And rejecting the dangerous engagement of corporate America into national politics.
Tue Apr 27, 2021
Corporations and organizations are piling on against the new Georgia election law. It is difficult to understand the basis of their objections. One would probably be on safe ground to wonder if they had actually read the law before objecting to it.
The election legislation passed by the Georgia legislature has one major purpose – to protect the integrity of the election process in the State. Given that many unorthodox voting practices were allowed during the 2020 election because of the COVID pandemic, it would be more than prudent for every state to conduct a review of voting practices to assure election integrity. A democracy requires that elections be fair, honest and fully verifiable. Certainly, only legally registered voters should be permitted to cast ballots. Ballots should also be cast in an orderly, timely, legal and systematic manner to prevent cheating and fraud. When elections are properly conducted, results should be totally transparent and verifiable; should such procedures be absent, cheating and fraud can quickly become pervasive. If our Constitution is to survive, we must have elections that are completely honest and conducted in the most ethical and legal fashion. Clearly, there can be no multiple ballots cast by individuals, no voting by unregistered persons, no vote harvesting squads, no voting by non-residents of a state, no voting after clearly established deadlines, and no undue influences at polling sites.