My wife and I were discussing a candidate for our local mayor, and we found the decision rather difficult because both seemed quite experienced and otherwise levelheaded until we realized one of the candidates was super concerned with election integrity and thought invalid voters were a serious issue.
There’s just no evidence to indicate that this is a widespread problem and it just smells of a desire to manipulate. I strongly believe if there was significant evidence of this that it would’ve been dug up long ago for political purposes!
Meanwhile, I was forcibly unregistered to vote without notice multiple times this year. I’d say the right to vote is under attack eons before I’m concerned about the possibility of a handful of improperly registered voters out of tens of millions.
As I’ve been filling out my ballot this year and looking into the local candidates, I’ve found there to be a lot more dog whistles than usual. Lots of candidates seem to be reasonable but then will make it a point to refer to themselves as a “patriot”, which I read as someone who is willing to overthrow our government in order to instill the candidate of their choice.
Sounds rough. In my state we had one guy ® who just said a bunch of emotional nothings and useless promises and the other is a guy (d) who promised he would basically fight ‘the man’ while providing proof he’s already been fighting ‘the man’ and winning a handful of times. Easy choice.
