On the merits, the reforms of the electoral law being promoted by Republicans in several US states are not inadmissible.
Collecting votes from early voters is, in fact, prone to fraud;
In general, postal voting should not be expanded too much because it distorts the election campaign.
And constituency trimming is an exercise that Democrats also like to practice.
American democracy is old, it knows many peculiarities that are problematic today.
The reason why the president is elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November is because the harvest was earlier, people went to church on Sunday, traveled to town on Monday, and went to the market on Wednesday.
Today America is no longer a society of farmers, many have to work on Tuesdays and have no time to choose.
Trump's talk provides ammunition
Republicans in Texas and elsewhere are not really concerned with preventing electoral fraud.
Their reforms aim to make it more difficult for blacks and Latinos to vote.
It is a blatant attempt to maintain the power of the white population in a society where demographics are changing.
Trump's talk of the election, which was allegedly stolen from him, is providing the party with ammunition on this crucial frontline of the culture war that has long plagued America.