Yeah, I remember a meme with a kitten being chased by a mitten with teeth, captioned "Every time someone posts something dumb on the internet, God kills a kitten".
Not saying it's widespread, but elections could become a total free for all if they don't secure mail-in voting. There's no requirement for ID for mail-in but there is for in=person and absentee- and since people handle the ballots, they end up in places other than where they should be. They found ballots in the trunk of a mail carrier's car, a woman received a couple with her regular mail and there's a video of some boxes from a mail truck being put in a dumpster. If I had it my way, they would use a secure site with a hack-proof firewall and constant monitoring, requiring an e-signature for the ballots. I don't want to hear any crap about this being racist and that "some people don't have access to the internet", either. The people who don't have a computer or smart phone (at this point, that has to be a small number) or can't leave their house could vote by having someone from the official local agency go there with a laptop and hotspot. The fact that COVID has kept people at home seems awfully convenient, if I were one one of those people with a custom-fitted tin foil hat. I want no way to screw with the election- it's too important to put up with this BS and doubt. Other people saw it as important too, or the count up to this morning wouldn't be more than ten million votes higher than 2016 and 2012.
This election cycle wasn't good for the country. I think the rules need to change- no attack ads. They should state their case, outline their plans and use real data, rather than BS their way through and tell POTUS to "shut up, man!"- even if one candidate doesn't have a morsel of respect for their opponent, they should have some for the office. While it shows how someone reacts under stress, it doesn't make anyone look good. The goals need to be realistic and possible, too- saying "I want to shut the country down if necessary, get rid of oil and create X million jobs" is telling people what they want to hear. Conversely, saying "The days of double digit growth are gone" is far from optimistic and that's not a good thing to do, either.
I would advise people to refrain from making comments about how good a new POTUS is for the country until at least six months after they're inaugurated, too. ANY POTUS.
