{"id":1987590,"date":"2023-08-01T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-republicans-just-say-no-to-ballot-harvesting\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:08:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:08:45","slug":"op-ed-republicans-just-say-no-to-ballot-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-republicans-just-say-no-to-ballot-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans, Reject Ballot Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-republicans-just-say-no-to-ballot-harvesting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why American\u200b Elections Need Urgent Reform<\/h2>\n<p>As an international democracy and elections specialist, I have spent over 30 years\u2064 evaluating the \u2063quality of elections and \u200dfinding ways to improve them. From my experience working with organizations like the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in\u200d Europe, the U.S. government, and private foundations, I can confidently \u2064say that American elections are the least secure and most corruptible among developed countries. In fact, they are even less\u2064 secure and fair than\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-removes-177000-voters-from-voter-rolls-after-legal-challenge\/\" title=\"Michigan Removes 177,000 Voters From Voter Rolls After Legal Challenge\">election processes<\/a> in many developing democracies.<\/p>\n<p>But you don&#8217;t need to be an expert to see that something is wrong \u2063with\u2062 our elections.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-republicans-just-say-no-to-ballot-harvesting\/\" title=\"Republicans, Reject Ballot Harvesting\">recent poll \u200dconducted<\/a> \u200dby The Associated Press and the University of Chicago revealed some alarming statistics. Less than half of Americans are\u2063 confident that\u200c the 2024 vote will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">counted accurately<\/a>.\u200b 70 percent of Americans\u2063 support requiring ID to\u2064 vote. Less than half have \u200bconfidence in voting machines,\u200d and only \u206430 percent have confidence in mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>Confidence in elections is \u200dcrucial for a democracy. Without trust in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">election process<\/a>,\u2062 we cannot have\u200c confidence in the\u2064 legitimacy of our elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, we have witnessed\u2064 partisan \u200cinterference in elections by big business, Big\u2064 Tech, and government officials. This has left Republicans and conservatives feeling hopeless about ever seeing a fair election \u200dagain.<\/p>\n<p>Some have suggested that Republicans should \u200cadopt\u2062 the\u2063 Democrats&#8217; strategy of ballot harvesting and extended voting periods. However, these insecure election\u200d processes\u2063 are not \u200dthe solution. They only \u200cfacilitate\u2062 cheating and give Democrats an advantage. Democrats are more willing to exploit these insecure practices, making \u200bit impossible for Republicans to \u2062compete fairly.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of fighting on the Democrats&#8217; battlefield, \u200cwe need\u2062 to shift the \u2064battleground\u200d to\u200d our advantage. We must move from the courts and institutions\u2064 to the\u200d cognitive\u200c battlefield, where we have the \u200dupper\u200c hand.<\/p>\n<p>While it \u2063may seem like the left holds all the power, we still have some \u200dasymmetrical powers\u2062 that we can leverage. We have \u2062the support of the people, who believe in \u200bfree and fair elections. Together, we can challenge the institutions\u200c and demand transparent and verifiable \u200belection processes that restore confidence in our elections and the democratic legitimacy of our elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve \u2062this, \u2062we need to focus on defining transparent and verifiable election processes in all 50 states\u200c and\u200d then push state legislatures \u2064to enact these reforms. By doing so, we can ensure that the 2024 elections accurately reflect the will of\u200b the people and uphold the principles of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats&#8217; game is rigged, but we have the power to change the game.<\/p>\n<h3>Source:<\/h3>\n<p>Op-Ed:\u200d Republicans, Just Say No to Ballot Harvesting<\/p>\n<p>The post appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 30 years of experience as an international democracy and elections specialist, I have assessed elections for the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the U.S. government, and private foundations. I can confidently state that American elections are the least secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2241,"featured_media":1987591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}