Until that moment, he continued the relentless attacks on his integrity. winner announced.

Ultimately, the US election system passed a critical test in 2024 after a months-long process. widespread public concern about the security of the ballots, the accuracy of the counts and the timeliness of the results.

“I hope we can put the question about the integrity of the American election system to rest,” President Joe Biden said. national address Thursday. “It is honest, it is fair, it is transparent, and it can be trusted, win or lose.”

Of course Biden (and most Democrats, surveys) never doubted the integrity of the system. It was former President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters who embraced baseless conspiracy theories for years to believe the system was rigged.

Trump was still holding firm until the polls began to close on November 5th. make false claims fraud. Then, when it became clear that he would win, he suddenly dropped the subject.

State election officials across the country — members of both political parties — have since loudly reported that no signs of systematic malfunction or widespread corruption have emerged in the general election.

Georgian Foreign Minister said “battle tested” Brad RaffenspergerThe man at the center of the partisan battle over the 2020 election results. “This shows you the resilience of our system and our people.”

The relative smoothness of the election process comes after weeks of warnings about possible interference from foreign rivals. Disruptions caused by artificial intelligencepartisan armies poll watchersand unprecedented pre-election lawsuit.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is responsible for tracking threats to voting nationwide, said there was “no evidence of malicious activity affecting the security or integrity” of the election and that only “minor” cuts from external influences.

Unbelievable bomb threats of suspected Russian origin in at least four states briefly disrupted operations in some locations but did not disrupt the vote.

Equipment malfunctions and a wide range of human errors caused long lines and processing delays at some polling places across the country; These happen every year.

Civil rights advocates cited only isolated examples of alleged voter intimidation or discrimination, despite a wave of new GOP-backed legislation in dozens of states tightening mail ballot and voter ID requirements.

According to many observers, urgent efforts by patriotic and non-partisan local election administrations modernizing voting equipmentIncrease transparency and educate the public on admirable procedures for building trust.

Many of these election workers were performing their duties in a highly stressful environment, often with their personal safety at risk.

“They broke their necks and took risks,” Biden said in his speech. “We thank them for staffing polling places, counting votes, and protecting the integrity of the election. Many of these are volunteers who do this out of love for their country.”

One measure of their success: the absence of lawsuits challenging voting procedures or the processing and certification of election results. After the most contentious pre-election period in history, neither party has any major post-election cases pending in state or federal courts.