ERN's Kevin Johnson Discusses Need for "Boring Election Officials" on Democracy Lab Podcast

ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson joined the Democracy Lab podcast to explore a uniquely American feature of election administration: the extensive role political parties and elected officials play in overseeing elections. At a time of growing polarization, that arrangement raises important questions about neutrality, public trust, and conflicts of interest.

As Kevin observes:

We are preconditioned to think that any institution that’s going to be in the management of elections has to have an R and a D…that the parties have an inherent right [to be] there. Basically no other modern democracy has that instinct.

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