This Michigan briefing will introduce the Election Overtime project.
This North Carolina briefing introduced the Election Overtime project.
This Georgia was part of the Election Overtime project, a critical resource for journalists this election season.
On Wednesday, October 2nd a new set of complementary tools designed to support reporting on contested elections will be unveiled by the Election Reformers Network. The “Election Overtime” project will provide journalists covering Pennsylvania's 2024 general election with media briefings by election specialists, guides for answering questions on election transparency, verification processes, and judicial procedures, and an extensive speaker bureau.
On Monday, September 30th a new set of complementary tools designed to support reporting on contested elections were unveiled by the Election Reformers Network, the Arizona Democracy Resiliency Network and other election law experts. The “Election Overtime” project will provide journalists covering Arizona’s 2024 general election with media briefings by election specialists, guides for answering questions on election transparency, verification processes, and judicial procedures, and an extensive speaker bureau.
To support journalists with the unique job of covering close and contested elections, The Election Reformers Network (ERN) convened a distinguished panel of 10 election law authorities, election officials, media experts, and others September 24th to launch the “Election Overtime Project” – a set of resources including state-specific legal guides, national and local media briefings, a speaker’s bureau to connect journalists with expert commentary for local and national coverage, and litigation monitoring. The program focuses on Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The event, “Journalists: Preparing for Election Overtime,” featured election, democracy, and policy experts, including elected officials and presidential legal counsel. Theyincluded Democrats, Republicans, and independents.
ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson speaks to the Role of Social Innovation in Democracy Conference hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review. This conference took place March 16–18, 2023.
Host Organizations: Center for Democracy and Technology When: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 3:00–4:00 EST Availability: Public (Virtual) The “Big Lie,” the denial that the 2020 election outcome was legitimate, continues to have ongoing, harmful effects on American democracy. Election-related misinformation has spread like wildfire online, helping to fuel the passage of new state laws that restrict...
