The Rules Matter

This article today from Politico makes a clear case for the fact that the rules by which elections are held do matter. Over the next year, state legislatures will be changing the rules of election administration to promote rules that they think will help their favored candidates in the presidential primaries and then will help certain candidates in the general election. As the article notes, as long as you do it in statute, rigging the game is generally legal.

http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Gaming-the-2012-vote-1410370.php