Following the 2020 Presidential election, right-wing advocates complained loudly and bitterly that the election was stolen through a complex web of voter fraud activities.
The purpose of Directed Fiction is not to re-litigate the past, but to imagine what might happen in a plausible future. To that end, I have drawn inspiration from Florida Governor Ron Desantis’ comment “If they’re harvesting, we’re harvesting.”
To be clear, Governor Desantis was not suggesting anything illegal. He was just stating that republicans should operate fully within existing laws. So, what are the laws now that pertain to the 2024 Presidential election?
Arizona Allows Noncitizens to Vote in Federal Elections (With a Wink and a Nod)
This news article (click the link above for the full story) serves as a writing prompt and a point of departure for me as a science fiction writer. In my imagination, I wonder what it might look like of Juan Torres succumbs to temptation and participates in highly illegal election activity - as a Republican operative!
Remember, I am going to give the same treatment of this concept from the Democratic perspective as well. But you’ll have to follow a different plot line to see how that possible future unfolds.