COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Reflections from Rocky Top
Instead of the usual political punditry, I wanted to share my reflections from up here what we Tennessee graduates fondly refer to as "Rocky Top."
Maricopa Mulligan
I do not think it is wrong to say the 2022 midterm election in Maricopa County, Arizona must be redone . . . in golf it is called a Mulligan. #MulliganInMaricopa
Déjà Vu All Over Again
America cannot afford a “deja vu all over again” scenario in which enables the progressive socialist left to ever have the levers of power in Washington, DC.
Von Spakovsky: As The Dust Settles From Election Day, A Mixed Victory For Election Integrity Appears
The final results in the Nov. 8 elections heralded several important changes to state election-integrity laws across the country. While some of the initiatives, approved via ballot referendums, will improve the integrity of state elections, others are more invidious, making elections in those states more insecure.
Lesson of the Kobayashi Maru
It is time we understand the program and seek to reprogram it so that we can have fair elections and restore the confidence of Americans in the system.
When Voting Was Easy
We have gone from a process that was relatively simple, easy, and disruption-free, to a time when we are now told you don't get results for a week.
Von Spakovsky: Poll Observers Are Essential to Honest Elections
There is a reason the U.S. State Department and organizations like the Carter Center routinely send teams of American observers to fledgling democracies all over the world: they recognize that transparency is essential to ensuring honest elections. That requires observers to be able to watch every aspect of the voting and ballot-counting process without being intimidated or interfered with.
Von Spakovsky: Republican National Committee Targets Google’s Censorship in Lawsuit
After enduring years of targeted censorship, the Republican National Committee is suing Google for its bulk-labeling of millions of RNC campaign email communications to its supporters and donors as “spam” during “pivotal points in election cycles.”
Von Spakovsky: The Latest Election Myth Pushed by the Left
For years, liberal activists—with the assistance of their corporate media allies—have been pushing the myth that there is a wave of “voter suppression” going on across the country. As the record registration and turnout numbers in recent elections prove, as well as their numerous losses in litigation show, this is a false claim created by opponents of commonsense election reforms like voter ID.
Our Constitutional Republic Still Stands
Yesterday y'all proved that you don't have to have served in uniform to support and defend our Constitutional Republic . . . you just have to be a true American patriot.