Tuesday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I live in a state that had acknowledged (systemic) voter fraud in 2004 (WA). Like entire memory care facilities voting. Ballots being “found” up to a week after the election. Very sketchy (Governor’s race was under 500 votes and 3 or so recounts). Things got fixed and we are now 100% vote by mail (or drop box which I use, armored drop boxes with fire suppression, not your local mail box – recently one was taken out by a large pickup – pickup destroyed, fresh concrete to put the drop box back in place – OK .1% ADA ballot at the election center = polling station). The cost of implementing the SAVE Act is crippling to my county government – like 100 sheriff deputies cost (out of 650 including jail). Unfunded mandate. Stupid expense. Mr Trump, give us massive money to fund this silly idea otherwise hell no.
The idea of counting votes by hand is ludicrous. If my bank counted everything by hand….OMG, ever hear about this new thing called a computer? No, we have machines for that (please note I am NOT suggesting touch screens without a paper backup that can be hacked). If you only have polling stations then most all the silly bond and levy initiatives in the off cycle are going to pass because no one shows up to vote on a random Tuesday in April except the special interests – vice getting the August (or April) ballot in the mail and returning it (cough, I’m heavily involved in a April and August bond levy locally). BTW, the last major national proven voter fraud was 2018 in North Carolina – by a Republican Baptist preacher https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/north-carolina-voter-fraud/