Friday, September 25, 2020

Where are Alabama's leaders

In this 2020 election, the two political sides are making extreme charges that, if the other side wins, there will be monumental damage to, if not destruction of, the country's institutions, functioning, economy and/or way of life.

Many are referring to this as the most consequential Presidential election in the past 100 years.

Alabamians are in need of help to evaluate the extreme charges the two political sides are making. Some Alabamians may have heard only the charges being made by one side.

Alabama leaders should feel an obligation to help Alabamians in learning about and evaluating the extreme charges.

Some Alabama leaders may think the charges are hyperbole, and Alabamians should not have significant concern about the charges. In this case, these Alabama leaders should discuss and explain the charges for the benefit of Alabamians to help them understand why the charges are hyperbole that should not create significant concern in the minds of Alabamians.

Other Alabama leaders may believe that the charges being made by one of the political sides are very serious and deserving of understanding by Alabamians. This too requires discussion and explanation by the Alabama leaders in this category.

Still other Alabama leaders may believe that the charges being made by both sides are very serious and deserving of understanding by Alabamians about the particulars of the charges and their seriousness.

[to be continued]

I. John Merrill

John Merrill is a special Alabama leader because he is in charge of the casting and counting of ballots in Alabama.

Trump is making extreme charges that the only way he will lose is if there is cheating in the election and that mail-in ballots are "a whole big scam."

That is very alarming to many Alabamians.

I think John Merrill has been clear publicly that what Trump says is not true about Alabama, and that Alabamians can have confidence in the integrity of the 2020 elections in Alabama. 

Because Trump will likely keep on making his charges to try to cause doubt in the minds of Alabamians about the election, John Merrill should continue to speak vociferously that what Trump says is false about Alabama.

Secretary Merrill should take this a step further with the National Association of Secretaries of State. Secretary Merrill should inform NASS of what he has done to vouch for Alabama and should request NASS to get all the Secretaries of State to do similarly as Secretary Merrill has done regarding Alabama and to vouch similarly for their respective states. NASS should then make proclamation to all Americans that they should have confidence in the integrity and fairness of the 2020 Presidential election. NASS should denounce any actor, including Trump, who tries to cast doubt on the 2020 Presidential election.


[Update 11/16/20]

[Update 11/19/20]
I have sent the below email to the National Association of Secretaries of State.
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: nass@sso.org <nass@sso.org>
Cc: mbenson@sso.org <mbenson@sso.org>; John.Merrill@sos.alabama.gov <John.Merrill@sos.alabama.gov>; eburkhalter@alreporter.com <eburkhalter@alreporter.com>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; blyman@gannett.com <blyman@gannett.com>
Sent: Wed, Nov 18, 2020 7:46 pm
Subject: Complaint about my Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill
My Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is saying and doing things in Alabama to cast doubt on the election.
I object to what Mr. Merrill is saying and doing.
Mr. Merrill is non-responsive to my complaint about him.
As a result I am writing this email to the National Association of Secretaries of State to register my complaint with the Association, for whatever use the Association thinks is appropriate in furthering the role of the Association and its members as set out on your website, to wit:
40 members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) serve as their state's designated chief election official, overseeing the conduct of elections according to law. Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is central to this role, which includes cybersecurity and contingency planning, as well as providing administrative and technical support for local election officials.
Thank you.
 
II. Gov. Ivey [added 11/16/20]
Trump has, since November 3rd, been increasingly derelict in his duty under the Presidential transition law and abdicating his duties as POTUS generally, and this is endangering the national security and the health and safety of Americans.

Instead of fulfilling his obligations to the American people, Trump has been using groundless claims of election fraud as an unjustifiable basis for not doing what he is required to do under Presidential transition law.

With a few exceptions, the GOP Senators and representatives are abetting Trump in his dereliction of duties, either by actively spewing Trump's groundless election fraud claims and/or by failing to tell Trump to fulfill his duties under the Presidential transition law.

Over the weekend GOP Govs. Mike DeWine of Ohio and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas started pushing the Trump administration to begin the transition process with President-elect Joe Biden.

In Alabama, John Merrill is unwilling to affirm what his National Association of Secretaries of State says of the security and integrity of the election and instead seems complicit in casting doubt on the election.

Insofar as Gov. Ivey does not issue a statement that Trump needs to forthwith full his obligations under the transition law, she is abetting Trump's dereliction of duties and Trump's endangering the national security and the health and safety of Americans.

Update 1/5/2022
I am charging Gov. Ivey with moral depravity (or reckless stupidity) in doing all she can to prevent federal state, local and private vaccine mandates. See Dear Gov. Ivey re controlling COVID.


III. Alabama's business leaders [added 12/10/20]
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