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Denying election results, for example.
by breadwinner 1y ago
Denying election results, for example.
- OCASMv2 1y agoThat depends on the basis on which they deny them.
- breadwinner 1y agoNot if they file dozens of lawsuits challenging the election results and loses all of them.
- OCASMv2 1y ago[flagged]
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoUtah is also a mail-to-vote state. Republicans have tried showing how easy it is committing voter fraud in these systems, but get caught and charged quickly because it’s actually not that easy.
- afavour 1y ago> Just the fact that many big states don't need IDs to vote is reason enough to cast suspicion on any election, really. Why? There have been numerous investigations into this and none have ever unearthed fraud at any meaningful level.
- cryptonector 1y agoLawsuits are not a threat to democracy.
- cryptonector 1y agoDemocrats and Republicans both have done this routinely. It happens in every election.
- jbm 1y agoI am dating myself and making myself unemployable in SV but this was not a normal thing when I was younger. It seems to have become far more common post Bush II; the Supreme Court and hanging chads had a much bigger effect than you'd think. (Incidentally, I also remember the "Your side lost, hippies" trolls, the "Peak oil" comments, and the apocalyptic "George Bush is going to impose martial law and cancel the election, they are building concentration camps" comments. Such a wild time for internet discussion, many of these were recycled later on.)
- cryptonector 1y agoI grant that it wasn't too common before Bush vs. Gore. But it did happen. There was in fact a great deal of electoral fraud in the U.S. in the past, too.
- dgb23 1y ago[flagged]