I'd be very happy if more effort would be put into these procedures.
I remember as a kid and watching my parents go to the polls. It was a very solemn and impressive thing to observe. Especially when my parents explain to me about the right of a citizen to vote and the importance of participating in the shaping of the country's future.
I couldn't wait to be old enough so I could also participate in the voting process.
I believe in all of these voting procedures:
- requiring of voter ID
- one day elections
- in-person voting
- neutral election observers and reporting
In this day and age everyone wants immediate results.
It started with mail-in voting. But originally it was meant for those who couldn't make the voting deadline. There were strict parameters in place to ensure no fraud takes place. Now mail-in voting is like Nancy Pelosi, a sick joke.
Cheating during elections seems to be ok, as long as the cheaters don't get caught. People are voting and voting often, dead people are putting their 2 cents in and people who I believe do not have the right to vote are voting with the help of harvesters that tell them what to do and who to vote for in exchange for Mcdonald gift certificates. (ok, that last part is just my opinion and a hunch). Not to mention certain batches they don't agree with end up in ditches or in the bushes, never to make it to the polls only to be found years later.
Sure, after careful analysis it has been determined that these batches wouldn't have changed the outcome but the damage to trust and integrity of the voting process will forever be suspect once the news about it was reported to the people.
I believe that when it comes to elections there should be no hurry. You can't wait, tough sh*t. You wait. We are going to do this right. There should be laws about this.
What happened to those days? When did the voting process, which used to be fair, transparent, and above integrity, turn into a f*ckn circus?
Whenever I get into discussions about these kinds of things and we wonder: When was the tipping point? When did America start going to sh*t?
I always joke about it started when OJ Simpson got acquitted for murder. I said people started thinking: If he can get away with it so can we.
It was a joke but nowadays I wonder......