OPINION:
Fifty-one percent of likely U.S. voters said they would like to see all ballots accounted for and counted within 24 hours of polling closures, Rasmussen Reports found in a recent survey. Meanwhile, 19% said vote-counting could last a few days, and 26% said as long as necessary.
Well, we know where Democrats stand on this, don’t we? For them, the longer the vote-counting, the better. The counts don’t stop until the Democrat candidate pulls ahead — and as soon as the Democrat pulls ahead, the vote counts stop.
Election week; election month; election until nobody’s paying attention anymore.
Democrats see the vote-counting process as just another campaign strategy. They don’t worry so much about a candidate’s platform as they do about the cost for the attorneys they hire pre-vote to circle the ballot wagon post-vote and sue, sue, sue. Heck, it’s a science for them — an art, even. They have to be careful to balance the numbers of their lousy loser candidates against the stack of cash they have on hand to go to court and allege voter discrimination, or voter disenfranchisement, or voter rights’ infringement, and make sure they have enough money for all their respective candidates’ fights. ‘Cause their candidates can’t win on principles and platforms, dontcha know.
“In recent years,” The Fulcrum wrote, way back in January 2020, “competition between the Democratic and Republican parties to gain a tactical edge in elections has centered on technology — who had the most sophisticated system for identifying potential voters and getting them to the polls. This time, though, the leaders of the Democratic congressional campaign organizations have settled on a new strategy: going to court.”
Yep. Why not? It works for delaying deportations of criminal, murderous, raping illegals. It could work for elections, too!
“The party” — meaning, the Democrat Party — “has gained scattershot headlines in recent months by filing federal lawsuits in mostly purple states, alleging an array of their election laws are unconstitutional voting rights’ violations or contradict federal law,” The Fulcrum continued.
And that’s when thunderbolts struck.
In 2020, that’s when “the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the two party entities charged with helping elect members of the part to Congress, announced that they were making an ‘eight-figure investment in a legal strategy across key battleground states,’” The Fulcrum said.
That’s when Dems decided to set aside $10 million for election litigation.
That was 2020.
By 2022, election litigation had moved into high gear.
“U.S. Democrats stockpile lawyers, money to fight Republican voting laws,” Reuters reported in February 2022.
By 2024, election litigation was a booming business.
“2024 Is Already The Most Litigated Election On Record,” Democracy Docket reported in November 2024, on the 5,217 voting-related suits that had been filed that year.
By 2025, election litigation was just another normal facet of the election cycle and media outlets were in the ‘looking back’ mode of coverage — looking back at the history and writing up comparisons and contrasts.
“The Recent Rise of Anti-Voter Litigation,” League of Women Voters wrote in January 2025.
If America’s elections were conducted more in the way they used to be conducted, with an actual Election Day, when counting was wrapped within an appropriate time frame within the closing of the polls, then not only would there be more trust in the results, but also — think of the money the Democrats could save on attorney fees. Then again: The party has its billionaires.
Don’t let Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders fool you. Democrats only detest Big Business and billionaires who vote Republican.
In a piece entitled, “Billionaires help bankroll legal funds used by parties to challenge election rules,” Issue One found dozens of these 1 percenters giving big to Democrats, including music composer Gordon Getty, Skydance Media CEO David Ellison, Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Avram Glazer, LinkedIn executive Reid Hoffman and wait for it, wait for it, “philanthropist” George Soros.
With a dedicated Election Day, and mail-in balloting permitted only in certain verifiable instances — those in the military or those facing severe medical issues, for example — and with a return to paper ballots and hand counts, most all the voting issues Americans have seen, experienced and suffered in recent times would disappear.
But then so would much of the Democrats’ ability to win.
And that’s why Democrats are quite content with stockpiling cash to fight election results in court: It’s easier to them than finding candidates who can win on principle.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley. Listen to her podcast “Bold and Blunt” by clicking HERE. And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by clicking HERE. Her latest book, “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths,” is available by clicking HERE.
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