Democrats spring a new election strategy on innocent voters, almost always with more complicated ones than the previous ones, with the end result being confounding and less confident in the final outcomes. This is all by style. Leftists would prefer to obtain or maintain strength by manipulating the election process wherever possible, rather than earning voters ‘ devotion.
Control by Party Managers
An egregious instance of this occurred earlier this year in New Hampshire, where the office of the state attorney general ended up issuing a cease-and-desist order to Democratic National Committee ( DNC ) officials for allegedly breaking state voter suppression laws. After claiming that New Hampshire and Iowa’s primaries were” very bright and very undemocratic,” party leaders who wanted South Carolina to be the first Democrat key in the country removed them from the timeline. According to state law, the DNC instructed the state party to inform voters that their votes would be “meaningless” if they voted on January 23 as opposed to the desired key date for the DNC’s recommended major date later in the year when New Hampshire decided to hold a January major anyway.
According to The Federalist, “in his , stop- and- withdraw order , to the DNC, Assistant Attorney General Brendan O’Donnell underscored how ‘ ]f ] alsely telling New Hampshire voters that a New Hampshire poll is’ pointless’ violates New Hampshire voter suppression laws,’ and further ordered the organization to prevent engaging in for’ unconstitutional’ conduct”.
On Saturday, New Hampshire Democrats fell in line with the DNC leaders by holding a “firehouse” main that complied with the DNC laws. Diffusions of New Hampshire Democrats are reported to have arrived in an effort to reclaim their party’s position and win back their 24 delegates.
One of the many techniques have Republican and Democrat Party elites scheming to alienate their own electors in the primary and general elections is this.
In the last two national vote cycles, Democrat party leaders chose their nominations, not the citizens. Hillary won more convention delegates than Bernie Sanders in the critical New Hampshire primary in 2016 because Democrat Party rules permitted pro-Hillary” very delegates” to cast ballots for their desired candidate rather than the state’s winner. Biden lost in New Hampshire and Iowa in 2020, but after winning South Carolina, party bosses once more cleared the area, good helped by the possibility for lucrative government positions for candidates like Pete Buttigieg, who was in line to obvious Biden’s path.
As distasteful as it is, 21st- century party bosses are still controlling the process, not in smoke- filled backrooms, but through sophisticated election hijinks. It is part of the reason for Donald Trump’s appeal: He was not chosen by the party bosses.
Shrinking Primary Power via Automatic Voter Registration
Automatic voter registration ( AVR ), a classic example of voter manipulation, involves bureaucrats registering people to vote when they are issued a driver’s license, sometimes without giving the voter a meaningful choice. Many people never choose a political party in many states with AVR, so AVR actually reduces partisan registration because voters registered through the DMV are only limited to choosing a party through a follow-up mailing.
However, in many states, voters must choose a political party to participate in primary elections, and those who do n’t have a political party affiliation ca n’t. With fewer people voting in the primary elections, party bosses get more power. In blue states or urban areas, this system can also increase turnout in the general election, while still reducing voter turnout of the “masses” in the primaries, where the winning candidate is usually selected.
And mistakes happen because every time government agencies take on a task they are n’t supposed to, there is inherent confusion and incompetence. When their party affiliation changes to independent or not affiliated, motor vehicle departments frequently disqualify voters in this situation.  ,  ,
Disenfranchissement through Ranked-Choice Voting
Ranked-choice voting (RCV), one of the most popular schemes promoted by Democratic party bosses, involves having voters rank various candidates according to their preference, which frequently results in chaos and confusion when multiple vote counts are used. It can also lead to “exhaustion,” where all of the candidates on a voter’s ballot are eliminated and the ballot is ultimately useless.
A recent study conducted by Princeton professor Nolan McCarty and the Center for Election Confidence ( CEC ) demonstrates how RCV disenfranchises black and Native American voters disproportionately, “because these voters disproportionately “exhaust” their ballots, removing them from decisive vote tabulations.” Sixty-six percent of black Americans identify as Democrats or Democratic-leaning, and 44 percent of Native Americans claim to be Democrats on the ballot.
This is a boon for elitist Democrats because it is primarily used as a tool to select party nominees, and it is advantageous for them because they can use the complicated system to defend incumbents or other favored candidates without the pressure of paying bribes or having smoke-filled backrooms.
Additionally, in elections with multiple candidates and positions on the ballot, such as municipal elections, Republicans used to win some of those seats, even in heavily Democrat cities.  , RCV makes that much more difficult.  ,  ,
Power Play
The left is now toying with the idea of “mandatory” voting, which could involve fining those who choose not to participate. But the mandate would presumably only apply to general elections, not primaries, further increasing the parties ‘ power to pick their nominees. Once more, this maneuver allows party bosses to choose their preferred candidates for the primary while potentially stifling the votes of informed voters in the general election cast by low-information voters who are only voting to avoid fines.  ,
When Democrats controlled the House the last time, they made it their top priority to pass an election “reform” package intended to grow and safeguard the Democrat majority in Congress.  ,
Democrat party bosses first and foremost want to stay in power, by any means necessary. For over 20 years, leftists have fought against popular reforms, such as voter ID requirements, and continuously promoted confusing new voting systems that tend to increase their control of the outcomes.  , Democrat and Republican voters alike should oppose these power grabs and make elections more open, honest, and fair. However, leftists in power are aware that they are more likely to lose in those elections. Do n’t anticipate them to soon support those kinds of reforms.  ,  ,  ,
The Republican National Lawyers Association is led by Michael Thielen as president and CEO.
