October 19, 2024
How to beat the cheat
By Mark C. Ross
Just to be clear, cheating in elections will always be with us. There is way too much at stake for the players to avoid breaking the rules when “necessary.” They need only to say, “The end justifies the means,” and all should be forgiven. It is, however, incumbent on the rest of us to minimize the influence of cheating on the outcomes.
The most basic form of electoral cheating is deception. Kamala Harris has to some degree advocated further construction of a border wall — something she would never really do — but it might get her a few votes. In addition to deceiving by commission, deception by omission is commonly practiced by the corrupt media when they go out of their way to leave out politically harmful details — as in the case of CBS’s recent heavy edit of their interview with Vice President Harris. It seems that there is little if any way deception can be eliminated from the electoral process — other than by cultivating a stronger sense of skepticism among the electorate — as it would also benefit many other forms of consumer decision-making.
Back in the day, when she was just a local pol, the late, not-so-great Dianne Feinstein proposed a San Francisco ordinance making it a crime to utter an untruth in a political statement. Beyond that pesky First Amendment, there’s also the problem of how to promptly rule on such utterances with at least a hint of due process. She was also a pioneer in the encouragement of early absentee voting — so a candidate could have early votes in the bank — just in case they happen to do a DUI or get busted for plagiarism just before Election Day.
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