It's incredible that the federal government doesn't handle its own elections in the USA...
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There's a law that says the department of justice has to pre-approve election changes in some states with a history of violating voting rights, but our illustrious supreme court has ruled they don't have to follow it anymore.
What I meant is that if you look at Canada for example, provincial elections are separate from federal elections and the federal government manages its own elections and the provinces aren't involved at all (it's even seen as a faux pas for a premier to tell people who they would rather see in power at the federal level).
One good side to the American system is that when Donny was president he couldn't do much to the states that had fair elections. He tried.
Donnie wouldn't have been elected in the first place with a fair system. Also you make it an independent non partisan agency so the president can't interfere.
Our original sin runs deep.
The vast army of Georgia poll workers report for duty only about three days a year and get paid about $7.25 an hour. Every time we come in, the rules have changed, so we train for eight hours to learn the new protocols. Election day itself, including set-up and break-down, starts at 5:30 am and ends at 9:00 pm, two hours later if you’re a manager delivering the ballots to the regional office. Most of us are retired, and many are elderly (read: not tech-forward).
And poll workers are not perfect. One of them puts on a sweater and inadvertently obscures her name tag (not allowed). Another shows a new person how to work the check-in station (not allowed). Another tells a nonprofit they can set up their food hand-outs inside the building so as to stay out of the rain (not allowed). And at some point during the 15 hour work day, all of you find yourself accidentally socializing with one another (also not allowed). Likewise, the clerks are socializing with the voters (you guessed it: not allowed), which, worst case, is akin to being smothered in grandmas.
This sounds very like my experience back when I used to work the polls. We all did the best we could and we all knew a fair chunk of the voters, so chatting was frequent.
we all knew a fair chunk of the voters
You guessed it: Not allowed
The Republican-controlled board’s newest rule allows county officials to delay certification if poll workers comply imperfectly with their long list of new and old rules—irregularities they can call “malfeasant.” And if that’s not intimidating enough, the Board also ruled that poll watchers, those watchdogs volunteering from both the Right and the Left, should have closer physical access—even though most have had only two hours of training, even though most are not familiar enough with protocol to know what “normal” is supposed to look like.
A shit storm is brewing an nothing is being done about it. All the fake electors should have already been dealt with. This is absolute failure on our government's part. So much so that it implicates them in this scheme. All of them.