Elections: American democracy has a problem — a voting problem. According to a new study of U.S. Census data, America has more registered voters than actual live voters. It's a troubling fact that puts our nation's future in peril. The data come from Judicial Watch's Election Integrity Project.Source: U.S. Has 3.5 Million More Registered Voters Than Live Adults — A...

Welcome back to The Monkey Cage’s weekly presentation of Founding Principles, a series of short videos designed to explain American government and how it works — in theory, and in practice. The first five episodes looked at the basic structure of the government created by the U.S.Source: Why did the Founders make U.S. elections so complicated and confusing? Get your...

In March, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla appointed Brian Hatch to the Fair Political Practices Commission, the agency that interprets the Political Reform Act and enforces election law. For 40 years, Hatch was a Capitol lobbyist for firefighters’ unions.Source: Ethics commissioner’s blunder could turn watchdog into a partisan Democratic tool...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Husted v Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, 16-980, later this year, or possibly early next year. All the briefs should be completely filed by September 15, 2017, and then the Court will set a hearing date.Source: Status of U.S. Supreme Court Consideration of Whether Ohio is Purging Voters Too Frequently...