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NPR: In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020
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The High Cost of High Turnover
When local election officials leave their positions in record numbers, the costs to institutional knowledge and running elections are significant...
Introduction In the wake of a contentious presidential election in November 2020 that led to harassment and death threats against many once-obscure election administrators, droves of local election officials have…
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A video from the Faces of Democracy: Congress needs to act now to support election officials
In this video from Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign, election officials from across the country call on Congress to provide reliable and consistent funding to ensure safe and secure…
Event Recaps
Issue One and Public Citizen host bipartisan event on threats posed by AI on democracy
Issue One recently partnered with Public Citizen to host a virtual event that brought together a bipartisan group of congressional leaders and election officials to discuss the threats posed by…
Faces of Democracy Interviews
Meet the Faces of Democracy: Stephen Richer
Republican county recorder in Arizona’s largest county discusses the challenges of running elections when the the information environment is awash in lies...
Editor’s note: More than 10,000 officials across the country run U.S. elections. This interview is part of a series highlighting the election heroes who are the faces of democracy. In…