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"We need a federal election commission. Not the one proposed by some Senate Republicans. And not like past placebo commissions.
An honest-to-God, no-holds-barred federal commission to look into the 2020 presidential election.
... There are three reasons why the need for a real commission is needed:
►First, and most important, this was an unprecedented election in the reliance of mail-in voting and the use of new voting systems and procedures. We need to review how that worked down to the smallest precincts and hamlets.
►Second, possibly tens of millions of voters believe that this election was rigged and stolen. I am not one of them. However, the integrity of our elections depends on the faith of the electorate.
►First, and most important, this was an unprecedented election in the reliance of mail-in voting and the use of new voting systems and procedures. We need to review how that worked down to the smallest precincts and hamlets.
►Second, possibly tens of millions of voters believe that this election was rigged and stolen. I am not one of them. However, the integrity of our elections depends on the faith of the electorate.
... Most of the cases challenging the election were not decided on the merits. Indeed, it seems they haven’t even been allowed for discovery. Instead, they were largely dismissed on jurisdictional or standing groups or under the “laches” doctrine that they were brought too late. Those allegations need to be conclusively proven or disproven in the interests of the country.
►Third, there were problems. There was not proof of systemic fraud or irregularities, but there were problems of uncounted votes, loss of key custodial information and key differences in the rules governing voting and tabulations.
A real commission will take a couple years to fully address these allegations.
It will be meaningless if it’s stacked by the same reliable political cutouts used historically in federal commissions.
It should be formed on a commitment of absolute transparency with public hearings and public archiving of underlying material before the issuance of any final report.
... the validity of ... electoral votes should be left largely to the courts in challenges in the given states.
... The main challenge, however, remains the same: Whether Congress can appoint a real federal commission without rigging the result by appointing partisan members.
... So, let’s have a commission, but let’s make it a real one.
