Reports
Colorado in recent years has emerged as a true leader in improving its legislature as a professionalized, accommodating workplace that works for candidates from many walks of life. Former legislative leadership notes that these policies have worked best as a package to create an “ecosystem” that can attract and retain leaders with the best ideas, no matter their circumstances.
The idea of banning mail voting and meddling with voting equipment is the latest narrative to further sow distrust in our elections. Here we discuss what power the office of the president really has on mandating how elections are run.
Every year, millions of eligible voters cast ballots through voting machines. Though they are tightly controlled and closely monitored, misinformation continues to spread about their validity. Our team discusses here why we can in fact trust them.
Following recent attacks on mail voting, we outline how mail voting is safe, secure, and trusted for all eligible voters.
A number of states took different actions to ensure prioritization of hiring people in government job pools while tackling inefficiencies that led to curating quality talent. This report reflects recommendations from Responsive Gov while showcasing states leading the way in robust government hiring practices.
USCIS announced an overhaul of the SAVE database that may provide election officials with additional streamlined tools to confirm the citizenship of voter registrants. Up until now, no single federal database has been able to verify the eligibility for all U.S. citizens, which has spawned various state and federal proposals for burdensome document-based citizenship requirements.
President Donald Trump’s March 25th election integrity executive order creates unfunded mandates for election officials and throws up unnecessary barriers for eligible U.S. citizens to participate in elections – barriers which would disproportionately harm members of the military and their families, as well as married women.
In Arizona, very few voters actually provide physical documents while registering to vote. Instead, election officials use existing state and federal databases to verify citizenship for the vast majority of applicants. This paper discusses how Arizona's proof of citizenship law actually works.