April 17, 2026
Local Election Administration in the United States
This resource assesses how America's LEOs are selected and how they operate alongside other relevant entities, such as election boards.
This resource assesses how America's LEOs are selected and how they operate alongside other relevant entities, such as election boards.
Oversight and accountability of election administration are handled by different entities in different states, but with one important unifying characteristic: parties play a central role.
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Join ERN for a discussion about important progress being made to fortify elections against threats.
ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson spoke in favor of an effort to adopt all-party primaries in Massachusetts.
Election Reformers Network is working alongside a broad, cross-partisan coalition of reform organizations to set clear rules governing presidential electors.
Electoral integrity does not depend on finding perfectly neutral individuals. It depends on designing institutions that make manipulation difficult and transparency unavoidable.
Utah's SB 194 mandates conflict of interest avoidance for election chief, neutrality for county clerks, to improve transparency and public confidence
ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson was featured in ElectionLine to discuss legislation in Utah that would strengthen the guardrails to ensure election official neutrality.
This week, ERN’s Executive Director Kevin Johnson joined Derek Monson, Executive Director of the Sutherland Institute, to support first-in-the-nation legislation in Utah that would establish clear ethical guardrails for county clerks and the chief election officer.
