Excited about this: Two perspectives; one objective: free and fair elections.  What Franita Tolson and Ned Foley hope for this podcast is to have a series of thoughtful conversations about the basic values of America’s democracy and how they are… Continue reading

Ned Foley for Politico magazine.

Josh Douglas for NYDN.

NYT: A night that was supposed to bring clarity to the Democratic presidential contest turned into a long ordeal of confusion and delays on Monday, as the Iowa Democratic Party failed to report results from more than a handful… Continue reading

WaPo: The claims of electoral fraud were false, proved untrue by public data and the state’s top election official.That didn’t stop them from going viral, as right-wing activists took to Twitter over the weekend to spread specious allegations of… Continue reading

Politifact reports.

Just in time for the start of caucus/primary season, Ray La Raja and Jonathan Rauch have this substantial essay out from Brookings. Here is the summary and table of contents for the piece: Summary Presidential-nominating contests in both major political… Continue reading

Kevin Johnson: Our historical cousins in the United Kingdom vote much like we do — in single-member districts, under simple plurality rules — so their elections are worth paying attention to. This is particularly true now that “the duopoly,”… Continue reading

Frank Scaturro WSJ oped.

As if the Iowa caucuses were not confusing enough, the Democratic Party will report out three different measures of the result. But on top of that, the campaigns have an incentive to try to manipulate the perceptions of “the” result,… Continue reading

Trib Live: The heat is on — and it’s getting hotter for election officials across Pennsylvania as the April 28 presidential primary approaches.A new state election law that allows, among other things, no-excuse mail-in balloting 50 days before an election,… Continue reading

Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View.

NYT reports.

This change is almost certainly in response to the fact that Michael Bloomberg now appears to be fourth in the national polls, even though he is not soliciting contributions from anyone. As the DNC has recognized, keeping a candidate with… Continue reading