Research Director
Research Director Michael Beckel joined Issue One in March 2017. He previously spent eight years working as an award-winning journalist at the Center for Public Integrity and Center for Responsive Politics. He has uncovered donors to secretive dark money groups and has exposed shady political operations, including a purportedly pro-Bernie Sanders super PAC that collected nearly $50,000 from “James Bond” actor Daniel Craig in 2015. Michael is a 2005 graduate of Colorado College.
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
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…
