This is Sandy Smith from NC's First District- and I've seen why election integrity is so important! Do you agree with me?
The big issue I always hear, is that under the US Constitution, elections are a state issue. I'm running for Federal office though.
So I've been putting together ideas of what I can do to address what is clearly a national crisis of confidence.
Our Republic depends on having clean and trustworthy elections. So I think it aught to be in the Constitution as well.
I propose a Constitutional Amendment.
Notice how Amendments # 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, and 26 all deal with elections? So clearly there is precedent here.
I propose this Amendment:
"No members of Congress shall be seated, nor any Electoral College electors be counted, from any state that does not have:
a. photograph identification requirement to vote;
b. elections in person, and on the first Tuesday in November, excepting absentee provisions for the invalid, military, or overseas voters;
c. paper ballots, counted by hand;
d. vote count open to observation by the public, and by representatives of the candidates on the ballot."
I am going to fix problems. I am going to take the real concerns of my constituents and neighbors to Capitol Hill! And we know that this is a big issue that needs to be addressed.
If the corrupt Blue states want to keep having fraudulent elections, let them. They just won't have any representation at the Federal level as a result.
