Biden Department Of Justice Threatens To Sue To Lock In 2020 Election Chaos

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice issued two "Guidance documents" purportedly "To ensure states fully comply with federal laws regarding election." Those documents really represent the Biden administration's latest attempt to squelch investigations into potential voting irregularities, silence critics of the 2020 election, and cement forever the free-for-all COVID voting "Procedures" implemented last voting cycle.

Helping Suspicious Events Avoid Oversight Among other laws, the federal guidance on post-election audits highlighted Section 301 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 that "Requires state and local election officials to 'retain and preserve' all records relating to any 'act requisite to voting' for twenty-two months" after the covered election.

After providing some examples of non-physical intimidation, the Biden administration suggests that work apparently planned as part of the Arizona audit qualifies as "Intimidation." "There have been reports, with respect to some of the post-2020 ballot examinations, of proposals to contact individuals face to face to see whether the individuals were qualified voters who had actually voted," the DOJ wrote, citing a "Cyber Ninjas Statement of Work." Cyber Ninjas is the Florida-based company hired by the Arizona Senate to conduct the audit.

Rather, in "Guidance Concerning Federal Statutes Affecting Methods of Voting," the Biden administration, while hiding behind a litany of legal citations and legalese, exposes its intent to target any state that tightens voting procedures from the pandemic period.

After noting favorably the record turnout seen in 2020, stemming from the increased use of vote by mail and early voting, the DOJ explained that since then, "Some States have responded by permanently adopting their COVID-19 modifications; by contrast, other States have barred continued use of those practices or have imposed additional restrictions on voting by mail or early voting." While one would think that returning to pre-COVID voting procedures would pose no legal problem-after all, if a voting rule was valid before COVID, why would it be illegal now-the Biden Department of Justice sees things differently.

Politicizing Election Security Is Dangerous The DOJ already targeted Georgia last month with litigation under the Voters Right Act, claiming Georgia's mainstream regulations of the time, place, and manner of elections result "In a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." At the time the Biden administration filed suit against Georgia, the allegations against the state were pretty insane, but the entire case became a burning dumpster after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Brnovich v. DNC, shortly after the DOJ filed the case.

In Brnovich, the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's in-precinct voting requirement and ban on ballot harvesting against a Voting Rights Act challenge.

https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/29/biden-department-of-justice-threatens-to-sue-to-lock-in-2020-election-chaos/