Guardrails for the Guardians: Reducing Secretary of State Conflict of Interest

Although many secretaries of state perform exemplary public service, party allegiances built into these positions make the United States a global outlier in election administration and create risks that need to be addressed.

To assess these issues, Election Reformers Network has released Guardrails for the Guardians: Reducing Secretary of State Conflict of Interest and Building More Impartial U.S. Election Administration.

In this first-of-its-kind analysis of state election officials,  Election Reformers Network:

• Calls on secretaries of state to be “umpires not players” to protect the imperiled 2020 elections;
• Illustrates why the U.S. is a global outlier in election administration;
• Examines the track record of secretary of state conflicts of interest since 2000;
• Highlights recent improvements in the area of secretary of state partisanship; and
• Proposes practical solutions to secretary of state conflict of interest for the near and long term.

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