States need to investigate election irregularities and put controls in place that will restore voter confidence in the process, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on Jan. 7. “I sincerely hope this debate will serve as a wake-up call to state legislatures to recognize the legitimacy of these concerns, fully investigate the irregularities in their states, reassert their authority over federal elections, and establish controls to restore confidence in our election system. The solution lies in the states, not with the federal government,” Johnson said in a statement. Johnson noted that millions of Americans are worried that the 2020 presidential election was fraught with fraud and called such worries legitimate. “Those who have lost confidence are not crazy,” he said. “They are patriots who dearly love America and are alarmed by what they have witnessed over the last four years: a thoroughly corrupt FBI investigation of a duly elected president; a …