Editorial: Don't fetter political leaders' debates

Imagine a political party that campaigned on a vow to reform the electoral system. Now, let’s say that party won power, then abruptly broke its promise. Perhaps you’d doubt its complete sincerity on other issues around election fairness.
Of course, beyond its electoral reform retreat, there’s no reason to think the Liberal government would meddle with federal elections. After all, it’s boosting resources to protect our voting system from cyber and other threats – as