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 The voting is fine. There never was an issue, that was all BS excuses for getting whooped on the ground.  Very few rules were changed for 2022 or 2024.

The key difference is nobody is locked up, mailing votes, getting harvested easily, and I er pissed off at Trump and covid.

This year, Trump has Turning Point Action, which dominated the ground game in WI, PA, AZ.

That, in addition to her being absolutely awful.... 
 And signature verification, photo ID's, cleaning the voter rolls... I mean there's a lot different.  
 Sure. But fixing some issues that have always been around doesn't change the fact that Biden won big. The polls all showed it, people didn't believe them, he won. He as up by 7% in the lastest polls, he won by about 3.5%. He was barely up in AZ, won by 12K votes, etc..

It was just a fundraising ploy from Trump and Co. Nothing more. 

Since this was a big Trump victory, nobody is hardly even talking about the slow ballots in Arizona, the Milwuakee late ballots, etc..  detroit having the issues they had, and so on. The reason: These things have always happened. I have been in the news business for 2 decads covering elections. They always happen, and they did this year. However, since it isn't close and he race is called, nobody cares.  

The GOP was much better in lawsuits this year for polling delays and lines, hours, etc.. That helps. 

As I stated before, Trump can thank Charlie Kirk for AZ, PA, WI, and a bit in Michigan. their ground game this year was incredible with the young voters.

Without it, he loses. Doesn't mean the Dems cheated of course. 
 Never an issue?  😂. 

There was election fraud at extreme levels in ‘20…admittedly I don’t have a good read on ‘22. 

Sadly, neither side truly want secure elections. 
 No, there was massive mail and collection campaign by Democrats, combined with an at home easy to collect from populace who was pissed off.

Team trump played the game this year, ran ads about early voting, etc.. 
 They aren’t mutually exclusive.  Trump campaign may have been caught flat footed in 2020, but that Dem ground game campaign you call impressive had more than enough illegal/fraudulent ballots to make the difference in key swing states.

I respectfully disagree that 2020 was a secure election, but you are free to think what you like. 
 Sounds good. 
 The only states Harris carried had no form of voter ID. 
 Yes, blue states typically don't have it, so? 

Trump also won NV and PA which have no voter id.

Plus many states don't require a photo ID, and she won some and he won some. 

Trump won WI by likely 30k votes.  You mean to say they just decided to not cheat there? Lol.