Comment by iamnothere
2 months ago
Why not let them say whatever they want, but just cancel the election after the fact if you feel like the result endangers democracy? It’s worked before. It seems a little more honest and above-board, as well. No smoke-filled back rooms, just “election cancelled”.
Cancelling an election has "this is not the result I wanted, do it again" undertones.
Which one is worse in a democracy, openly altering the result after the fact or covertly preventing the result from taking place at all?