2020-12-06
The US election is beset by problems.
The mainstream media on both sides of the Atlantic were quick to declare Biden the new president-elect (why wait for the official processes to complete?) but since that time more and more evidence has been coming out that the election may have been a giant hoax, with Trump votes dumped and switched in dubious machinations within the electronic voting systems whilst suspiciously large numbers of mail-in ballots were found in the last moments (allegedly all for Biden).
Lawfare has ensued and continues, and rightly so - if the election really was swung by nefarious means then it is hard to imagine a greater crime, so the law must run its course and be seen to do so.
Alongside this process an information war is raging with the mainstream media on the one hand supporting the "nothing to see here" narrative and Facebook, Google et al censoring the alternative message on social media.
Meanwhile the media at least on this side of the Atlantic behave as if none of this is happening and Biden remains a shoe-in for the White House.
We may think that it's all a long way away but when the most powerful nation is convulsed the waves will travel across the globe and we in the UK will feel their full force.
LaRouchePAC is a campaigning site which supports the United States under the US Constitution, and have published an informative article which provides a round-up of the situation so far.
A quick recap on the US presidential election process:
a) Voters vote in each state according to that state's rules, which must comply with the strictures laid down in Federal Law but which are otherwise state elections.
b) The state legislature (law-makers) appoint electors according to their own state rules. These electors usually but not necessarily will support the man who won the popular vote in that state. The legislature have the power to deviate from the norm if they so determine in order to appoint the electors that they judge reflect the interests of the state.
c) The electors from every state then vote for their candidate (14 December) and the result is submitted to Congress, who will normally confirm that choice on 3rd January (work with me here) but could come to a different decision if the process up to this point is regarded as sufficiently compromised. In that case then a straight vote in Congress (one vote per state) will choose the next president.
E&OE - this is my understanding but the details may not be precise as I am no expert in the US Constitution.
The obvious problem with the above is that lawfare is time-consuming, but electors need to submit their verdict by the deadline specified. In the case where serious doubts remain by that date, we are in relatively uncharted waters, but all roads lead to Congress in January at which the final decision will be taken.
Let us hope and pray that that decision will be one that the American people will be prepared to work with.
