Joseph Cerrone, Ph.D

Joseph Cerrone is a Senior Research Fellow at Election Reformers Network. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University.

We Expect Election Referees to Be Neutral. So Why Do We Make Them Pick a Team?

We trust secretaries of state to administer elections impartially, even though most are chosen through partisan contests that reward the very political pressures they are expected to resist.

Joseph Cerrone, Ph.D

/ August 17, 2026

We Expect Election Referees to Be Neutral. So Why Do We Make Them Pick a Team?