Biden panicking over election integrity measures?
President Biden is set for a collision course with former President Donald Trump in a rematch. Everything is different now.
Because Joe Biden’s panicking about these crucial new election security laws.
No matter what you may think about what happened in the 2020 election cycle, the fact remains that millions upon millions of Americans believe that there were at least some shenanigans being pulled to tip the scales. Americans on both ends of the political spectrum feel this way too. Whether that’s true or not is beside the point.
What really matters is that there have now been major efforts almost exclusively on the part of the Republican party to introduce new legislation and regulations for elections to make them more secure.
Simple laws preventing bad actors from manipulating elections seem like common sense for members of the GOP. In some cases, these laws can have major implications for the outcome of elections.
The latest state to adopt new election regulations is none other than the battleground state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin has given the green light to two election integrity measures supported by Republicans, signaling a significant shift in how the crucial swing state manages its electoral processes leading up to the November elections, reports The Associated Press.
One initiative aims to eliminate private funding from elections, while the other seeks to impose stricter regulations on who can undertake election-related tasks. As of the latest projections from the AP, both questions garnered support from 52% and 55.5% of voters, respectively.
The first question takes aim at what critics dub “Zuckerbucks,” referring to the substantial sums Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg injected into election offices nationwide in 2020 through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Specifically, it targets the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL), a left-leaning nonprofit that received around $350 million from the initiative to assist with election administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last election cycle, CTCL granted Wisconsin $10 million for election efforts, a move that sparked controversy given the state’s razor-thin margins of victory. Critics, predominantly conservatives, argue that such funds were disproportionately allocated to Democratic-leaning urban areas, potentially influencing turnout in favor of the Democrats. Since then, 27 states have implemented measures to restrict or outright ban private funding in elections, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The second question seeks to limit who can carry out election-related duties to only those designated as “election officials” by law.
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The 2020 election was decided after election rules were changed apparently to deal with COVID-19. It is certainly questionable whether that was necessary and it makes sense to return to policies which most Americans believe resulted in more election integrity measures. Biden is still seen as a substandard president. I am among those who thought Trump did a better job.
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