We won't have a perfect election, but that doesn't mean it won't be a fair election, writes Richard L. Hasen for latimesopinion
There is also no question that some election administrators, like those in Luzerne County, will make errors in handling ballots. There are weak links in our election process. And things are bound to be weaker in 2020 compared with 2016 because Congress did not provide adequate funding for the increased costs of running in-person and mail-in balloting during a pandemic. Inadequate resources can lead to more mistakes.
There are a few steps that election administrators and the media should take given that we are going to have an imperfect election and given that these imperfections may be cynically manipulated by political operatives who want to throw the election results into doubt.Election administrators need to be transparent. If they make a mistake, they need to own it, explaining what happened, why it happened and how to make it right if that’s possible.
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