California needs to step up on election integrity

The legitimacy of government in the United States rests on the consent of the governed, and that makes election integrity a highly political issue. If elections are manipulated, or if the results are less than reliable due to errors or failed procedures, any government actions that follow the elections are not based on the consent of the governed. They’re just plain force.
That’s what is at stake in the national fight over poll-watching, universal mail balloting, voter ID laws and pu