The “Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act,” introduced by Republican Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil, would be a solid bill if Senate Republicans can grow a pair and eliminate the filibuster so it can pass (they won’t because they’re cowards who don’t want to govern, but we can dream, right?). Every item Republicans have been begging for since 2020’s election fiasco are in it: mandatory voter ID, voter roll purges and maintenance, zero grace periods for mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, bans on ballot harvesting and universal vote-by-mail, a requirement for auditable paper ballots, and much more. If passed, it would change American politics for the better and create a level playing field that would allow Republicans to compete fairly without the constant threat of Democrats cheating their way to victory. (If you don’t think Democrats cheat, ask yourself why they, or any reasonable person, would possibly be against this bill?)

There is one provision, however, that seems a bit arbitrary and overreaching, and that is an outright ban on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in federal elections. (Incidentally, such a ban is not included in the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, passed by the House in 2024). Now, given the brutal comments I received the last time I wrote about this, I have zero expectation that reactions to this column will be any different. Still, as always, I’m just asking you to consider the points I’m about to make, even if you don’t end up agreeing in the........

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