Commentary

Tuesday Takeaways

By Victor Davis Hanson
Thursday, November 10 2022

What, if anything, did the midterms tell us about the country – other than underwhelming Republicans could still take the House and Senate? During the COVID-19 lockdowns, American elections radically changed to mail-in and early voting. They did so in a wild variety of state-by-state ways. Add ranked voting and a required majority margin to the mess and the result is that once cherished Election Day balloting becomes increasingly irrelevant. Election Night also no longer exists. Returns are not counted for days. It is intolerable for a modern democracy to wait and wait for all…

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