(THE CONVERSATION) American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” ...

President Trump’s recent decree that the states must follow his orders to get rid of voting machines and voting by mail is wrong in every way. It’s wrong on substance, wrong on policy and wrong on the ...

President Donald Trump says he wants to end mail-in voting, but voting by mail is already widespread throughout the United States, and he lacks the authority to end a practice that is left up to ...