


Back to Normal Isn’t Good Enough for US Democracy after the 2022 Midterms

ERN in the News: From Brooks to Bangor

Voters Want Impartial Election Administration—And Tuesday’s Results Confirm It
This op-ed by ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson originally appeared in TPM. With attention focused on the battle for control of Congress, some of the signs went under the radar. But last week’s results offered evidence for an encouraging takeaway: that voters understand the threat posed by our party-driven system of election management in today’s hyper-partisan…

Midterm Election Takeaway: Many defeats for the ‘Big Lie,’ but the ‘Big Flaw’ remains

Election Reformers Network Calls for All Secretaries of State Who Are Candidates to Recuse Themselves From Key Roles in Close Races

Why We Need to Take the Partisanship Out of Certifying Elections
This op-ed by ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson originally appeared in GOVERNING. It may be hard to remember now, but Jan. 6, 2021, wasn’t the first time the 2020 presidential election nearly went off the rails. Several swing states had already seen organized efforts to seriously challenge results, nowhere more dangerously than in Michigan, where party…

To defeat election denialism, we need partisans out of election management
This op-ed by ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson originally appeared in The Fulcrum. The threat could hardly be clearer: Some candidates for secretary of state deny the verified outcome of the 2020 election, raising serious questions about whether they’ll reject results – and the rule of law – if they gain office. In response, political opponents…

Declaring Who Wins Elections Is Not A Job For Partisans
