8 steps to secure the next election

From Glenn Beck.com (May 2, 2024):

Americans agree our elections are no longer trustworthy.

Glenn revealed in a recent Glenn TV special how concerned Americans are about the security of elections and just how vulnerable our voting systems are. It's clear something has to be done to secure our elections. We will lose everything if we lose the ability to facilitate a peaceful transition of power.

Glenn is not the only one to recognize this. The Foundation for Government Accountability has seen the issue too, and has created an 8-step plan that shows the path to restoring faith in our elections. If every state implemented these eight steps, voting confidence would be fixed immediately. These are the 8 steps to securing the next election:

1.States must ban ballot harvesting to secure elections.

Ballot harvesting is when a third party collects and submits mail-in ballots from other individuals to be counted. It is unknown whether there is any oversight over these third parties, if there are any bad actors along the chain of custody, or if the third party influences the voters. The lack of information does not inspire confidence in the process.

In 2018, multiple Republicans in California saw their apparent election night wins eventually turn to losses. Republicans pointed at a recent change in California voting law that “lets voters allow anyone to drop off their absentee ballot, rather than a family member as previously required. That has opened the door to what they call ‘ballot harvesting.’” Keep in mind this was before the pandemic. The results speak for themselves. In Orange County alone, more than 250,000 ballots were a “direct result of ballot harvesting.”

2.Prohibit third-party ballot returns and narrow who can return ballots.

The ways this can be manipulated are absolutely nuts. A state-appointed investigator in Wisconsin found a 100 percent turnout in multiple nursing homes. The investigator called it “absurd." He found intercepted ballots, forged signatures, and completed ballots from residents who were deemed “incompetent.” 92,000 residents live in these facilities in Wisconsin. To put that into perspective, Joe Biden won the state by less than 21,000 votes.

There was a similar case in Michigan where a woman was forced to plead guilty to seven counts of election fraud. She was caught submitting applications for absentee ballots on behalf of people who were “legally incapacitated.” These are the cases that the Left wants to pretend don’t happen but are very real.

3.Ban third-party distribution of unsolicited absentee applications.

These so-called “non-partisan” actors are shooting out ballot applications like confetti to anyone and everyone.

Some of these mailing operations “sent voter registration forms to the deceased, to longtime voters who are already registered and even to pets with human-sounding names.” [read more]

All excellent steps but until then the republicans should do ballot harvesting and encourage early voting.

The other steps are:

1. Ban unsolicited absentee applications and ballots by government officials.
2. States should adopt strict guidelines for absentee ballot return.
3. Require identification to vote absentee.
4. Prohibit unsecured drop boxes.
5. Require absentee and mail-in ballots to be returned by election day.