Let me try a different approach. You're a smart guy, right? Let's say I give a campaign 1 BILLION more dollars than another campaign, raised by superpacs that are funded by some of the most powerful and influential elites in the world. Considering there are many, many people who don't care about ethics, and KNOWING that many of these people feel completely justified in taking power (because the alternative is too egregious to even consider), you don't think that money can be used in a way to manipulate the end result?

Consider also that ballot harvesting is on the table, mail in voting is on the table, signature verification is off the table, voter id can be off the table, mass mailing of ballots can be on the table, you can make changes without going through certain state congresses. If I put you in charge of that, you couldn't think of any way to work around the system? You're that daft?

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