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Reforming Local Election Boards to Strengthen Impartiality
September 11, 2025

Reforming Local Election Boards to Strengthen Impartiality

In a time when our democracy is under threat, increasing polarization represents a growing risk to the nonpartisan functioning of local election boards—which are the frontlines of our democracy. This proposal offers an innovative new structure for local election boards that would encourage greater neutrality while still allowing efficient decision making.

Election Protection
Impartial Election Governance
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New Trump policy abandons norms that helped democracy take root around the globe.
July 20, 2025

New Trump policy abandons norms that helped democracy take root around the globe.

ERN issues commentary denouncing the U.S. State Department's reversal of 40-years of policies supporting free and fair elections abroad.

Blog Post
Press Releases
Election Protection
International Insights
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Scenario Planning-Trusted Elections
April 1, 2025

Scenario Planning-Trusted Elections

This discussion draft is for the National Steering Committee on Trusted Elections.

Election Protection
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Does Trump's Executive Order win a Banana Republic Award?
March 30, 2025

Does Trump's Executive Order win a Banana Republic Award?

President Trump's March 25 executive order on elections illustrates how far we have fallen behind democratic standards. In no other major democracy would the head of government change election rules by decree, as Trump has attempted to do.

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Innovation in Democracy: Why America’s Future Depends on it
February 27, 2025

Innovation in Democracy: Why America’s Future Depends on it

Innovation is key to strengthening democracy and confronting contemporary political challenges, from hyper-partisanship and polarization to governmental gridlock and dysfunction. ERN's Kevin Johnson discusses how to improve our country’s political health and secure democratic governance for future generations.

Election Dispute Resolution
Electoral College Reform
Ranked Choice Voting
Redistricting Reform
Principles for Trusted Elections
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REPORT: ERN Calls out Partisan Abuses of Ballot Initiatives; Proposes Nonpartisan Solutions.
February 3, 2025

REPORT: ERN Calls out Partisan Abuses of Ballot Initiatives; Proposes Nonpartisan Solutions.

Citizen-initiated ballot measures have emerged as a critical political battlefield in the United States. This groundbreaking report identifies the abuses by legislative and executive powers to the ballot initiative process and details remedies for partisan meddling.

Election Protection
Impartial Election Governance
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Missouri Citizens' Commission on Ballot Questions – Abridged Version
January 29, 2025

Missouri Citizens' Commission on Ballot Questions – Abridged Version

The following text excerpts the key provisions of a proposed amendment to safeguard the citizens’ right to initiative in Missouri by establishing the Missouri Citizens’ Commission on Ballot Questions.

Blog Post
Impartial Election Governance
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To Counter Trump’s Election Denial, We Need Nonpartisan Reform
January 26, 2025

To Counter Trump’s Election Denial, We Need Nonpartisan Reform

The time is right for a whole new approach to the governance of elections in America. We have a system dominated by the two parties when most voters no longer affiliate with either. We have a structure that relies on political insiders putting “country before party” when the prevailing ethos has become “to the victor belong the spoils.”

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Lessons for Democracy Reformers in the Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
January 7, 2025

Lessons for Democracy Reformers in the Legacy of President Jimmy Carter

Kevin Johnson on President Carter's legacy and its lessons for the democracy reform movement.

ERN Op-Eds
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Surprising Finding in the 2024 Results: Cross-partisan Majorities Protected Democracy in Key Votes
November 25, 2024

Surprising Finding in the 2024 Results: Cross-partisan Majorities Protected Democracy in Key Votes

Did the majority of voters reject democracy this election? Election Reformers Network offers evidence in the 2024 election results, mostly overlooked to date, that shows a pattern of cross-partisan voting to protect or expand some important democratic rights at the state level. While narrow in scope, this analysis counters the most pessimistic assessment that the American majority does not care about, or is not willing to stand up for, democracy.

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