Democrats across the country try every trick in the book to elect more of their own to office. That’s understandable, as long as they play by the rules.
But that’s been the problem. They don’t want to do that. Instead, they want to abolish the Electoral College, elect presidents by a popular vote, forego the need for IDs to vote, have one person fill out ballots for multiple people and have people register to vote on Election Day (a policy already in effect in 17 states and the District of Columbia).
A bill in the Tennessee General Assembly wants to stop another of those practices before it becomes entrenched. That is what happened in Shelby County last fall when its election commission received thousands of registration forms from one organization on the last day to register to vote.
We won’t speculate about the motive of the individual organization that turned in the forms, but it’s not hard to understand what a motive in doing so would be. It would assume the election commission would be so overwhelmed with the number of forms turned in that it would just OK them without making sure the registrants could legally vote.
That way, dead people could return to life and vote, non-legal citizens could cast a ballot, and individuals who did not meet residency requirements could be eligible. And if it made a difference of 100, 50 or 25 votes, hey, elections have been won by fewer tallies.