Today is the Friday after Election Day, and several states are still counting votes. In the 1860s, when votes were counted by hand, by candlelight, and a nation-wide Civil War was raging, we had results for the entire country by the end of the week.
The lack of voting results is a national disgrace, especially in our age of technology. Our vote processing methods are supposedly far superior to the 19th century. Obviously not.
The early voting, mail-in voting, and vote harvesting allowed in some states are destroying our electoral system. The U.S. Constitution stipulates that we have an Election DAY, "which Day shall be the same throughout the United States." We do not have an election week, month, or season. The opportunities this unconstitutional, drawn-out process presents for errors is incalculable.
Today is also Veterans Day, and yesterday was the 247th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Our military members did not serve, sacrifice, fight, and die to protect an unconstitutional voting system. They swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." Those enemies include jaded political players manipulating state voting procedures to benefit their preferred party. The delay in vote returns is a direct insult to every American veteran and active military member.
Our veterans are owed more than thanks. They are owed an apology from every district and state still counting votes today. We also owe them a commitment to repair our broken voting system.
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| Thank you, Veterans |
