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“Americans deserve election officials who, in all aspects of the job, act as unbiased public servants, not partisans…”

-ERN’s Heather Balas and Amber McReynolds writing for Talking Points Memo

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ERN Survey Finds Broad Support for Impartial Elections

The findings of our national poll suggest that voters:

Place significant value on having election officials acting impartially;
Aren’t satisfied with the level of impartiality that currently exists;
Want elections officials to meet minimum qualifications before taking office;
Want rules limiting partisan activities by election officials.

Read more HERE.

Congress’ fix to presidential votes lights the way for broader election reform

The omnibus bill approved by Congress in December has democracy fans cheering – because it includes changes to presidential vote counting that could literally save our democracy. Thankfully, the old Electoral Count Act, a misguided law governing presidential electoral votes, has been fixed, blocking the dangerous scenarios that emerged in 2020 of a loophole-enabled coup d’etat.

But there are even bigger reasons to cheer ECA reform. Understood broadly, this reform demonstrates how to fix dysfunction not just for presidential elections but throughout our election system.

Read our latest for The Fulcrum.

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