were dealt. You have election season now instead of election day, and a lot of nuance around the country that makes it very confusing and really concerning for a lot of people."
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I really appreciate when two people can respectfully disagree. The only point I would make to yours, is that I think we are past the point of “the people” being able to vote them out. They have rigged the game so completely and we are at the terminal stage where they don’t even care that we see them doing it. If we don’t throttle back now we may never get the chance. 2020 was an abomination. I am still amazed that 2024 went the way it did
One day of in-person voting. New FCC rules: No media may “call” states until California has finished voting. In fact, no media may announce poll results for the entire week preceding an election, through the hour when California closes. No exit interviews. Zip. Nada.
I said it should be mandatory transparency. Cameras posted around the entire poling place live streaming to the public
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