Question

A real-world example: Google Stacy Abrams and just take a look at her Wikipedia page. During the 2018 election, she was running as the first African-American female candidate in Georgia. Her opponent, Brian Kemp, a staunch conservative and the Georgia Secretary of State essentially had control over the election in which he was a candidate. He had authority to sanction election results and implement any voting procedures he wanted. The election was too close to call, but Kemp ended up edging her out. Liberals argue that this was unfair: it is anti-democratic to allow a candidate to oversee his own election. Conservatives argue that it is typical Liberal hand-wringing and that in this day and age, it is impossible for someone to get away with what they were accusing him of. After poking around in this issue, what do you think?

Answer 1

The objective of democracy is to empower citizens with the right to choose a good administrator and this choice is usually excercised through the holding of elections. The elections should be fair and should not contain misuse of political influence by the candidates. Is is anti-democratic to allow a candidate to oversee his own election. When politicians who oversees elections are also becomes candidates, there should be strict rules to limit their powers to interfere in the election procedures.