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Rubio Warns of Election Chaos, Introduces Extension of Federal Election Safe Harbor Date
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill to extend the federal safe harbor period for states to determine electors from December 8, 2020 to January 1, 2021 for this year’s presidential election. Doing so would give states the flexibility needed in a pandemic to help ensure each and every legal vote cast is counted. In a Medium post titled, “Americans Should Expect Election Chaos,” Rubio warned how hostile foreign actors like China and Russia are looking to exploit the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic to sow discord and undermine our democracy.
“We cannot escape the pandemic-induced reality of increased mail-in voting, and the logistical challenges associated with it will be difficult for some states to resolve in the next couple of months,” Rubio wrote in the Medium post. “We should give states the flexibility to provide local election officials additional time to count each and every vote by moving the federal safe harbor deadline for states from December 8 to January 1. … [I] urge my colleagues to join me in giving states more time to collect, verify, and count votes without fear of having the results challenged in Congress.”
Warning of hostile actors, Rubio continues:
In addition to providing states additional flexibility, Rubio writes that “Congress should immediately pass and President Trump should sign my bipartisan Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines (DETER) Act.”
Finally, Rubio says the nation needs a “news media dedicated to truth and country instead of ratings … To emphasize the point: a free, independent press is vital to our democracy, but a media that prioritizes sensationalism and inflammatory content in a race for ratings, clicks, and retweets would be an unwitting partner as foreign adversaries attempt to push disinformation and undermine Americans’ confidence in our electoral system. We’ve seen it before.”
Specifically, Rubio’s legislation would:
- Change the date on which the federal “safe harbor” ends from December 8, 2020 to January 1, 2021, and
- Change the date on which electors meet to cast their votes from December 14, 2020 to January 2, 2021.