by jpitney | Jan 4, 2021 | Elections, Electoral College, Nixon
On January 6, 1961, after the official counting of the electoral votes in a joint session of Congress, Vice President Richard Nixon announced the election of his 1960 opponent, John F. Kennedy. Mr. Speaker, since this is an unprecedented situation, I would like to...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2020 | Elections, Presidency
President Bush’s concession: Well, here’s the way I see it. Here’s the way we see it and the country should see it, that the people have spoken. And we respect the majesty of the democratic system. I just called Governor Clinton over in Little...
by jpitney | Dec 2, 2020 | Election Security, Elections, Electoral College
From the editors of National Review: Trump’s most reprehensible tactic has been to attempt, somewhat shamefacedly, to get local Republican officials to block the certification of votes and state legislatures to appoint Trump electors in clear violation of the public...
by jpitney | Nov 14, 2020 | Election Security, Elections
From the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee… released the following statement: “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American...
by jpitney | Nov 5, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Elections, Uncategorized
Yuval Levin at AEI: At the heart of our pervasive crisis of alienation are widespread failures of responsibility, deep-seated cultural divisions and a deadly dearth of solidarity. Such challenges can seem impossibly immense when we look at our country from the top...
by jpitney | Nov 3, 2020 | Civility, Elections
Former Attorneys General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Michael B. Mukasey at The Washington Post: Our system can accommodate even ill feeling, and it has. Our second president, John Adams, famously left Washington in 1801 before Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as the third....
