Beyond the Ballot: How Election Officials are Facing 2024

Beyond the Ballot: How Election Officials are Facing 2024

Light breakfast served at 8:00am; event 9:00 - 11:00am.

Nationwide, election officials are working diligently to prepare for record levels of voter participation and ensure the 2024 election is conducted with fairness and integrity. How are election officials – from secretaries of state to election directors and local officials – preparing to face this cycle? What lessons from past cycles are changing how we conduct elections? And how can election officials build greater community trust and promote a fair, transparent election
process?

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At the start of this critical year, join the Election Center to hear from a diverse roster of election officials on how they are preparing to face the 2024 elections and ensure a fair and accurate count. Election Center staff will present newly detailed Standards of Conduct for Election & Registration Officials and outline how these long standing principles can be used today to build public trust in elections. Panelists will discuss how their past experiences, including harassment,
threats, disinformation, and more, inform their approach to 2024. Event is open to the press.

Speakers:
Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State
Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State
Benjamin Ginsberg, Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
Mark Coakley, General Registrar, County of Henrico, VA
Monica Holman Evans, Executive Director, D.C. Board of Elections
Tammy Patrick, CEO for Programs, The Election Center
Steve Moreno, Election Center Board Member and Fmr. County Clerk, Weld County, CO
Madeleine May, Investigative Political Producer, CBS News (moderator)
Zach Montellaro, State Politics Reporter, POLITICO (moderator)