From the abstract:
> deepening party polarization over electoral procedures, the vulnerability of electronic records to hacking, and the impact of deregulating campaign spending, compounding the lack of professional standards of electoral management.
All of these things people have rightly been complaining about for years. It would be good to get some recognition of them.
> Section 4 considers pragmatic reforms designed to strengthen U.S. electoral laws and procedures, recommending expanding secure and convenient registration and balloting facilities, [...] and strengthening impartial dispute resolution mechanisms.
.. but here we hit the problem: too many Americans no longer really believe in "impartiality". This is the guiding theme of the Trump campaign, that anyone who disagrees with them is a lying partisan.
Not to mention that the Republican party have spent years working against "convenient registration", instead preferring partisan disenfranchisement through voter ID and similar measures.
> deepening party polarization over electoral procedures, the vulnerability of electronic records to hacking, and the impact of deregulating campaign spending, compounding the lack of professional standards of electoral management.
All of these things people have rightly been complaining about for years. It would be good to get some recognition of them.
> Section 4 considers pragmatic reforms designed to strengthen U.S. electoral laws and procedures, recommending expanding secure and convenient registration and balloting facilities, [...] and strengthening impartial dispute resolution mechanisms.
.. but here we hit the problem: too many Americans no longer really believe in "impartiality". This is the guiding theme of the Trump campaign, that anyone who disagrees with them is a lying partisan.
Not to mention that the Republican party have spent years working against "convenient registration", instead preferring partisan disenfranchisement through voter ID and similar measures.