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Election SOS and the American Press Institute are partnering to provide a Trusted Elections Expert Network. This database is designed for you to quickly find vetted, non-partisan diverse election experts across a variety of topics to call on for sources and for support. The searchable directory is sorted by location, expertise, election topic, and language.
Connect with a Trusted Elections Expert
Regina Tsang
Co-Executive Director / Rising Voices of Asian American Families
Rich Robinson
Communications Director / Fair Elections Center
Richard Briffault
Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation / Columbia Law School at Columbia University
Richard Fording
Marilyn Williams Elmore and John Durr Elmore Endowed Professor of Political Science / University of Alabama
Richard L. Hasen
Professor of Law and Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project / UCLA School of Law
Ricky Leung
Strategic Initiatives Lead / Code the Dream
Rob Boatright
Professor of Political Science / Clark University
Rob Glover
Associate Professor of Political Science / University of Maine
Robert Weissman
President / Public Citizen & Member of the National Task Force on Election Crises
Robin Carnahan
Administrator / U.S. General Services Administration
Ryan Voris, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science / Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Sabby Robinson
Audio Producer / The Washington Post
This list is informed by Hearken ElectionSOS and API’s Trusted Elections Network. The American Press Institute’s Trusted Elections Network was a 2020 initiative comprised of a separate private network that connected both journalists and experts to better understand and cover elections, consider strategies for addressing persistent misinformation challenges, and provided journalists with relevant expertise in real-time to strengthen election coverage this year.
Election SOS has expanded this network since 2020, adding 50+ more experts in 2022.
Election SOS’ Trusted Election Experts are selected by the Election SOS outreach team. We invite scholars, advocates, attorneys, journalists, and anyone who has a verifiable body of work behind their opinions, to join the network. The experts are identified by their relevant expertise, their availability, and their commitment to benefitting the public good. No compensation is exchanged for the experts’ time, and it is up to the individual to respond to requests as they are able. The team finds our trusted experts through various means including their professional and personal networks, following the news, researching university and think tank websites, and recommendations from reliable sources. We look for people and organizations that demonstrate accountability and transparency in their research, meet our program objective to represent a variety of voices, and rely on our own journalistic instincts when vetting them as trustworthy.
If you or someone you know want to contribute your expertise to the Election SOS Trusted Election Expert Network please contact info@electionsos.org