Fair Election Governance

Solution at a Glance

ERN reduces partisan control of election governance to ensure fairness and increase voter trust. We’re advancing innovations that protect elections from partisan influence and establish clear standards for officials in charge.

The Problem:

The U.S. is the only major democracy where partisans run elections, causing conflicts of interests and undermining trust and fairness.

Priority Solutions:
  • Ending partisan election of county clerks​
  • Reforming secretaries of state positions to increase impartiality
  • Helping local election officials build protections against politics

Featured Articles

August 17, 2026
Opinion

We Expect Election Referees to Be Neutral. So Why Do We Make Them Pick a Team?

We trust secretaries of state to administer elections impartially, even though most are chosen through partisan contests that reward the very political pressures they are expected to resist.

August 21, 2026
Brief

Why Election Governance Matters

In our time of increasingly dangerous partisan clashes, we need to prioritize election governance reforms that ensure those in charge are visibly neutral, impartial, and above the fray. These changes can be a huge step toward restoring sanity to our democracy.

“Addressing partisan election administration is the unfinished business of election reform.”​

— Dan Tokaji, Dean, University of Wisconsin Law School

“Addressing partisan election administration is the unfinished business of election reform.”​

— Dan Tokaji, Dean, University of Wisconsin Law School

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