Tag
Elections
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The Booth Was the Point
I went easy on mail voting last time. The deeper problem is not the slow count. It is that mailing everyone a ballot quietly repeals the secret ballot, and the secret ballot was the whole defense against buying and coercing votes.
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Clean Rolls Are Not a Conspiracy
Noncitizen voting is rare and not swinging national elections. Clean, verifiable voter rolls are also basic administrative hygiene. Both are true, and the fight in Washington pretends only one can be.
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Election Night Is Dead
We used to know who won by midnight. Now we wait days for a result half the country will not believe. The slow count is not a fraud claim. It is a legitimacy problem, and it is mostly self-inflicted.