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Originally Posted by kane
There doesn't seem to be any rules or laws now for anything. There is that case in North Carolina where they had proof that the Republican candidate committed voter fraud. Even his own son testified against him. Instead of him and those who did it getting in serious trouble, they are going to walk away and they will just redo the election. No consequences what so ever. It's sad.
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Yes, I was surprised by that but, you have to keep in mind that states make their own rules for their elections and most have differences so I was guessing they were following the state constitution. And as long as that is the case, I am fine with it. If they don't like their rules, they will need to change them themselves.
The federal government only mandates that elections are completely judged by the rules of the state as they were on election day. you can't change rules after the fact.
That indeed was the problem with the Supreme court case in Fl in 2000 with the chad counting. What a mess. So they had to in effect judge Fl rules for them and found the election had been certified by the state and the case was closed because at that point of certification, the state had adhered to it's rules as they were on election day.
Some may not have liked the outcome but it was legally correct, so I was OK with it.
But that does not mean there were not election issues to deal with before the next election.
Demanding the upholding of the rule of law is everyone's responsibility.
Again, if folks don't like the rules... change them.
To many to passive about this. And you see where that has landed us.