The Electoral Integrity Project recently compiled a comprehensive ranking of 139 countries based on the overall quality of their election practices, taking into account factors such as campaign finance rules, overall vote count, and voter registration procedures. The United States ranked 47th out of 139.

A week ago I told you about the Democratic Party’s superdelegate problem.

Donald Trump. Barring a contested convention or maneuvering from the party leadership to block him at the Republican National Convention, Trump remains the odds-on favorite to win the nomination.

This leaves one major question, who will Trump pick to be his running mate?

Donald Trump has certainly talked a big game when it comes to foreign policy. After making a series of bold promises to "destroy ISIS," "take jobs back from China," and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border, campaign spectators have been waiting on the Donald to take the initial step of building a team of advisers capable of delivering on his campaign rhetoric.

In political folklore, as well as Star Trek geekery, there's the old adage: Only Nixon could go to China.

Nixon was a strong president and made the right call. China was ready to open its doors to American trade, and for at least the first several decades we prospered greatly from this new trading partner.

Cuba's 12 million people are unlikely to form such a huge trading partnership, but Obama's political stroke of genius was one of geopolitics -- both far and near political ramifications of finally ending the Cold War in the Western Hemisphere.

A debate featuring many of the candidates seeking the Libertarian Party created some ruckus within libertarian inner circles.

Today, Arizona voters are headed to the polls to decide which presidential candidates they prefer to take the 58 delegates in the Republican contest and 75 delegates on the Democratic contest. However, more than 1.2 million citizens in Arizona – more than a third of all registered voters in the state – won't be allowed to cast a ballot.

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the FBI signals it may try to avert a court showdown with Apple over whether the tech company should be required to help unlock the iPhone of a shooter who killed 14 people in the San Bernardino attack, a new survey indicates that Apple is winning the fierce public battle.

I have always been taught that an organization is the product of its leadership. For the duration of President Obama's administration, America's elected leaders have demonstrated, almost on a daily basis, that being angry, intolerant, and uncompromising is the way to behave. Republicans and Democrats alike have drawn lines in the sand declaring no retreat and no compromise.

The Palm Beach Post reported Monday that a federal judge in Florida struck down the use of prison gerrymandering in Jefferson County, declaring it unconstitutional. In other words, the judge county officials cannot include prison populations when drawing local electoral districts because it violates the legal precedent of "one percent, one vote," giving some voters within the county greater power than others.

The decision is historic as it is the first time a judge has ruled on "prison-based gerrymandering."

The Palm Beach Post reports: