Stein should prep for the vote steal
To the Editor:
I recently sent this letter to North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein.
I fear that the current deployment of ICE, CBP, a federalized National Guard, the FBI and the DEA is actually practice for the Trump administration’s seizure of voting machines in historically Democrat voting areas in the 2026 General Election.
This will happen in 2026 because, if as predicted, the election were to honestly give Democrats the House, that would curb further intrusion by Trump into democracy. Upon seizure, however — alleging national security, of course — Trump’s brownshirts would simply either destroy ballots or produce falsified ballots and claim the outcome he wants.
To obstruct this scheme in North Carolina, you might consider fielding your own Ballot Integrity Protection Force under what appears to be authority permitted you by General Statute (Ch. 127A, NC Code). Of course, the Republican legislature would not fund this, but an appeal by way of a Go-Fund-Me Page, believe it or not, might provide funding. At least, it would allow decent American citizens to, essentially, vote to protect their voting franchise.
I leave to you the TOE (Technical, Organizational and Environmental) complexity of such an undertaking. However, if the National Guard could avoid federalization, your command thereof and its protective deployment would be the better solution.
Frank Peterson
Whittier
