Local Election Administrators in the United States

Paul Gronke is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections & Voting Information Center at Reed College, USA.David Kimball is Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Missouri at St Louis, USA.Thessalia Merivaki is Associate Teaching Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, and Associate Research Professor, Massive Data Institute, Georgetown University, USAMara Suttmann-Lea is Associate Professor of American Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at Connecticut College.Christian Grose is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California, USABridgett King is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, USA

• Chapter 1 : Understanding the Election Administrators on the Frontline of Democracy.- Chapter 2 : A Demographic and Professional Profile of the Frontline Workers of American Elections.- Chapter 3: Electing America’s Election Officials.- Chapter 4: Expanding the Pipeline: Turnover, Diversity, and a Representative LEO Bureaucracy.- Chapter 5: The Ethos of Local Election Administration.- Chapter 6: Comparing Elite and Public Opinion on Election Administration and Reform.- Chapter 7: How Local Election Officials Educate Voters about Voting Requirements and Election Reform.- Chapter 8: How Private Philanthropy Supercharged the 2020 Election: The Audacious Story of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the Center for Tech and Civic Life in Local Election Administration.- Chapter 9:Threats and Harassment of Election Officials Resulting from the 2020 Election.- Chapter 10: People Versus Places: The Unrepresentative Nature of Local Election Administration.- Chapter 11: Appendix: Methodological Considerations for Surveys of Local Elections Officials.