I don't have a lot to say about the recent midterm election results.
- I was surprised by how poorly the Republicans did
- The American right needs to think long and hard about its political positions -- what they are, and how to communicate them to Americans in a persuasive way
- Candidate quality matters, and Trump has terrible judgement on this
- It's embarrassing that the results of the election aren't fully known almost a week later.
It seems like elections should be a lot easier. We've made them harder than they need to be.
- In-person voting on a single day, except for deployed military or invalids.
- Paper ballots, counted at the precinct. Properly maintain chain-of-custody records for ballots.
- Show identification to vote.
- Dip your thumb in purple ink after you've voted.
This isn't rocket science. All the fancy machines and alternate voting methods have made elections too complicated to administer in a transparent and credible manner.
