Recount shows our democracy works just fine

It was, above all, a test of our democracy, and once again democracy has prevailed. The recount of the results of Wisconsin’s presidential election is nearing its end, and as expected, showing very little change from the election night totals. What we have learned is that in our democracy, you can’t just claim election fraud. You have to prove it. And so far, President Donald Trump has not done so. The Wisconsin recount is a good example. The process worked. It was fair and transparent. As the law allows, a three million dollar recount was administered.  A bipartisan group of election officials recounted every single ballot in the presence of witnesses. You can fire the nation’s cybersecurity boss when he claims the 2020 election was the most secure in the nation’s history. You can send your hair-dye dipping lawyer out to make unsubstantiated claims and file frivolous lawsuits. You can even claim that somehow Hugo Chavez interfered with the election from the grave. You can claim that the election was rigged or stolen and refuse to accept the results no matter how clear the outcome. But in our democracy, that doesn’t make it so. Instead, the recount and failed legal challenges prove there was no fraud, and that our democracy is working just fine.