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.

By Joseph Cerrone, Ph.D

August 17, 2026

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

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