Originally published in INSIDER | December 17, 2021 By Grace Panetta Julie Anderson, who is vying for the role of Washington State’s secretary of state, says she likes “a challenge.” But even in a state that’s elected independent-minded secretaries of state in the past, Anderson said, trying to get elected as a nonpartisan candidate within…
This post by Kevin Johnson and Al Vanderklipp originally appeared on The Fulcrum. Johnson and Vanderklipp are, respectively, the executive director and research fellow for the Election Reformers Network and the co-authors of “Nonpartisanship Works: How Lessons from Canada Can Reestablish Trust in U.S. Election Administration.” Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has repeated the call for his state’s legislature to seize…
See below for links to spreadsheets and documents containing all data used in Nonpartisanship Works: How Lessons from Canada Can Re-Establish Trust in U.S. Election Administration. Provincial and Territorial Statutes Chief Electoral Officer Duties and Powers Chief Electoral Officer Impartiality, Bars on Political Activity and Voting Chief Electoral Officer Appointment, Removal Chief Electoral Officer Term…
This post originally appeared on the Rank the Vote Blog. In November of 2019, after a hard-fought campaign, New York City voters overwhelmingly approved a ranked choice voting ballot question. With a ballot that allows support for multiple candidates in order of preference, RCV gives the electorate more impact on race outcomes and a greater…
Please join AEI’s Kevin Kosar and a panel of experts, including ERN’s Kevin Johnson, to discuss the various ways to strengthen the public’s trust in the results of our presidential elections. Distrust of the results of presidential elections has been particularly intense in recent years. Significant numbers of Democrats believed Donald Trump won the 2016…
ERN has played a role in shaping the narrative of impartial election administration as it relates to the original Carter-Baker report. Along with the Carter Center, we work to shape the discussion around this key issue. The fifth in a series of webinars. This installment will investigate various proposals for reform at the federal and…
The Roundtable will bring together a small number of experts and organizations (including representatives from ERN) working on issues related to election reform in the United States, as well as organizations which have observed U.S. elections or which support electoral reform efforts internationally. The two-hour session will include short opening presentations from two international election…
