Opinion | D.C. voters deserve the information ahead of elections

The May 9 editorial “Stemming the October surprise” advocated “blackout periods” in D.C. to keep the results of ethics or criminal investigations from the voting public at the very time (just before elections) that voters need to be fully informed of candidates’ ethical flaws. That odd proposal exhibited a mistrust of voters to be able to sort out what is relevant and what is a questionable accusation. Granted, a vast number of voters recently exhibited a proclivity for disregard of facts in their partisan tribalism. But it still bodes ill for a system to deny total transparency before elections.