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They’ll try to do elections Putin-style where the votes magically all end up being in favor of the incumbent and the opposition party becomes increasingly crimi
by mrtesthah 2y ago
They’ll try to do elections Putin-style where the votes magically all end up being in favor of the incumbent and the opposition party becomes increasingly criminalized.
- joshuahedlund 2y agoElections are run by states, not the federal government. “They” will not be able to control them in this way.
- mrtesthah 2y agoThe federal government can do a lot to support state actions to disenfranchise people, especially when the courts go along with it. And then there’s the threat of state legislatures to override the popular vote in national elections on the basis of “fraud”.