It seems Clyburn has no problem with just anybody voting - he pushed the John Lewis Act, which would hamstring states from instituting legitimate voting ID requirements and essentially federalize the election process - but he has a problem with just anybody running.
True, Ralph Nader and the Palm Beach County Registrar of Voters probably took enough votes from Gore to swing Florida, but that is not stealing.
Clyburn even says so: "Jill Stein and Gary Johnson ran third-party campaigns in 2016 that arguably siphoned off enough votes to cost Hillary Clinton the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - and with them the presidency."
Take Stein out in Michigan and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and Hillary gets to 271 electoral votes if, as Clyburn seems to assume - that every Stein vote would have gone to Hillary.
Drop the Libertarian and Green candidates, split their votes accordingly, and Trump picks up Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin.
As for Biden's popular vote victory, 6 million of his 7 million vote margin came from, again, California.
In mandated two races - say the country had a runoff rule if no one got more than 50% in the first go-round - Libertarian voters - if they voted - would gravitate towards Trump just as Green voters - if they voted - would gravitate towards Biden.
https://issuesinsights.com/2023/11/13/james-clyburn-and-the-big-third-party-lie/
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