[rlmorel]

I agree this is a tough nut to crack. But I believe the future of our Republic depends on it.

I came to the conclusion that there are two fundamental conditions that must be met for a Constitutional Republic such as ours to exist and have legitimacy. We agree to be governed if these two conditions are met:

First, we must be able to choose who governs us through free and fair elections.

Second, those who govern us must be bound to the same rules, laws, and penalties we are governed by.

If either of those conditions are not met, it is not a legitimate government.

And I don’t think we are meeting either of those criteria now.

I would venture that you and I agree something has to be done, even if we disagree on how or even if it can be done.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I would venture that you and I agree something has to be done, even if we disagree on how or even if it can be done.

My emphasis would be on that last "if" in the sentence above. States have the right to set their own voting laws, and several have legalized ballot harvesting practices. I don't see any remedy for legalized ballot harvesting in the near-term, or the medium-term. Long-term? Well, how long? During my lifetime? My kids' lifetimes? I don't know. I do know that the way the Democrats ended up in the WH in 2020 and retained control of the Senate in 2022 has enabled them to inflict ruin on us for the past three years, with consequences reaching well into the future.

Ballot-harvesting is indeed a recipe for fraud - but it's not going away. If we want to retain what few freedoms we have, if we want to at least slow down the relentless advance of left-wing insanity, we must play by the new rules.