The real issue is how to solve those problems. Outlining problems is the beginning of a national conversation, but only a beginning. He reminds readers that “the sky is not falling when it comes to how elections are run in most places, and hyperbole to the contrary is unhelpful.” “ncendiary rhetoric” from candidates and party officials in which unsubstantiated claims of misdeeds and “stolen” elections undermines public faith in the electoral process.Where once an unethical partisan might have spread damaging untruths about an opposition candidate to friends and neighbors, today’s increasingly sophisticated technology exponentially expands the reach of such misinformation, since “anyone can post false information today on Twitter or Facebook with no repercussions.” “ld-fashioned and new fangled dirty tricks.” That involves anything from disinformation campaigns on social media to actual hacking of voter registration rolls and, at least theoretically, results as reported on voting machines.Hasen maintains, and the situation will improve only when we recognize that the real problem is not deliberate malfeasance but officials who are too poorly trained or too uncommitted to do their jobs well.
“ockets of incompetence in election administration,“ which “have enabled both Democrats and Republicans to raise cries of rigged or stolen elections that appear increasingly credible to hardcore partisans.” Malice is not usually what is behind the foul-ups, Mr.
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