While the assumption of the average citizen should be thus, I don't think we want the law working that way. That is, reversing things and assuming guilt until innocence is proven is an incredibly dangerous thing to implement and I think it should be opposed as a matter of principle. Attack the malfunctioning legal system from a different angle that doesn't damn us all.
The "attack" requires ending mail-ins and early voting and enlisting bipartisan poll watchers at every polling place, observing the process from start to finish. Until that happens, I will not assume any election is fair, given the Twatter revelations. Also, reverting to paper-only ballots counted by the humble Scantron machine would help, as well as declaring a dedicated election day, one day only, a federal holiday on which people can be excused from work.
While the assumption of the average citizen should be thus, I don't think we want the law working that way. That is, reversing things and assuming guilt until innocence is proven is an incredibly dangerous thing to implement and I think it should be opposed as a matter of principle. Attack the malfunctioning legal system from a different angle that doesn't damn us all.
I'm just spooked by the prospect of jettisoning the principle of "innocent until proven guilty".
Anything that even smells like reversing that is a huge red flag for me.
the state itself is not a citizen and does not have the rights thereof.
The "attack" requires ending mail-ins and early voting and enlisting bipartisan poll watchers at every polling place, observing the process from start to finish. Until that happens, I will not assume any election is fair, given the Twatter revelations. Also, reverting to paper-only ballots counted by the humble Scantron machine would help, as well as declaring a dedicated election day, one day only, a federal holiday on which people can be excused from work.