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The Stewards of Democracy Initiative (SDI) is an applied research effort of the\u00a0Elections & EVIC held two SDI webinars in 2021 to begin these conversations.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our first webinar,\u00a0\u201cStewards of Democracy Initiative: A Conversation\u201d<\/a>\u00a0introduced the following SDI topics through lively and practical discussion between academic researchers and local election officials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our second webinar, \u201cStewards of Democracy Initiative: Adaptation, Adjustment, and Learning from the 2020 Election,\u201d<\/a> brought together election officials and election science researchers to discuss ways to adapt, adjust, and learn from the key challenges of 2020, while looking ahead to 2022. These topics were discussed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our SDI research agenda is built around the belief that understanding the career paths, We are addressing the following applied research topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n EVIC is organizing the compilation of an annotated volume about local election The book and subsequent convening, organized and overseen in partnership with leading The\u00a0Stewards of Democracy Initiative (SDI)<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Elections & Voting Information Listed here are the academic centers that are collaborating with EVIC on the SDI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stewards of Democracy Initiative (SDI) is an applied research effort of the\u00a0Elections &Voting Information Center (EVIC)\u00a0at Reed College to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1383,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1383"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/leoconvenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Voting Information Center<\/a> (EVIC)\u00a0at Reed College to understand and advance the work of
America\u2019s local election officials (LEOs) and promote electoral integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SDI is a multi-pronged collaborative research effort consisting of webinar conversations, a
cross-sector book publication, and a research convening of election science academic
researchers, local election official practitioners, and other election community stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWebinars\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Research Topics<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
work environment, and beliefs and values of individual local election officials is a critical
element to improve the resiliency of the elections system in the United States in times of
rapid change and heightened partisan polarization, and in the face of attacks on its integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
administration<\/li>
recent years on\u00a0the professional ethos and work environment\u00a0of LEOs and
their staffs<\/li>
values of local administrators<\/li>
electoral performance by LEOs<\/li>
and in the context of their service population<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nEdited Volume & Book Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
administrators in the U.S which will be published in late 2022 \/ early 2023. The book will
include academic chapters accompanied by essays and articles written by researchers and
practitioners. Our intent is to host a book conference at Reed Collegepost-pubication to
culminate this effort, combining the expertise and research knowledge of the election
science community with the practical experience and accumulated wisdom of state and
local election administrators, focused on\u00a0understanding and strengthening the capacity
of local election administrators to act as\u00a0\u201cstewards of democracy:\u201d<\/a> spokespeople
and defenders of a safe, secure, accessible, and equitable elections system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
scholars, academic research centers, and thought leaders in the election science and
election administration community, will examine\u00a0who works in local election
administration, what\u00a0LEOs think and believe about electoral integrity and election
reform, and how to best support and grow a\u00a0professional cadre of stewards of
democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSupport<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Center\u00a0(EVIC)<\/a> at Reed College is made possible by the generous support of the\u00a0Democracy
Fund<\/a>, the\u00a0Carnegie Corporation of New York<\/a>, the\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s
Election Data and Science Lab<\/a>, and the\u00a0University of Southern California Schwarzenegger
Institute for State and Global Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n