Commentary Up until the 2020 election, the single-most important democratic institution that Americans could depend on was the ballot box. Despite rhetorical fog, ideological deception, legal tergiversation, and corrupt policy, ordinary citizens have been able to throw out corrupt politicians and install leaders who promised to govern in the best interests of the American people. As it stands now, this may no longer be the case, and the present transformation of American electoral customs may well go down as one of the most troubling events in the history of democracy. Allegations of Fraud On Nov. 3, 2020, an enormously popular incumbent president, who polled close to 10 million more votes than he had won in his first election, was winning a landslide victory on election night. But, by the end of the week, hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots appeared to swing the victory to his opponent. When the counting …