The Electoral Count Act (ECA) burst into the news late last year. Some Republicans claimed this 1887 statute empowered Congress to reject states’ electoral vote slates, which could prevent a presidential candidate from reaching the 270 votes needed to be officially deemed the winner. Under this scenario, the House of
The Biden administration proposed more than eight hundred new regulations in its first four months in office. These new rules, which will have the force of law if adopted, were issued by seventy-nine different agencies, from the Agency for International Development to the Workers Compensation Programs Office. The three most
fter an embarrassing administrative gaff, a few zany candidates, and nationwide anticipation, New York City’s final vote tally for the mayoral primaries is in. Eric Adams won the Democratic contest and will face off with long-shot Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa for Gracie Mansion. Both candidates were selected by ranked choice
Ranked-choice voting passed another big test in New York City. Around 800,000 New Yorkers voted in last week’s Democratic mayoral primary. Now as the final vote tallies come in, despite city officials’ mishandling of the vote tally, we can see that critics’ worst fears about this voting system were needless.
By all accounts, Utah ran its 2020 elections very well, avoiding the political acrimony and lawsuits that have occurred in Arizona and some other states. Utah’s election policies enable ease of access to ballot while maintaining high security. How did Utah strike this balance? To answer this question, I spoke
I had fun writing this piece. Of course, the odds of such are scenario are very long—not least because midterms tend to be cruel to the incumbent party, and the Democrats hold a very narrow majority. But the point was to illustrate that the Electoral Count Act is flawed—and a