2020

 

There has been much ado about the conduct of the 2020 Presidential election, particularly in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. After the results indicated that Joe Biden won enough states to thwart President Trump’s reelection bid, allegations of fraud and voting irregularities led to numerous lawsuits challenging the election results in those states. Most of those lawsuits were dismissed due to a lack of proper standing, or the “laches” rule, meaning that the lawsuit was not presented in a timely fashion. Even the Supreme Court refused to hear any of those cases. Roughly half of the country believes that this election was flawed and the results from the battleground states were illegally obtained due to rampant fraud, compromised voting machines and voting software. Those states Election Commissions and Secretaries of State compounded the problem by preventing or obstructing access to President Trump’s legal team. The calls by the democrat party and mainstream media to simply accept the results has, in effect, caused even more distrust by the electorate. Now there will be a number of legislators challenging the results from those states on January 6^th.

The mainstream media calls out Republicans that have indicated that they will challenge the electors from those battleground states, accusing them of being undemocratic and treasonous. It is true that the states are in charge of their elections and that Congress should abide by the will of the people. Congress should never overturn the results of a legally conducted election. But what if the election was plagued with fraud? What if there was ballot stuffing and illegal votes cast? What if ballots were illegally discarded? What if the voting machines were able to be and were compromised? What then is the remedy if the courts refuse to consider evidence and the states certify an illegally conducted election? Senator Cruz has suggested a commission to review those states’ elections. Five Senators, five members of the House and five Supreme Court Justices would conduct ten days of hearing and actually consider the evidence that has not had the opportunity to be adjudicated in a court of law. There is precedence for an appointed commission to consider accusations of fraud in a Presidential election.

All Americans need to have the full faith and confidence in lawfully conducted elections. Without that faith and confidence, our Constitutional Republic would be damaged, perhaps beyond repair. Airing the grievances before this commission would restore integrity in our election system by either validating the complaints or confirming the legitimacy of the incoming administration. The last thing this country needs is another four years of one party calling the duly elected President illegitimate. We must accept whoever is legally elected in order for his administration to be effective. Information and facts are what we, as a people, base our conclusions upon. Present those facts to the American people so that they will be satisfied with the outcome. Do not accept the premise of ignoring millions of our citizens by telling them to accept the results and to simply move on. Make the case and the American people will accept whatever outcome is affirmed.