We should demand election transparency no matter which party stands to benefit

Imagine if the current electoral situation were flipped, with Biden losing by a hair’s width. What would the entire corporate media class, celebrity class, and every single upper crust Biden voter do? They would scream “fraud!” and demand recounts. What if massive chunks of mail-in ballots arrived in the dead of night, and they all happened to be solely for Trump?  What if random software glitches flipped 6,000 Biden votes to Trump? What if ballot counters in Republican strongholds kicked out Democrat poll watchers and boarded up windows? What if tens of thousands of ballots were found to be marked for Trump only, with no other down-ballot candidate chosen? The Democratic Party would rightfully demand recounts and investigations. And we who value fair and honest elections would support their fight for an honest counting of votes.

And if the Republican Party prematurely declared victory before counts were finalized, and in the midst of all the shenanigans, everyone would laugh and call them frauds. Which they would be.

Author: S. Smith