RELEASE: Election Reformers Network Congratulates Election Officials and Calls for Acceptance of Election Results
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Senator Marco Rubio cites ERN oped in proposing electoral college timing change
Excerpt from “American Should Expect Election Chaos,” by Senator Marco Rubio, published in Medium August 6, 2020 “There are also steps we can take as elected officials. First, we must clearly signal to foreign adversaries that meddling in our elections will be met with a commensurately harsh response. Congress should immediately pass and President Trump…
Election Reformers Network Statement on the Death of Former IRI President Lorne Craner
July 5, 2020 Election Reformers Network (ERN) joins with democracy activists and organizations around the world in mourning the death of Lorne Craner. Mr. Craner served as foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain, longtime president of the International Republican Institute, and Assistant Secretary of State. As a tireless advocate for democracy, Mr. Craner worked…
Election Reformers Network Affirms Black Lives Matter
June 22, 2020 The Election Reformers Network (ERN) stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement and disadvantaged populations in the United States and around the world. Banishing racism concerns all of us because the conditions that allow for its systemic exercise are deeply rooted in the political, social, and economic fabrics of all…
An Open Letter from America’s Human Rights and Democracy Community To U.S. Political Leaders
We join this letter from profound love of our country, and from personal experience with what freedom and democracy in the United States symbolize for people around the world. In working to strengthen democracy and human rights overseas, we have seen nations overcome monumental crises in pursuit of freedom. So often these heroic acts have…
Press Release: Open Letter to U.S. Leaders from International Democracy Experts
For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Johnson 617 794 4383 kjohnson@electionreformers.org electionreformers.org Bipartisan Group of International Democracy Experts Calls on U.S. Leaders to Respond to Crisis by Reaffirming Commitment to Fair & Inclusive Elections Washington, DC; April 30, 2020. Fifty leading members of the international democracy promotion community released an open letter today urging political leaders…
Election Reformers Network awarded 18-month Democracy Fund grant to address conflicts of interest among state chief election officers
Washington, DC; December 13, 2019. Election Reformers Network has received an 18-month grant to support its work to address conflicts of interest at the state chief election officer level. “This is an important but complicated and neglected area of reform, so we are thrilled to have the support of an organization with the sophistication of…
Press Release: Veteran Washington Political Leaders Chris Vance and Maura Brueger Join Bi-Partisan Election Reform Effort
For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Johnson 617 794 4383 kjohnson@electionreformers.org electionreformers.org Veteran Washington Political Leaders Chris Vance and Maura Brueger Join Bi-Partisan Election Reform Effort Seattle, November 8, 2019: Two Washington state political insiders, one from a Republican background and the other Democrat, have recently joined the Advisory Council of Election Reformers Network, an…
ERN’s Secretary of State conflict of interest project receives pro bono support from Ropes & Gray
Election Reformers Network has launched an intensive evaluation into the issue of conflicts of interest for state chief election officers. The project will assess the extent to which chief election officers competing for public office or publicly supporting a competing candidate or party threaten voter confidence in the election process. If the assessment concludes that…