Successes from the 2024 Election Process
Consistent with the principle
of using transparency and public outreach to reassure voters of election integrity, conservative election officials undertook aggressive, proactive efforts nationwide in 2024 to listen to the general public and clearly articulate the facts about the process.
The chief election officials of Georgia and Utah took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal on the morning of Election Day to persuade the country that their cohort had done an effective job of combatting the work of foreign adversaries to undermine confidence in election security. They also joined with the Secretary of State of Kansas, who at the time was the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State, to argue in National Review that they and their counterparts in other states had taken the necessary steps to safeguard the integrity of the process.
All across the U.S., conservative leaders on elections communicated with their local constituents regularly and made clear showings to earn their trust.
In Idaho, the secretary of state and all the state’s county clerks adopted and promoted their own principles, a “Commitment to Secure and Accessible Elections“.
The Utah-based Sutherland Institute, a conservative think tank, brought in conservative leaders on election administration and policy to talk to the public about the roles of election administrators and ideas for future policy reforms to bolster confidence.
The organization RightCount worked with conservative captains and civil society leaders like firefighters, police officers, veterans, and small business owners in several states to discuss public concerns and broadcast facts about election administration.
These efforts provide models upon which to build for the 2026 and 2028 elections.