Hoover Institution
06/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/26/2024 05:33
Restoring Confidence in American Elections
The institution of American elections, a foundation of the US system of governance, is under unprecedented assault, with one-third of the population questioning the reliability of election results. To better understand this situation, the authors of this paper explore the historical reasons and current myths that form the basis for the polarized views Americans hold today about voting. It also analyzes where common ground might be found bring them together.
About the Authors
Bruce E. Cain is a professor of political science at Stanford University and director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. He has written many journal articles and books on constitutional design, voting, and political reform, including Democracy More or Less: America's Political Reform Quandary. He is currently working on problems of environmental governance.
Ben Ginsberg is the Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a nationally known political law advocate representing participants in the political process. He has been a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, and a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics.