I recently had the opportunity to visit citadels in France — The French invested immense time, energy, and resources to design, build, and maintain these impenetrable citadels with bastions, ramparts, and strategic defenses against infiltration by enemies.
That’s exactly what we must demand for our elections. Our voting systems are the citadel of our Republic — they must be designed, built, and maintained by Americans, with full transparency and chain of custody, to protect the sacred vote from foreign and domestic interference.
Enemies within the gates are often the most dangerous.
Using Chinese-manufactured systems (or any foreign-controlled tech) is like asking England to design France’s fortresses during the Hundred Years’ War — a betrayal of sovereignty that invites defeat.
We need the Gold Standard: hand-counted paper ballots in small precincts, on one day, with voter ID, public canvass, and verifiable chain of custody. Nothing less secures our Republic. Let’s commit to building citadels of integrity — not leaving the keys to potential adversaries, foreign or domestic.
