Articles by Kevin Johnson

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Georgia Election Board Is Taking Election Certification in the Wrong Direction
For a democracy to function, one simple, central fact must be clear to all: who won. There is no disagreement about the winner of the Super Bowl or the Olympic gold medal in the shot put, and the same should be true for election results. But in polarized America, we’ve lost that clarity and public consensus....
12 Aug, 2024
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Shouldn’t Officials Who Oversee Their Own Elections Be Able to Recuse Themselves?
Imagine a judge learning that the trial she’s just been assigned involves criminal charges against her husband’s company or a lawsuit against her child. It’s clear what would happen: The judge would recognize that she faces a conflict of interest and recuse herself from the case....
02 Aug, 2024
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America's Two-Party Structure: A Broken System Creates Broken Incentives and Outcomes
Editor's Note: The following opinion piece was written by Kevin Johnson of the . It on The Fulcrum ...
09 Jul, 2024
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Is Frank LaRose Proof that States Need a Nonpartisan Elections Chief?
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in  It has also been shared on . ...
14 Sep, 2023
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: A Decidedly Mixed Outcome for Democracy
Editor's Note: The following op-ed was authored by Kevin Johnson and Alexander Vanderklipp.Tuesday’s...
07 Apr, 2023
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Politicians Certifying Election Results Is Risky And Unnecessary
Editor's note: This op-ed on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the p...
22 Jun, 2022
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It's Time For Nonpartisan Leadership to Run State Elections
Editor's Note: This piece by Larry Diamond, Kevin Johnson, and Miles Rapoport on The Hill, and has ...
06 Apr, 2021
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We Need Chief Elections Officials to be Umpires, Not Players
Editor's Note: This article on Governing and has been republished on IVN with permission from the a...
15 Sep, 2020
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OPINION: Corporate Citizenship Starts with not Undermining Our Democracy
When a Facebook post launched a mass movement to stop self-serving legislators from drawing their ow...
26 Aug, 2019
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