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…
This discussion will explore how the development of voter-verified paper trails, risk-limiting audits, ballot-tracking platforms and the Electronic Registration Information Center system have enhanced the accuracy of elections. Watch here. Host Organization: The Carter Center & Rice University’s Baker Institute When: May 17, 2021 (Time TBA) Availability: Public
Description: January 4, 2021: Georgians return to the voting booth Jan. 5 to settle two of the most hotly contested Senate races in history. Did you know that Georgia is one of the only states that holds runoffs? Why? And how does it work in other places? What’s likely to happen if these races end…
Description: December 14, 2020: Today, electors will meet in their states to vote for president and vice president, a key step in one of the most unusual election systems in the world. Join us for a discussion of our peculiar institution and the proposals to make it better reflect the will of the people. This…
Description: November 10, 2020: As the initial vote counting wraps up, talk turns to recounts and audits. Nearly half of all states fo automatic recounts if the margin of victory is below .25 or .5 percent; in others, losers must request and pay for recounts. But what exactly are officials counting? And what’s the difference…
Description: October 8, 2020: The 2020 U.S. election is likely to be more complicated than those in the past. Carter Center staffers and other leading U.S. election experts tell you what to expect this election season and how to make sure your vote is counted. To learn more about the Center’s U.S. election public information…
Description: Election Reformers Network’s Kevin Johnson leads Project 18 Vote’s Patricia Keefer, Jay Berman, fmr. Chief of Staff for Senator Birch Bayh, American Promise co-founder Jeff Clements, and CEO of Bridge USA, Manu Meel in a discussion about the history of the 18-year-old vote and what we can learn from the 26th Amendment, which was…
Description: March 23, 2020: ERN’s inaugural webinar, States at Play in the Fight Against Gerrymandering, features expert panelists Cathy Duvall (of Democracy Ascent Advisors) and Clean Missouri’s Sean Soendker Nicholson, who discuss the outcome of the SCOTUS decision on gerrymandering – and where it leaves room for state action.
— Thank you Rob, It’s been a pleasure to get to know you and this great organization. It’s also an honor to co-host this event. When we got started, one of our first steps was to seek wisdom from Rob and Cynthia, and Rob, it was good to learn that conversation was a coming…
