@CanisVeritum @Bix Especially local elections. ESPECIALLY local.
Too many rationalize voting "independent" because of this or that local person they like. But those people enabled the gerrymandering that locks in power at the national level. Those people failed to act when they could to police their own party.
Here's a counter idea: Penalties should be higher for those holding office and thresholds of evidence should be lower. It is too easy to hide wrongdoing with power.
@CanisVeritum @Bix And the pardon power should absolutely be void when self-serving, given out to people helping hide your own criming.
In hindsight, Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon set the stage for the downward slide of the GOP at large.