Elections in America: Are the Post-Pandemic Elections Fair?

Elections in America: Are the Post-Pandemic Elections Fair?

Mujeeb Khan

1.2million mail votings in Florida, two weeks before midterm elections

 

  We fought for democracy in our countries and now it looks like we must fight to save democracy in America. During the mid-term elections, we used to get these messages on our mobile phones saying “everything- our very democracy is on the line, are you casting your vote?” Fair elections promote strong democracy. Surprisingly, democracy was never in danger in America during the Cold War, but when the Cold War does not exist, there will be more threats to democracy in America. Why? In the opinion of many Americans, the midterm elections were no different from the 2020 presidential election. There are reservations about the election in the minds of the people. People are afraid to say the word “rigged election” because they will be associated with the incident of January 6. However, the people are not satisfied with the way the election is being conducted. It took 10 days to decide who would have the majority in Congress. Within 72 hours of the election, Democrats held 204 seats in Congress, and Republicans held 211 seats. Republicans needed 7 seats for a majority in Congress while Democrats needed 14 seats for a majority. Democrats have a one-vote lead in the Senate. A run-off election for one Georgia Senate seat will be held on December 6. California’s Congressional results are not out yet. It has been 10 days since the election and the counting of votes is going on. A few hours after voting closed in California’s 2020 presidential election, CNN reported that 55electorate votes had gone to Biden. It is the sixth day of voting, and the counting of votes was going on in Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Alaska, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.

  America is the world’s only democratic superpower. It is a high-tech advanced country. It is fully capable of transporting its weapons from one corner of the world to another in a matter of hours. But America is slow to count its votes. It is a high risk for Congress to be controlled by Republicans. The Speaker is the third in line, that is, if something happens to the President, the Vice President will be the President, and if something happens to the Vice President, then the Speaker will be the President, and the Speaker is a Republican. The gap has narrowed, but it is not possible for Democrats to control Congress. This method of conducting the election gives rise to the illusion of fair elections in the minds of the American people. In the 2020 presidential election due to covid-19, early voting, mail-in voting, and drive-by ballot had created a rig election problem. Mailmen were delivering bags full of votes even on the second, third, fourth, or fifth day after voting ended. This time there were 6 million early votes, the midterm elections are no different than the 2020 presidential election.

  Covid-19 is now over, business life is back to normal, and elections should be held like pre-Covid-19. The presidential election of Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., and Bill Clinton, before them Kennedy and Nixon, and Trump’s had the first undisputed election. Elections started on November4 at 7 am in 50 states and ended at 8 pm., and the results were announced, and the election results of 50 states were completed by midnight. The next day's post-elections were the topic.

  Now, if as a result of Covid-19, the procedure of conducting elections is made permanent, it will be against the democratic rights of the people. There are flows in this procedure of conducting elections, this creates the impression that a candidate who is perceived as weird and strange will be prevented from being elected.