Reformers in Washington, D.C. are trying to break the liberal domination of governance in the nation’s capital. Democrats comprise 76 percent of registered voters, but they hold nearly every elected position. There’s not a single Republican among them, and the few independents who have slipped in behave like Democrats. D.C. elections are so dull that few voters show up […]
Want better governance? Then improve the...
There has been a lot of aggressive politicking around election policies over the past few years. From sea to shining sea there have been battles over voting by mail, voter identification rules and the like. For the most part, these have been partisan fights. Democrats cry out for loosening rules to make voting easier, and […]
The Electoral Count Act is fixed: Presid...
It was not easy, but Congress did what it took to prevent another Jan. 6. They rewrote the antiquated 1887 Electoral Count Act, which governs the counting of states’ electoral slates for president. President Joseph Biden approved this overdue reform when he put his name on the hulking Consolidated Appropriations Act in late December. For this, we all should […]
Did a libertarian cost Trump the electio...
Mr. Trump will tell you that fraud cost him the election. Those of us who have analyzed the facts and data almost inevitably come to other explanations: grumpy voters beset with COVID-19 and a crummy economy, high Democratic turnout stoked by Trump’s relentless trolling of the left, GOP voters who were put off by The […]
What’s the harm of refusing to concede?
Readers of these Election Reform Q&As may recall that I interviewed the R Street Institute’s Matt Germer about the importance of loser’s consent for our democratic system. In short, our democratic republic exists by the consent of the governed, and that consent is renewed when we hold elections and accept the results. But the gripe “We wuz […]
Discussion of primary elections and thei...
