Maryland won't count mailed-in ballots until Thursday. That could needlessly fuel conspiracy theories
two buses to Washington on Jan. 6 but says his crew did not join the riot at the Capitol.) And the picks in the highly educated D.C. ‘burbs may give national party leaders a hint as to just where both parties are centering their identity.
Political trickery aside, the Maryland primary on Tuesday is just the latest reminder that the stakes of elections matter well beyond political chit trading. The individuals in power have actively decided that they are fine with the public’s faith in elections being further eroded. It’s a choice that needlessly gives democracy’s doubters an opening, the kind of short-sighted screw-up that helps radicalize skeptics into insurrectionists.
Democracy only works when there is widespread participation and confidence that the system has legitimacy. When that falters, so too does the potency of the experiment. It’s not limited to either party, either. Both George W. Bush and Joe Biden faced
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