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April 3, 2026
Fortifying Elections Against Abuse of Power: Bipartisan Wins and Promising Progress
Join ERN for a discussion about important progress being made to fortify elections against threats.
Join ERN for a discussion about important progress being made to fortify elections against threats.
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.
VP of Programs Heather Balas led ERN's first-ever ethics training for local officials in Colorado.
Strengthening election governance in a high-stakes election year
As 2026 dawns, another year of all-consuming politics has begun in America. To reduce polarization and ensure fairness for all, we need to fix the rules of democracy.