Stanley Kurtz writes for National Review Online about strategies conservatives can employ to regain a foothold in public schools. The most powerful steps we could take to wrest public schools…
(Picture of Cornel West is Creative Commons by Gage Skidmore.) A pair of court cases concluded on August 12 confirmed that two new parties can be officially recognized and on…
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about one northern state’s potential electoral pitfalls. Maine Democrats are on the cusp of passing a constitutional amendment proposal that seeks to expand the…
I offered public comments on two election reform bills before the North Carolina Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee on June 14. My prepared comments (which assumed a two-minute speaking time…
House Bill 99 looks to modify Wake County Commissioners elections from partisan and countywide to non-partisan elections and by district. This proposed change has caused some to exaggerate the impact…
(See the update at the end of this post.) House Bill 99, sponsored by Rep. Erin Paré (R-Wake), introduces an essential reform to how county commissioners would be elected in…
I provided testimony in support of several election reform bills to the North Carolina General Assembly Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House committee. Here is my prepared testimony for…
Voter ID laws have long been popular with the general public. It turns out that local election officials also support voter ID: Among reform policies, requiring the use of photo…
Kevin Williamson asks National Review Online readers to consider whether government actually works better with more voter participation. Much of the discussion about proposed changes to voting laws backed by…
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online about the N.C. Senate’s election reform measures. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion urges policymakers to reject a mileage tax scheme.
Yuval Levin writes at National Review Online that we ought to avoid extremes when considering the future of American electoral systems. [T]hese days, we are witnessing an increasingly intense debate…
Nicholas Rowan of the Washington Examiner reports one Northeastern state’s potential change of a key voting procedure. Bay Staters are set to decide if the state will implement ranked-choice voting…