I disagree. All US citizens must feel our elections are legitimate. If the EC were to somehow to be able install Trump as President, our Democracy and confidence in our elections would be over.
The process I would like to see is the US Supreme Court, assuming there is merit and standing of an appropriate Trump Campaign lawsuit, is to compel lower courts to provide appropriate relief. If the US Supreme Court finds a lower court(s) was grossly negligent or even criminal in their handling of Trump campaign cases, perhaps an expanded order might be appropriate. However, in no case should any remedy subvert voter determination of our leaders. Therefore, appropriate remedies might include disqualifying invalid or fraudulent ballots, or in the situation where there is compelling evidence of fraud but the status of ballots cannot be determined because of inherent defects related to fundamental ballot security or previously required fraud detection, a new election in the affected precinct might be authorized.
Whatever happens, we need massive election reform to insure public confidence in the integrity of our elections are maintained. There needs to be multiple, anti-fraud laws at each particular aspect of our election process. There also needs to be legislation concerning media and pollster efforts to influence election results through manipulation and false reporting. Media, technology, and polling companies should face massive fines and their operating licenses should be at risk, along with suspension or revocation of their employees in participating in manipulative media or in polls. Obviously term like “Manipulation” and “Influence” need to be extremely well defined. As far as suppressing “Free speech”, as we have seen in the media and technology companies, the only free speech thry allow is what conforms to political correctness and media narratives. Everthing else gets censored or the offending individual is subjected to shaming and intimidation tactics. Perhaps the US Supreme Court has the authority to compel states into complying with these needed reforms on elections on at least the Federal level.
Another point, on some level our legislature and courts are not obligated to “Fix stupidity” on the part of Republicans. Election fraud is not new, Republicans have long known of the vulnerability of our elections, and Republican’s have been in the political position to do something about it. It was not hard to anticipate how a coordinated attempt to commit election fraud would look like. Further, the resources to accomplish election integrity were not lacking, especially considering the campaigning value the election fraud issue represents.
While we are on this level, is it better for us to be represented by smart and very corrupt politicians who seem to believe the wisdom of a few elites is greater than the combined wisdom of the masses or the dumb, but less corrupt Republicans who believe in many aspects of person freedom and the combined wisdom of the masses?
As civilization becomes more technologically oriented, and notice I did not choose the words “As civilization progresses”, the relative difference in intelligence confers an ever greater evolutionary advantage and at an ever quicker pace. This means the achievement gap between the stupid, unmotivated, and unconnected will accelerate, leaving behind a large population of non contributors to our system. Should resources become scarce...