July 23, 2024
Press Release: New Ethics Guidelines Help Officials Overseeing Their Own Election
ERN releases its new report, “Designing Guidelines for Recusal by Election Officials.”
ERN releases its new report, “Designing Guidelines for Recusal by Election Officials.”
The Utah Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that will likely restore the Independent Redistricting Commission and the prohibition on partisan gerrymandering approved by Utah voters in 2018.
The political dysfunction so evident in the presidential race has two key sources, writes ERN Exec. Director Kevin Johnson for The Fulcrum: toxic polarization that elevates cultural warfare over policymaking, and rules that protect the major parties and allow them too much control over elections.
Election Reformers Network has launched a research program to study existing ethics training and support needs for election officials in five target states.
In 2024, Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced “the most extensive and monumental election integrity program in the nation’s history,” involving 100,000 “dedicated volunteers and attorneys across every battleground state.”
In April of 2024, ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson was interviewed for the CityBiz "Meet the Change Leaders" series.
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Election Reformers Network and Bridge Alliance to help journalists with the critical facts of close and contested elections.
In this episode Mara talks about these ideas and much more with Kevin Johnson, co-founder and director of Election Reformers Network.
ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson is quoted in this piece about the position of Secretary of State.
This month, Arizona lawmakers passed a bill that helps secure Arizona’s elections and enables Arizona’s presidential election results to be properly transmitted to Congress. This change ensures that the will of the voters is reflected, and not diluted by a quagmire of competing state and federal rules and deadlines.