A higher non-response rate among illegal immigrants is a goal to be celebrated, not some minor potential side effect to be lamented, Kris Kobach, David Vitter, and other would-be gerrymanderers stress.
An obsession with election fraud leads to cruel punishments.
The Census Bureau's decision to ask about citizenship in its decennial survey for the first time since 1950 will lead to worse data, but better electoral results for Republicans.
Stanford political scientist Morris Fiorina says it's media and political elites who live in ideological bubbles, not regular Americans.
The state uses a panel of partisan officials with absolute discretion to determine who gets to vote again
Florida voters are set to consider deleting a provision in the Florida Constitution depriving convicted felons of the right to vote. It's about time.
The two-party system continues playing Whac-a-Mole with instant runoff voting
Even while euthanizing the bureaucratic expression of his electoral fantasies, the president continues to play vote-counting politics with the Department of Homeland Security and Census.
The President shut down the commission because numerous states refused to turn over voter data, citing concerns about privacy and state sovereignty.
The defeated Senate candidate's refusal to concede is no more preposterous than the claim that the president actually won the popular vote.
A recent Virginia election decided by one vote has given new life to the mantra that "every vote counts." But the chance of a single vote making a difference remains extraordinarily low, and this reality incentivizes voters to be ignorant and biased.
Economics 101 indicates that toll roads can help solve the problem of traffic congestion. But public ignorance often prevents government from acting on this basic insight.
A law signed by Alabama's Republican governor allows many ex-cons to return to the ballot box.
The two-party system isn't responsive to consumer (voter) needs.
Better to punish officials who couldn't implement the new law in a timely fashion.
California's top-two primary system helps protect her, but what's her appeal outside of her own party?
Social science could help identify objective principles for creating competitive voting districts.
Fishy Facebook ads do not undermine the integrity of the electoral process.
The technology promises to be a secure and efficient way of confirming voter ID.
A program intended to empower voters has instead funneled public money to most organized and funded campaigns.
Independent redistricting commissions may not be as politically-neutral as theorized, says new study
The Supreme Court to decide if gerrymandering is unconstitutional
Constitutional concerns with voter-approved changes that benefit third-party candidates
New presidential election integrity advisory commission might actually help despite the delusions on which it is based.
Like children, voters place their hands over their own ears and yell "not listening!"
In the era of Donald Trump, basic media literacy has never been more necessary.
The president's adviser says massive voting fraud by buses full of Massachusetts residents is "widely known."
A federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld last year's ruling that Georgia ballot access laws violated the Constitution.
Populism is a result of government's separation from its citizens over decades.
Journalists struggle to distinguish between deceit and delusion.
The popular vote doesn't matter, so why continue pretending that it does? It only causes confusion and frustration. There's better ways.
Even when they voted, more people bypassed the main event than usual.
Legalization proponents chipping in with extra volunteers.
The president-elect claims he would have won the popular vote if Clinton had not benefited from widespread fraud.
The right to protest-peacefully, of course-is not contingent on whether you participated in the election.
More than a million didn't bother, given the 'choice' of two Democrats.
Initiative introducing 'ranked-choice' voting passes.
Today in votes that are actually about future votes
CamSoda is offering voters free site credits if they snap a selfie at the polls and post it to social media.
It's the campaign's own fault, but outlets are feeding the 'rigging' complaint.
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