Research Associate
Amelia Minkin first joined Issue One as a research intern in January 2023. She is a current MPP student at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and holds a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Florida. Amelia has a passion for the intersection between data science and elections which was developed during her time in college where she worked on a variety of democracy related research topics including redistricting, election integrity, and voting rights as a research assistant for the UF Election Data Science Lab. Amelia is also currently a data science fellow at Decision Desk HQ. She has previously interned in a variety of policy research roles at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Southern Legal Counsel, working to uplift community centered policy.
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
Former county clerk and volunteer firefighter talks running elections...
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. From…
Analysis
Michigan Republican and self-proclaimed history nerd talks running elections...
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. Justin…
