Want Better Governance? Then Improve the Way We Hire Politicians

There has been a lot of aggressive politicking around election policies over the past few years. From sea to shining sea there have been battles over voting by mail, voter identification rules and the like. 

For the most part, these have been partisan fights. Democrats cry out for loosening rules to make voting easier, and Republicans try to tighten them. Sure, the contestants often speak in lofty terms about their aims, but their motivations are plain. Each party wants to adjust the rules in ways they believe will increase their odds of winning.  

This is nothing new in American politics. The March 26, 1812, copy of the Boston Gazette decried partisan redistricting effort under Gov. Elbridge Gerry as a “gerrymander.” The great pity of these election administration feuds is that they are so toxic and usually inconsequential.

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