In response to Jim Beam’s editorial concerning new election laws being “much ado about nothing,” I respectfully disagree. First, I have yet to have anyone logically explain how prior to the 2020 election there were 133 million legally “registered” voters, yet the final count was over 159 million votes. Correct me if I am wrong but I know there are 214 million “eligible, though not registered” voters, so we must unquestionably accept that 26 million people registered to vote and mostly against President Trump. However, President Trump’s own vote total increased by 14 million resulting in the most votes ever received by an incumbent President. Therefore, we conclude that 100 percent of “registered” voters cast a ballot. The actual certified turnout was 66.7 percent but again that includes all eligible voters and not only registered voters.

A Judicial Watch study from October 2020 showed that 353 counties in 29 states had 1.8 million registered voters on record more than their eligible registered voting-age citizens. Not actual registered voters but of all adults registered or not. Read that one more time and tell me there is no opportunity for fraud.

I can vividly recall Jill Stein’s demand for a recount from 2016 in Michigan which was basically dismissed with prejudice when it was becoming clear that precincts reported +100 percent voter turnout. While the recount disappeared with quickness, the Democrats still claimed for four years that Trump and Russia stole the election. Now we are not allowed to mention anomalies or near 100 percent of post-election mail-in ballots being for one candidate lest we be called conspiracy kooks and unpatriotic. Ironically, there are hours of testimony and interviews from Democrat politicians warning and explaining the dangers of electronic voting leading up to the 2016 election. Many of these same Democrats were also warning us about the potential for fraud with mail-in ballots in the early 2000’s. Now, nothing but crickets from these same politicians. Do they care for the people and the Constitution? No, the ends justify the means has always been the Progressive Mantra and it has really become evident these last few years.

Regarding this past election, a judge in Pennsylvania ruled their changing of voting laws was unconstitutional due to not having followed the legislative process as prescribed in their Constitution. Other states also arbitrarily altered their voting laws and are in various stages of being reviewed or challenged in their state legislatures and state courts.

Mr. Beam mentioned Arizona. Well, the initial recount of ballots supported the original tally, with Biden gaining a few votes. However, that is merely a deflection from the audit. There is a huge difference between a simple vote recount which includes all ballots whether legal or not and an audit, which physically inspects the ballots for signatures, addresses and investigates the chain of command of poll workers transferring ballots and ballot harvesting. The audit shows there were thousands of ineligible or illegal ballots counted some of which were from dead people, non-citizens and sometimes hundreds of ballots from the same address, which was often a vacant lot or a place of business. 

Similar results have been discovered in other state audits. These same swing states coincidentally announced in near unison they would stop counting ballots and told poll watchers to go home the night of the election. Subsequently, video footage shows them continuing to process ballots with no oversight, which is illegal. Pennsylvania had poll workers covering up the windows of the ballot-counting areas once the watchers were forced to leave.

Then there is the fact that our media seemingly worked in conjunction with the DNC and Big Tech/Social Media to censor the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop. There were 50 former intelligence officials who signed a letter stating the laptop was probably the result of a Russian hack and to disregard it. They knew it was real and still lied to protect a candidate as they also lied about collusion ad nauseam to hurt the other candidate. Just last week the NY Times retracted that story and confessed the laptop, and its contents are real.

In closing it should only be 1 vote per legal voting age citizen. It is not fair to the legal voter to have their vote cancelled by fraud. Knowing that each state is responsible for its voting laws, as it should be under our Federalist System, any state revising voting laws to prove who you are, where you live, and your voting eligibility needs to be commended and simulated by other states. With millions of immigrants pouring into our country and many more on the way once Title 42 is possibly lifted next month, this Republic will not survive without a guaranty of 1 citizen 1 vote.

Greg Bellinger

Lake Charles