Code Red for American Democracy

“For all the uproar among Democrats over restrictive voting laws passed by Republican legislatures in 17 states, Democrats have only recently awakened to the more dangerous threat to American democracy – Republican moves to take partisan control of counting votes and even overturn the popular vote in future elections. But the greater danger to American democracy and election integrity lies in the brazen GOP schemes to gain partisan control of the traditionally non-partisan process of counting and certifying the vote, by empowering Republican legislatures to disqualify the popular vote, by removing impartial election officials, including Republicans, by undercutting bipartisan election boards and by promoting pro-Trump loyalists to take charge of running elections in pivotal states like Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Call it Act Two of “The Big Lie,”