Administration

Former Kentucky secretary of state Trey Grayson talks about federalism and the shoe finding the other foot, in response to President Trump’s executive order on elections.

The reasons vary, from bureaucratic competence, to presidential authority, to how many Americans are ‘comfortable’ with a national voter registry.

Primary season in the Magnolia State is concluding, but the calendar quickly turns to a mail ballot issue before the high court that involves their state’s leadership and could affect the general election across the U.S.

A cohort in Illinois is sounding the alarm based on what they say they learned during a call with the agency.

Local and state officials mostly default to opposing federal intervention in elections. But many Republicans at the federal level are rejecting the very idea, too.

Attorney General Pam Bondi looped a widespread request for state voter roll data into the federal government’s ongoing immigration operations in the state.

State legislators are realizing the consequences when no one bothers to ask who’s supposed to govern.

Amid turnover, new recruitment and training infrastructure builds up to attract a new slate of election workers.

Turnover in election administration is becoming better documented, based on recent research. But what is for certain is the changing nature of the job under threat.

Pinal County’s connection to Phoenix illustrates how administrators now spend as much time shaping election policy as running it, with hundreds of bills to monitor every year.