On Monday, we ran Brad Smith’s skeptical essay about election reforms, titled Too Much to Ask: Voting Reforms Can Only Do So Much, which I blogged about on Monday. Yesterday, Josh Sellers published an essay with a more optimistic take, on how political realignments might open the door for some reforms. Today, we publish Ben Ginsberg on The Need to Re-Imagine the American Election System of the Future.

Here’s an excerpt from Josh’s essay:

In our present environment, however, the political and participatory implications of many electoral rules are less apparent. What was once conventional wisdom – that increasing voter registration rates and reducing administrative burdens on voting would benefit the Democratic Party – is now in question. As the electorate further divides along soc

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