My latest post over at Talking Points Memo begins:

Over the last few days I’ve been describing some of the major problems with our elections which I cover in The Voting Wars.

Too many U.S. jurisdictions allow our elections to be run by political partisans. Local officials have too much control, and often lack adequate training and resources. Political rhetoric has been ratcheted up and mistrust has been building thanks to spurious and exaggerated claims of voter fraud (and in some cases voter suppression) by political provocateurs. Social media inflames partisan passions and could push the next election meltdown into the streets.

What can be done to end the voting wars?