American writer Thomas Friedman opened his column in the New York Times by asking: Will the 2020 elections be the end of our democracy?
He said that he would never have thought of this question, but he believes that the United States, for the first time in its history, may not be able to hold free and fair elections next November and have a legitimate and peaceful transfer of power if Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeats the outgoing president. Donald Trump.
He reasoned that if half of Americans believed that their votes were not fully counted due to the deliberate sabotage of the USPS by this administration, and if Trump deluded the other half that any mail vote for Biden was fraudulent, it would not only lead to disputed elections, but to the end of democracy. American. It is also no exaggeration to say that it could sow the seeds of another civil war.
Friedman asserts that the threat is real, and that, to eliminate any doubt, he will make every effort to reach the polling station in his district to cast his vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
He indicated that neither the new postal chief, Louis DeGuy, appointed by Trump and his confidant, nor Trump himself, could be relied on for these elections to go well, and that each district should be helped to recruit more polling staff. Republicans and Democrats, to ensure that everyone feels represented so that polling stations can open and deal with everyone who wants to vote.
Friedman concluded his article that he does not care who Americans vote, but he cautioned against letting these elections be stolen by people who deliberately try to fabricate them so that not everyone can vote or so that every vote is not counted.