That's why:
- Donald Trump tried 60 times in court to toss out your vote
- The Republican party has introduced over 150 bills to limit your vote
- The Democratic party just introduced an 800 page bill to expend your vote
- Ads are run for the entire election cycle asking for your vote.
Yeah, votes totally don't matter. Don't bother. Nothing to see here.
Try telling the truth. The courts refused to hear evidence. Republicans are trying to make the votes subject to ID and signature verification. That 800 page bill is unconstitutional. And you are an idiot.
The Republicans have already admitted that they can't win an election on ideas or issues,
the only way they can be competitive is to suppress the vote.
AMY CONEY BARRETT: I'm interested in knowing why the RNC is in the case. So, you know, the DNC had standing, and the district court said that it had standing, to challenge the out-of-precinct policy because the policy placed a greater imperative on Democratic organizations to educate their voters and because the policy harmed its members who would have voted out of precinct. What's the interest of the Arizona RNC here in keeping, say, the out-of-precinct voter ballot disqualification rules on the books?
MICHAEL CARVIN: Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero-sum game. And every extra vote they get through unlawful interpretations of Section 2 hurts us. It's the difference between winning an election 50-49 and losing an election 51 to...
It's pretty clear that the more Republicans can suppress the votes of those who tend to vote for the other party, the better their chances of winning. The Democrat's approach is the opposite - the more voters they can enfranchise from historically DISENFRANCHISED groups (who are more likely to vote Democrat) the better their chances of winning.
Which is the better strategy? If it's all about maintaining power regardless of it's effect on democracy - go with the Republicans. If it's all about maintaining power through encouraging as many people to vote as possible (legally) then go with the Democrats.
We all know political parties want to have power...the real question is which avenue towards that end, is better for America.
And please, no crap about fraud. All elections have small degrees of fraud (and no, it most certainly not just one side or the other, after all, in the last election, the only confirmed dead voter actually voted for Trump)...but the penalties for fraud are very high and despite vigorous investigation, no major fraud was uncovered. Allegations without investigation resulting in indictments and convictions in a court are worthless so don't bother.