"Advancing Transparency, Building Trust"

By Miss Kubelik

The Carter Center, which we cats enthusiastically support, has observed elections around the world under its Peace Program, which works to advance democracy and governance consistent with universal human rights. It's done this for more than 30 years in places you'd expect need a little help — Panama, Liberia, Myanmar, and even the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation in Oklahoma.

Now, for the first time, they're turning their attention to the 2020 US Presidential election.

Wow — that's the shame of Trump's America: We need The Carter Center to build confidence in our electoral process.

And why not? In Virginia, voter registration has been extended for two days after a fiber-optic cable to the online system was mysteriously cut. ("Accidentally"? Hm.) In Orange County, California, the GOP is putting out illegal fake drop-boxes for ballots. So don't tell us fishy things aren't going on.

This, like the election going to the Supreme Court, is the kind of crap that we worry about when we wake up in the middle of the night. It's good to know that Team Jimmy is on it.

They've started with this very simple video informing voters of their choices for November. In addition, they say, "The Center is also working to mitigate possible violence in cities in the days surrounding the election by partnering with grassroots organizations to offer conflict prevention training and disseminate messages supporting a peaceful electoral transition."

 In other words, Benedict Donald: You're on notice.

You know what could solve all of this at the outset? A Biden landslide. The scenes of resolute voters standing in long lines to early vote in states like Georgia, Texas and Virginia are reassuring (although of course, no voter should have to wait hours to cast a ballot). Let's hope that massive early voting tallies continue for the next three weeks.

Since those folks are surely not waiting hours to vote for Donald Trump, it will help hasten the end of this nightmare we've all been living. We cats can't wait for that to happen, and we PURR.