(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shelley Inglis, Rutgers University (THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump in his ...

It is true that in December 2024, three Democratic senators introduced a constitutional amendment to remove the Electoral College in favor of direct national elections. They argued that the current ...

President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address on Feb. 24, 2026, doubled down on his false claims that the U.S. elections system is compromised. He asserted that “the cheating is rampant in ...

From May 2023 until July 1, 2025, the author served in the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance at the United States Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.). All this has led ...