In the United States, elections are often administered by directly elected local officials who
run as members of a political party. Do these officials use their office to give their party an …

Many US states require election workers to check signatures on ballots returned by mail,
causing tens of thousands of ballots to be rejected at each general election. This paper …

This chapter examines the role of elected officials in administering America's elections. After
exploring the historical roots of directly electing local election officials and recent trends in …

The present study was designed to examine LEOs perceived problems associated with
implementing Michigan's Proposal 3 electoral reforms. More specifically, the effect of LEOs …

We investigate whether the structure of local government causes a distortion in the views of
local election administrators. Using original surveys of local election clerks and the public in …

In the 2020 election cycle, local election officials had to balance voters' access to the ballot
with concerns of public safety amid a global pandemic. This chapter examines how COVID …

One of the unique aspects of democracy in the United States is the diffuse nature of its
election administration. Rather than a central government office, elections are organized by …

The voices of 8000+ local election officials (LEOs), the so-called “stewards of democracy”,
are often overlooked or ignored in debates over election integrity and reform. This paper …