Poststemmer i Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4. november. Foto: Matt Slocum/AP/Scanpix

Demokratene har lagt frem forslag til ny valglov som utvider poststemmeordningen til å gjelde hele landet. Dermed tas valgordning ut av hendene på delstatene og overføres til føderale myndigheter.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced the bill (pdf), saying in a press release that the legislation is meant to “fight voter suppression.”

“Our democracy is stronger when every American can vote, without standing in ridiculous lines or having to take time off work or school to exercise their Constitutional rights,” Wyden said in a statement.

Demokratene kaller motstand mot ordningen for «stemmeundertrykkelse». Jimmy Carter og James Baker sto bak en undersøkelse for noen år siden som konkluderte med at poststemmer var kronisk upålitelig og åpnet for systemisk valgsvindel.

Republikanerne vil gå stikk motsatt vei: De vil skjerpe reglene og innføre ID-kontroll som obligatorisk.

The initiative stands in contrast to a bill introduced by Republicans several weeks ago, which seeks to tighten voter registration verifications and narrow rules for when and how mail-in ballots can be accepted, in a bid to strengthen the integrity of federal elections.

Demokratene hyller valget 3. november som en seier for et demokratisk valg, siden så mange deltok. Republikanerne mener tvertom at det forekom utbredt valgsvindel.

“Last year we saw a widespread expansion of vote-at-home access as a safe and secure way to participate during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Blumenauer said in a statement. “We should continue to make voting easier, not harder. This important bill would strengthen and clarify the right to vote at home, the most secure and convenient way for voters to exercise the franchise.”

Peter Navarro leverte en rapport for kort tid siden som ramset opp så mange irregulære omstendigheter at det burde nedsettes en kommisjon for å granske valget.

Peter Navarro, who served as an adviser to Trump, concluded in a sweeping report on the integrity of the 2020 election that the allegations of irregularities, including outright voter fraud, were serious enough to warrant an urgent probe and substantial enough to potentially overturn the results.

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