Research/Communications Intern
Ariana Rojas is a current masters student at George Washington University who will be graduating in May 2023. She graduated from GW in May 2022. She is currently a graduate assistant in the political science department at GW. She has worked as a data analyst intern for the political fundraising firm Grassroots Analytics. She also previously interned for Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), the campaign of a Montgomery County executive candidate, and DC Witness, where she worked as an investigative reporting intern and regularly attended court hearings to write about homicide, domestic violence, and sexual assault cases in DC. She aspires to play a role in promoting democracy in the United States and/or Latin America.
Reports
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…
Analysis
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…
Analysis
California election official discusses the challenges of hand counting thousands of ballots...
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. Since…
