Direct Election Puns

Specifically, there were in my opinion legitimate concerns about the allocation of power between legislatures, executives, and judges. Judges in some states made rulings that arguably overrode or flat-out altered voting statutes. Governors have occasionally engaged in similar conduct.

These instances, however, have gotten little press compared to the “evidence” of massive fraud, Dominion, etc. that is based on basically nothing. And the focus on this has gotten even worse as courts have tossed out these frivolous claims, since evidently the majority of the electorate does not comprehend was dismissal for failure to state a claim actually means.

Did people ostensibly concerned about election integrity and separation of powers make a tactical error in pushing the latter concerns instead of the former? What explains the dominance of the latter in public discourse?

Also, tangentially, what can be done to restore evidence in elections from an ex ante perspective? I am somewhat concerned there is nothing we can do, give how quickly people came to resolute conclusions about 2020 based on essentially nothing (and virtually no comparative analysis of former elections). In other words, I am not sure that there is anything we can do to increase trust in elections, since there seems to be no connection between trust and policies/evidence.

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