To the Editorial Team: Regardless of which party ends up capturing the majority in Congress beginning Jan. 3, every American will bear the scars from the assault perpetrated by the Trump regime on our sacred, though by no means perfect, institution of voting.

Since Trump 1.0, he and his cowardly crew of lickspittles have been doing their darndest to disenfranchise voters. Why? Because, at base, these are people who don’t believe in a representative democracy or a republic. What do they believe in? A nation that only serves them and their wealthy friends and family. A corrupted economy that will line only their pockets — and to hell with the rest of us — which is why, without a shred of evidence, they’ve inserted doubt and fear and confusion into our elections. Because free and fair elections don’t serve a kleptocracy.

Building back trust in our elections is one of the many repairs that will need to be made should we once again have leaders who take their oath of office to heart — that is, to serve the American people, not themselves. But it will be up to all of us, regular citizens, to make sure this happens.

Our job doesn’t end the day after the votes are tallied. We must continue to pay close attention. We must insist that the guardrails of democracy that have been so degraded during the corrupt Trump regime are not just re-installed but made better and stronger.

Charlotte Adamis

Kingston