Election integrity units established or expanded in six states after Trump’s loss obtained only 47 convictions during a period in which tens of millions of votes were cast.

As Donald Trump falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, Republicans in some states launched special units to prosecute voter fraud as part of a high-profile and controversial push to stamp out cheating some claimed was rampant.

  • forrgott@lemm.ee
    11·
    11 months ago

    Mandating that everyone must vote sounds like a recipe for disaster, not to mention how would that be enforced? Yes, it is a civic duty of utmost importance; but I simply cannot get behind this specific solution.

    • Jaysyn@kbin.social
      121·
      11 months ago

      Mandating that everyone must vote sounds like a recipe for disaster

      If Australia can figure it out, I bet we can too.

    • los_chill@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      Everyone has to pay taxes. There are consequences if you don’t. Doesn’t seem insurmountable to mandate something similar for voting.