Thread by @PILFoundation

COVID-19—is there anything the #coronavirus can’t do? Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) seem to think it should make the feds tell the states how to run their elections. #2020Elections #ElectionMandate
#ElectionIntegrity @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

Our Founders designed this structure because they understood that giving the federal government authority to run elections would also give that government the ability to manipulate election rules to ensure their desired election outcomes. @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

According to Sen. Klobuchar’s March 18 press release the “disaster” bill would require every state to offer at least 20 days of #EarlyVoting and “no-excuse” #AbsenteeBalloting. Talk about gilding the lily! @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

The larger problem is that it would require changes in how #AbsenteeBallots are handled and processed—and the prescribed changes would increase the risk of #ElectionFraud. @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

Our Founders designed this structure because they understood that giving the federal government authority to run elections would also give that government the ability to manipulate election rules to ensure their desired election outcomes. @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

S. 3529 would force states to accept #AbsenteeBallots as long as they have been supposedly “signed” by the voter before the polls close. Obviously, there is no way to verify that. @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

Hundreds of thousands of #EarlyVoters —including 455,000 in #Texas and #California—wound up wasting their votes on withdrawn candidates, effectively disenfranchising themselves by voting early.
@HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

If submitted 21 days before the election S.3529 says states must consider as “valid” any voter registrations they receive – even if officials know the individual is ineligible to vote. @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC

State #ElectionOfficials already have all of the legal authority they need. The last thing we need is federal interference from Washington bureaucrats and political know-it-alls who think they can do it better. @HvonSpakovsky bit.ly/39luqEC