[archagon]

If somebody with a criminal history gets caught red-handed, and their response is "no, you're actually the criminal," justice is not giving equal time to both claims. (Nonetheless, the issue was indeed investigated, and there were even a few recounts, but no effect on the election was found. Of course, getting an answer was never the point. The point was FUD.)

[kcplate]

> "no, you're actually the criminal," justice is not giving equal time to both claims

It is if both sides are doing something criminal. Which…admittedly is happening. Your argument seems to be centered around “Even though voter fraud happens, it hasn’t affected anything yet, so we should ignore it in favor of this other thing which is more important to my side.”

That argument is akin to “even though my neighbor is a burglar, he hasn’t robbed my house yet, so there is no reason to lock my doors when I go away”

[archagon]

Given the numbers, every single election has some degree of fraud. It is not really possible to prevent 100% within our current system, and any time it's been investigated, the number of fraudulent votes has been extremely low. Moreover, there is no concerted effort by any political party to cast illegal votes.

In contrast, the Republican party is loudly all-in on gerrymandering and other disenfranchising rat-fuckery.

[kcplate]

Gerrymandering happens on both sides and the NPVIC alone would serve to disenfranchise more votes than anything the GOP could do with their efforts.

Both sides are trying to do everything they can to gain an advantage, let’s not pretend it’s one sided.