Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
You better (Clerk) Work! - It could take just one bad local election official to undermine the entire election – one anti-democracy city clerk in Wisconsin or one conspiracy-minded county recorder in Arizona could be the determinant for decades of anti-democratic leadership. Run for Something Action Fund is working to scale to meet the crisis with the urgency it requires. Learn more about how Run for Something Action Fund, CSME and other organizations have partnered with 5,000+ pro-democracy election officials to protect our democracy.
George Stern Clerk and Recorder, Jefferson County, Colorado
Quentin Savwoir Political Director, Run for Something Action Fund
Katharine Clark, Santa Fe County Clerk, New Mexico
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Katharine intro
1:50 George intro
3:50 Why clerk work?
8:30 Increasing the vote
12:08 VBM access & security in CO
18:00 Voting access & security in NM
22:30 Advice for election workers
VBM in CO: coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/10/01/colorado-mail-in-ballot-absentee-voting-how-state-perfected-system/3572176001
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
You better (Clerk) Work! - It could take just one bad local election official to undermine the entire election – one anti-democracy city clerk in Wisconsin or one conspiracy-minded county recorder in Arizona could be the determinant for decades of anti-democratic leadership. Run for Something Action Fund is working to scale to meet the crisis with the urgency it requires. Learn more about how Run for Something Action Fund, CSME and other organizations have partnered with 5,000+ pro-democracy election officials to protect our democracy.
George Stern Clerk and Recorder, Jefferson County, Colorado
Quentin Savwoir Political Director, Run for Something Action Fund
Katharine Clark, Santa Fe County Clerk, New Mexico
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Katharine intro
1:50 George intro
3:50 Why clerk work?
8:30 Increasing the vote
12:08 VBM access & security in CO
18:00 Voting access & security in NM
22:30 Advice for election workers
VBM in CO: coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/10/01/colorado-mail-in-ballot-absentee-voting-how-state-perfected-system/3572176001
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
