Let’s say there’s a real issue issue with voting irregularities. There is not. Ideally, states would get together, perhaps at the annual governors meeting and hash it out. Rural states, urban states, states with unique or non-unique issues. Done.
Let’s say it turns out to be a national problem. States would convince Congress that certain universal tweaks are needed. It would be discussed in a bi-partisan manner and fixed.
But no, we couldn’t possibly do anything like adults. Trump wants to win the 2026 election because he knows his second term crime spree will come to a crashing halt and he may be stuck with just the $4 billion he’s taken so far this term. OK, he’ll still give himself another $10 billion on top of that, as he’s suing the government for investigating him for trying to steal the 2020 election and absconding with tons of top-secret documents. So what did he do first? Not electors, that one bounced in 2020. Mid-term re-apportionment in Republican-led states. Sounds great! Crash and burn.
What next? Keep tens of millions of likely Democratic voters from getting registered or going to the polls by disenfranchising married women, rural residents, disabled citizens and seniors. Plus, go against the Constitution and federalize elections by demanding everyone re-register, and collect all voter data at the federal level for a Constitutionally (purposely, ask the founders) state function.
If MAGA can’t keep Democrats and Independents and RINO’s from registering or voting, they can mess with the actual votes to get the results they want. Now there’s democracy in action! Add masked goons to the party just for fun, to terrorize potential voters at polling places and it sounds like a grand plan.
I have news for you. I’m a married woman, a senior citizen and rural resident. If you think you can keep me from voting for James Talarico (D) for U.S. Senate for John Cornyn’s (R) seat in Texas, you have another thing coming. I have my valid passport, can re-apply for my birth certificate, and have my marriage certificate, Texas REAL ID (one of the five states that includes citizenship), TSA Pre, and Global Entry pass. And I can also bring my police-trained Rottweiler to the polls as a service dog. [Note to reader: I have an extremely friendly Mini-Aussie I call my Ambassadog, not a Rottweiler, or trained except to herd me and my husband. It sounds good, though!} This is Texas so my shotgun is right outside in my SUV [OK, no shotgun either, failed marksmanship in high school, required in another red state].
The federal government has no legal need for sensitive voting records. They should have no right to do daily maintenance of voter rolls and machine maintenance, or ballot security. Unfortunately, I just moved to Texas and this is one of the few states that has handed over my voting records. But they only have it for the time I was in Texas, not in three other states in which I’ve voted for the past 45+ years.
We must convince Republican senators to vote no on the SAVE Act. Its sole purpose is to disenfranchise voters in order to illegally win elections. If they do pass it, with its gratuitous additions of anti-trans prohibitions, it’s time to vote them out and elect people who will treat women, the disabled, and country folk with respect.
Driving is a privilege. If I get too many speeding tickets, I’ll lose that privilege. Voting, on the other hand, is a right. The government has no right to take away my vote in a democracy.
On another matter, the DOJ, having dismantled its ethics efforts and encouraged lawlessness by its attorneys, is now proposing a rule to prohibit state bar associations, which regulate attorney members, from initiating actions against lawless DOJ personnel. Comments are due by April 6. Reference DOJ-OAG-2026-0001-0001. We need MORE transparency, more ethical actions, not fewer. This regulation would allow DOJ to bury state inquiries into illegal acts like lying to a judge. It’s a bad thing for all of us. Check out ACLU and ABA for cogent info so you don’t have to absorb the entire filing, which of course is written in legalese.
Save our right to vote! Dee
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