Global expertise in support of U.S. election reform

The founders of Election Reformers Network have worked to support more than 1,000 election processes overseas.

We have seen how improving the rules of democracy can reduce polarization, increase citizen buy-in, and improve policy outcomes.

We seek to support similar changes in the US.

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We are not a fundamentally divided people,

but we need to fix our rules.

The U.S. ranks 90th out of 112 countries in confidence in the honesty of elections.

Source: Gallup Polls

U.S Elections rank last among all Western Democracies in Electoral Integrity.

Source: Electoral Integrity Project

The average U.S. Congressional approval rating from 2012 to present is 15.9%.

Source: Gallup Polls

Laboratories of Democracy at Work: A Comparison of the 2018 Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Initiatives

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Massachusetts Needs Ranked Choice Voting in Time for the Primaries

By Kevin Johnson and Rob Richie, Published by Commonwealth, March 3, 2019

“We owe it to our democracy to have the greater clarity that ranked choice voting can provide for the upcoming primaries. Massachusetts can lead the way.”

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ERN's Secretary of State conflict of interest project receives pro bono support from Ropes & Gray

Election Reformers Network has launched an intensive evaluation into the issue of conflicts of interest for state chief election officers. Click here for information about the project and about the support we are receiving from the leading law firm Ropes & Gray and others.