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I think it's amusing how partisan your notion of "rigor" is. Because of a run-of-the-mill software error, you want to take away election power from the states and hand it to the federal government, which at the moment is in the hands of someone who has zero credibility regarding running honest elections?

Moreover, you find these 400 erroneous votes deeply problematic but you, I assume, did not ask for federal election oversight in the following cases:

* Georgia improperly purged legitimate voters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/georgia-gove...

* Tarrant County, Texas dramatically reduces polling sites in Democrat-leaning areas, despite population growth https://fortworthreport.org/2026/09/01/advocates-demand-incr...

* Tennessee (among other states) gerrymanders its districts to disenfranchise minority voters https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-memphis-voters-fee...

What I see here is a pattern of attempts to restrict voting among those opposed to the GOP. And these are the people that you trust to provide "rigor" in voting?

Sure, fix those problems too.

What you are showing is that problems exist. Clearly, work on election integrity is needed.

Note that in New Jersey, bipartisan work is being done.

> Sure, fix those problems too.

They do exist. What's interesting is that those are problems created by the same people who are currently trying to disenfranchise people through the current push to takeover state elections through the postal service. So color me skeptical of their alleged "good intentions."

Explain how Republicans caused the ineligible votes in New Jersey, please.

> Explain how Republicans caused the ineligible votes in New Jersey, please.

I never asserted that they did. Are you arguing with me or with a straw man?

You wrote: “They ( problems in elections ) do exist. What's interesting is that those are problems created by the same people who are currently trying to disenfranchise people…”

Under discussion was the New Jersey ineligible voter problem, to which you responded with problems in perceived over zealous voter restrictions.

Clearly, not all the problems are caused by Republicans. There’s room for examination and correction in more than one place.

You are (intentionally) disregarding the question of intent. The NJ issue was a software bug. It was found and fixed. No amount of big government oversight will prevent bugs, and in fact it may increase them.

In contrast, the disenfranchisement in Georgia, Tennessee, and now proposed through the USPS,is fully intentional. Republican don't want legal voters to vote.

The situation is not at all comparable.

After the Georgia ‘disenfranchisement’ Democrats won, proving all the hysteria is just hogwash.

Americans of all kinds ( including minorities ) want voter ID and election security. Stop repeating DNC talking points.

So in your view, illegal disenfranchisement of voters is okay as long as it's insufficient to change the results of the election?

By the way, Democrats did not win that election, as Georgia's Republican governor can tell you.

No, of course not. Illegal deisenfranchisement is a horrible thing.

But we must be sane, please. After all the hysteria about Georgias election integrity measures, a Democrat ( Warnock ) won the senate seat. Federal courts ( under the Biden administration ) discredited criticisms, and 99% of Georgians reported having no trouble voting.

Stop being hysterical.

Here, read about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Integrity_Act_of_2021

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