Commentary

Navy veteran Alberto Ramos knows about the work that goes into voting at sea. That’s because there’s a specific job for it.

The Oklahoma governor, who just completed his term as chairman of the National Governors Association, argues in Declare for keeping America’s elections responsive and accountable with the right constitutional balance of power.

Declare’s new Q&A series answers timely questions about elections with the people best-positioned to know.

“Quite frankly, we’re best off when the federal government stays out of our elections.”

The R Street Institute has released an election law tracker and rating system that is thorough and fair.

It’s a feature, not a glitch, that elections in this country are very decentralized, and that decentralized nature of elections administration has been a feature since the Founding.

Starting with a summer conference for America’s secretaries of state, three-plus months from the 2026 Midterms, Declare is spending time with chief election officials to get their insights on the election process.

While respecting a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows certain ballots to be received after Election Day, Nevada should update its policy for the sake of trust in the election process, its governor writes.

A judge determined that using a federal data tool for verifying voters’ citizenship status was beyond its lawful purpose. But the existence of such a mechanism might fill a need.

The election lawyer and Declare contributor explains how Justice Barrett “said a lot without saying a lot” in her majority opinion in Watson v. Republican National Committee.

Declare Talks with one of its newest contributors, the Executive Director of We the Veterans, about making big splashes to recruit poll workers and the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision.

Declare’s Miranda Combs does a Q&A with leaders of veterans groups that signed an amicus brief in Watson v. RNC, about their concerns prior to the decision and issues facing military voters more broadly.