… This is a toxic combination. Claiming that rampant fraud exists when it doesn't undermines confidence in the actual demonstrated will of voters. Using those claims to restrict the ability of voters to vote can actually shift the results of an election. Empowering partisan legislators or bodies to overturn election results on dubious grounds abandons the idea of democratic elections in general. Not to mention the erosion in the utility of elections when a candidate offers no platform besides "I'm one of you" and comes up with reasons to avoid any substantive debate...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/02/republican-party-is-trying-new-kind-politics/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/02/republican-party-is-trying-new-kind-politics/
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