by Randy Vealey I sensed what was coming a half-century ago. As an 18-year-old idealist in the closing weeks of the McGovern campaign in western Massachusetts, I […]
Tag: election 2020
Early rebuke for Fla. election police
A Miami judge dealt a victory Friday for the law, decency and common sense by dismissing a fraud case brought by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his new […]
Secretary Warner is peddling Big Lie Lite
How disappointing to see West Virginia’s top election official, Secretary of State Mac Warner, peddling sugar-coated election fraud conspiracies. In an op-ed Warner submitted to publications across […]
Electoral Count Act up next on Congress’ list
As former President Donald Trump desperately clung to power last year, a number of flaws in the U.S. election system became all too clear. Thankfully, one may […]
GOP lawmakers looking to punish election officials
It’s no secret that Republican state legislatures are working overtime to alter election laws in ways to twist American democracy to their favor. Having imposed rules that […]
Why it’s necessary to talk about Trump
by Kevin McDermott Every time that this column — or my colleagues’ columns, or the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board — mentions Donald Trump’s name, there’s a […]
Sec. Warner spreading conspiracies
It’s shameful that West Virginia’s top election official is repeating debunked conspiracy theories and circulating misinformation. We will address the misinformation in Secretary of State Mac Warner’s […]
Guest essay: Restoring confidence in gov’t begins by restoring elections
by Mac Warner Restoring confidence in our government begins with confidence in our elections. Election confidence has two main components: transparency and process. Much of the recent […]
Trump’s war on truth bad for democracy
by Doyle McManus Last month, as thousands of former President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters waited for him at a rally in Ohio, a chant rose from the […]
Pa. doesn’t need yet another audit of 2020 election
Pennsylvania lawmakers seem to have a penchant for proposing actions that cost time and money but produce — well, nothing. Consider the latest move by state Sen. […]