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Ensuring that our elections function smoothly is hard work. In the United States, Local Election Officials (LEO) are primarily responsible for administering fair, efficient, and secure elections nationwide. Though many other countries administer elections through their national governments, the United States. is different. In the U.S., election administrators are distinctively local: whether elected, appointed, or hired, they always serve in their particular jurisdiction.
The EVIC/Reed College Local Election Official Survey project allows LEOs to be heard in local, regional, national, and international discussions about electoral integrity, administration, and reform in America. The LEO Survey is a vital resource for election administrators, policymakers, and researchers to understand local election administration in the U.S. and the dedicated officials who deliver democracy to hundreds of millions of eligible voters.
The 2022 LEO Survey was administered by the Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC) at Reed College in collaboration with our survey partner, SSRS, and generously supported by Democracy Fund (as were the surveys from 2018-2020). The survey was fielded from June 21, 2022 to September 22, 2022.
We greatly appreciate the thoughtful responses we received from so many LEOs as we continue to analyze these new results to share with the public.
The LEO Survey project is led by Paul Gronke, EVIC Director and Professor of Political Science at Reed College and Paul Manson (Reed ’01), EVIC Research Director and Research Professor at the Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University.
