The scale of time for a politician runs between one primary and the next, and in Israel, this means two to three years because elections almost never take place once every four years as stipulated by law. The timetable for a system of research is completely different.
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.
Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.
A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salifist parties are a real force in the Egyptian society. No civil, liberal government can succeed, even after new elections, if the Islamists are forced to work underground as a foe and the country remains divided.
