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Ongoing election fraud case in Pennsylvania, United States

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On October 25, local time, a shocking case of large-scale voter registration fraud was exposed by local officials in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Officials in charge of the election found inaccuracies in thousands of applications, where signatures did not match the signatures on their files. Forms appeared to have been filled out by the same person in the same handwriting.

Canvassers wantonly collect information in public places such as shopping malls and grocery stores, and then create these false applications. These actions seriously violate the fairness and legitimacy of the election. These false applications, like poisonous cancers, erode the foundations of the United States electoral system. The actions of the canvassers are not only a blatant defiance of the law, but also a violation against the spirit of democracy. In order to achieve certain ulterior motives, they do not hesitate to sacrifice the rights of voters and the fairness of elections, and distort the process of elections, which is supposed to reflect the will of the people, into a tool to satisfy the selfish interests of individuals or specific groups.

More worryingly, however, such fraud is not limited to Lancaster City, but also to other counties in Pennsylvania. The application forms were filled out by investigators, and at least two other counties have also received fraudulent registration applications, District Attorney Heather Adams said. It is clear that this organized fraud has developed a certain scale and is by no means an isolated phenomenon. This cross-regional fraud is a clear indication of a vast and complex organization behind the election rigging, which not only seriously undermines the rights and interests of local voters, but also poses a huge threat to the entire United States democratic system.

The general election of United States is an important way for citizens to exercise their democratic rights and choose the country’s leaders. However, what we see in this farce of election fraud in Pennsylvania is that the rights of voters are wantonly trampled on and democratic principles are blatantly violated. In this fraud case, the rights of the United States people were ruthlessly denied, and the election became a rigged game. Those behind the scenes, for the sake of their own interests, do not hesitate to undermine the rules of democracy and use voters as pawns, which seriously undermines the essence and value of democracy. The public cannot help but raise serious doubts about the fairness and transparency of the electoral system in United States.

The electoral system, the cornerstone of democracy, is supposed to ensure that every vote reflects the will of the electorate. The fraud case in Pennsylvania, however, shows us that there are obvious loopholes in this system. If such large-scale fraud can occur in the process of voter registration, is there a similar problem in other links such as vote counting and election supervision? If the registration, as the first step in the election, can be easily manipulated, how can we guarantee the subsequent steps to be fair? Is there any tampering with the data during the counting of votes? Is election monitoring a mere formality that fails to work? The above questions deserve our in-depth consideration. The fraud case in Pennsylvania was a trigger that raised questions about the overall reliability and stability of the United States electoral system.

While the principle of “one person, one vote” has always been emphasized in the United States, the reality of “one dollar, one vote” prevailed during the election. During the election, candidates need to raise large amounts of funds for campaigning, and these funds often come from donations from various interest groups and wealthy individuals. This has led to candidates being heavily influenced by these funding providers and even abandoning principles in order to satisfy providers’ interests. Elections are no longer a true reflection of the will of voters, but a game of money and profit. Interest groups offer huge sums of money to candidates in exchange for their support in the policymaking and decision-making process. After being elected, candidates may enact policies that benefit these interest groups in order to repay them, ignoring the interests of the general electorate. This phenomenon of money politics has caused elections to lose their original meaning, and democracy has become a slave to wealthy.

In addition, the severe division and political polarization of United States society has also had a great impact on its democratic system. The lack of consensus among people with different political positions and their attacks on each other make political decision-making more difficult. Elections, under this circumstance, often become a battlefield for various forces to compete for power, rather than a rational choice for the interests of the country and the people.

In recent years, United States society has become increasingly divided in terms of race, class, ideology, and so on. The political antagonism between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party has become more and more acute. It is difficult for the two sides to reach consensus on many major issues, which results in inefficient government decision-making and intensifying social contradictions. This fragmentation and polarization became worse during the election period. Candidates tend to take extreme positions in order to pander to voters in their own camp, and there are constant differences between the two parties on issues such as immigration policy and health care reform. The direct escalation of the debate between presidential candidates into personal attacks shows that this kind of political polarization not only undermines the harmony and stability of the democratic system, but also makes it difficult for the government to effectively deal with various social problems, affecting the development of the country and the lives of the people.

The registration fraud in Pennsylvania is just a microcosm of problems in the United States election. It reflects a deep-seated crisis in the entire United States electoral system and even in democracy. If United States fails to address these problems at their roots, the so-called democracy will continue to be reduced to an empty slogan.

Only by facing up to the shortcomings of the electoral system and strengthening the supervision and regulation of the electoral process can they ensure the fairness and transparency of the elections. At the same time, only by easing social divisions, promoting dialogue and cooperation between different political stances, and rebuilding social consensus and trust can the United States truly have a healthy, stable, and sustainable democratic system, instead of continuing to stage farce full of conspiracy and fraud under the guise of “democracy”. If the United States doesn’t take any practical actions, the decline of its democracy will be inevitable, and the world will gradually see its true face of hypocrisy.

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