Finding no significant election fraud in a GOP-backed Michigan audit, Democrats and the press touted the results proving that former President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread election lacked proof. Michigan’s Republican-led Senate Oversight Committee found no evidence of significant election fraud, rejecting Trump and his followers claims after the Nov. 8, 2020 presidential election. Michigan’s Senate Oversight Committee urged the state attorney general to investigate individuals who made false claims “for their own ends.” Voter “fraud” holds narrow definitions usually involving fabricating votes or failing to count legitimate ballots. But one thing voter fraud doesn’t check is what happens with universal mail-in ballots when they swarm vote processing centers, unable to validate signatures or whether the ballots come from legally registered U.S. citizens.
Trump’s messaging after the election has been murky, claiming election “fraud,” but not showing proof that something nefarious happened with either not counting valid votes for actually tossing out valid ballots. When Republican auditors reached the opposite conclusions in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida and Georgia, Democrats and press claim the audits were biased to support fraud claims. Take the brief to the U.S. Supreme Court prepared by former Chapman University Law Professor John Eastman, he told the High Court that it was impossible to determine voter fraud because of universal mail-in ballots. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Nov. 10, 2020 that Republicans may never win another presidential election with Democrats registration advantage. Yet former Georgia Minority Leader Stacy Abrams insists any attempt to by Republicans to stop universal mail-ballots is voter suppression.
Abrams and other Democrats can’t have it both ways: Claiming there’s no proof of voter fraud while, at the same time, insisting that only universal mail-in ballots offers Democrats, especially minorities, unfettered elections. Abrams thinks there’s nothing wrong with mailing out ballots in bulk to U.S. registered voters, whether voters are dead-or-alive. Republicans want voters who submit valid mail-in ballots to show proof of identity, something Abrams insists proves voter suppression. Trump’s backers in Michigan claimed “intentionally switched” ballots from him to President Biden, calling the fraud “MASSIVE and Determinative.” In a 35-page report, Michigan’s GOP led Oversight Committee found no fraud. Michigan’s GOP audit couldn’t account for the effect of universal mail-in ballots on the total vote count, leaving uncertainty as to verifying individual election ballots.
Michigan’s Committee minced no words when it came to Trump’s allegations of widespread “determinative” voter fraud. “The committee finds those promoting Antrim County as the prime evidence of a nationwide conspiracy to steal the election place all other statements and actions they make in a position of zero credibility,” the report said. Demanding that anything short of universal mail-in ballots constitutes voter suppression cannot be justified by Democrats and the press. If voters can’t tell whether mail-in ballots are valid, then the integrity of the entire voting system is in play. “There are glaring issues that must be addressed in current Michigan election law, election security, and certain procedures,” but the there’s noting in the 2020 Michigan vote that would invalidate the results. If mail-in signatures or proper voter registration cannot be verified, then the integrity of the votes is in question.
Integrity of the vote can only be guaranteed if registered voters have proper identification at state, county or city polling stations . Sending out tens-of-millions of ballots in the mail does little to preserve the integrity of the vote. Abrams claims of voter suppression cannot be based on demanding universal mail-in ballots or nothing. Biden won the popular and Electoral College vote because Democrats enjoy a decisive registration advantage, making it difficult for Republicans to compete with Democrats’ sheer numbers. Past elections had Democrat with a registration advantage but not showing up at the same rate at polls as Republican voters. Universal mail-in voters gave Democrats a real advantage when it came to completing ballots. Republicans are in the unenviable position of having no advantage when it comes to voter motivation when it comes to universal mail-in ballots.
Republicans have a real problem with the Democrat and media spin machine accusing Republicans or racism and voter suppression. Unless Republicans don’t implement a national PR strategy, the GOP will be permanently marginalized as a minority white party. Whether that’s true or not, Democrats and the press made Trump four years in office pure hell, accusing him of Russian collusion and endless scandals, whether fabricated or not. As Prof. Eastman said in his brief for Texas to the Supreme Court, there was no way to account for widespread voter fraud with universal mail-in ballots there’s simply no way to ferret-out valid ballots from fraudulent ones. “The committee strongly recommends citizens use a critical eye and ear toward those who have pushed demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain,” rejecting all claims of voter fraud without proof.
