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Changing the campaign refs is the wrong call for democracy

By Scott Blackburn, Bradley A. Smith

Published March 11, 2019 4:00am ET

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Changing the campaign refs is the wrong call for democracy — Voters walk to a precinct place at the Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community to cast their ballots Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Voters are casting ballots in California's primary election, setting the stage for November races. | (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Sports fans love to hate the referees. Seen through the rose-colored glasses of fandom, the refs always make terrible calls, miss obvious fouls, and purposefully slant outcomes against your team.

So, too, in politics. The federal agency formed to referee the hard-nosed, red team-blue team battle of national politics is the Federal Election Commission. Like refs in sports, nearly everyone thinks they stink at their job.

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