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Election Reformers Network Mourns the Passing of our Friend and Board Member Lindsay Lloyd

August 10, 2022Election Reformers NetworkBlog Post, Topics: ERN Updates

Election Reformers Network joins with democracy activists domestically and abroad in mourning the death of W. Lindsay Lloyd, a lifelong advocate for democracy and freedom. After a distinguished career in D.C. as a staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives and working on political campaigns, Lindsay spent 16 years with the International Republican Institute,...

The only major democracy in the world…

August 3, 2022Kevin JohnsonDemocracy, Election Reform, ERN Op-Eds, Topics: Electoral College Reform, Topics: Ending Gerrymandering, Topics: International Democracy Insights

This op-ed originally ran on The Fulcrum. This has been a summer of gut punches to the body politic. A Supreme Court bloc cobbled together by minority-backed presidents and a norm-abusing Senate has trampled precedent and lurched to extremes on the most divisive issues of our time. A presidential election that should have been laid...

US election deniers promoting democracy abroad defies reason

July 16, 2022Edward McMahonDemocracy, ERN Op-Eds, International Democracy Benchmarking, Topics: International Democracy Insights

This op-ed by ERN Board Members Larry Garber and Edward McMahon originally appeared on The Hill. The power of the more than 200-year-old American model of democracy has encouraged people across the globe to fight for their rights and freedoms, often in the face of brutal authoritarians. We have personally seen the impact of U.S….

Michigan’s partisan gerrymander is gone. Next: partisan canvassing boards

June 28, 2022Kevin JohnsonDemocracy, Election Reform, ERN Op-Eds, Topics: Election Dispute Resolution, Topics: Ending Gerrymandering, Topics: Impartial Election Administration

This op-ed by ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson and The People’s Katie Fahey originally appeared in Bridge Michigan. In 2018, Michiganders of all sides won one of the greatest battles for basic fairness in the state’s history. Michigan “slayed the dragon” of partisan gerrymandering, taking election district drawing out of the self-dealing hands of legislators…

Trump truthers are vying to run America’s local elections

June 28, 2022Al VanderklippOther Insights - Written, Topics: ERN in the News

Originally published on The Economist website. A mostly bureaucratic endeavour is becoming a partisan battleground. Otero County, in New Mexico, is home to fewer than 70,000 people. Yet the rural municipality found unfortunate fame recently when local officials refused to certify the results of their primary elections, held on June 7th. New Mexico’s secretary of state,…

Politicians certifying election results is risky and unnecessary

June 21, 2022Kevin JohnsonDemocracy, Election Reform, ERN Op-Eds, Topics: Election Dispute Resolution, Topics: Impartial Election Administration

This post by By Kevin Johnson originally appeared on The Fulcrum. In recent months, we’ve gotten a crash course in the ways that our election systems are now dangerously vulnerable to partisan interference and disorder. Numerous candidates for secretary of state deny the results of the 2020 election, including several who are, or likely will…

June 16 – Network for Responsible Public Policy: America’s Vulnerable Elections [Webinar]

June 3, 2022Al VanderklippPast Events, Webinars

Host Organizations: The Network for Responsible Public Policy When: June 16, 2022, 7:30–9:00 Eastern Availability: Public (Virtual) DESCRIPTION: In this session, we will take a look at the challenges facing our elections, particularly at the structures the country has used for many generations that in an era of hyperpartisanship have become sources of national vulnerability. To...

To Trust Election Results, We Must Trust The People Administering Them

June 1, 2022Heather BalasDemocracy, Election Reform, ERN Op-Eds, Topics: Impartial Election Administration

This post by By ERN Board Member Amber McReynolds and ERN VP of Programs Heather Balas originally appeared on TPM. Amid growing concern about the prospects for a free and fair election in 2024, last week brought a rare piece of good news: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who famously stared down President Donald…

Trump’s 2020 grievance tour fell flat in Georgia, but his lies about the election are animating GOP races around the country

May 25, 2022Al VanderklippElection Administration, Other Insights - Written, Topics: ERN in the News

Originally published in Business Insider, by Grace Panetta Former President Donald Trump took his train of grievances down to Georgia, but the voters wanted no part in it. Trump tried to exact revenge on incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp for certifying President Joe Biden’s election victory by endorsing his challenger, former Sen. David Perdue, who said…

University of Michigan Panel – Rebuilding Trust in American Civic Institutions

May 2, 2022Al VanderklippPast Events, Webinars

Host Organizations: The Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce at the University of Michigan's Erb Institute When: May 5, 2022, 3:00–4:00 Eastern Availability: Public (Virtual) Register Here DESCRIPTION: As we head into the fall mid-term elections, experts warn that low trust in American civic institutions is dangerous for representative democracy, civic freedom and the rule of law – as...

Ohio’s Map-Making Merry-Go-Round

April 25, 2022Al VanderklippGerrymandering, Other Insights - Written, Topics: ERN in the News

Originally published on The Dispatch, by Harvest Prude MANSFIELD, Ohio—A crowd of around 200 mingled in a spacious ballroom for Richland County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner earlier this month. Guests sporting red dresses or red ties chatted about the contentious GOP Senate primary in the state and local party politics at tables draped in…

New efforts seek to build trust in elections, in the face of a still-thriving 2020 election denier community

April 11, 2022Al VanderklippOther Insights - Written, Topics: ERN in the News

Originally published by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute | April 11, 2022 By Steven Rosenfeld As 2022’s primaries approach, an unprecedented wave of public and private efforts are underway to foster trust in election operations and election officials in response to ongoing claims by Donald Trump and his supporters, including many officeholders and candidates, that…