Been digging on organizations for election officials, e.g., Nased. All leftist and/or globalist so far. Meaning all our elected officials are promoting those agendas. Here's a dig from an org that provides useful background info on officials; don't know its agenda at this point.
Election Administration at State and Local Levels
from the Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures
https://www.ncsl.org/
Don't know much about them yet….but they supply at useful breakdown of how different states conduct elections.
Mission Statement (abbrev.)
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Founded in 1975
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represents the legislatures in the states, territories and commonwealths of the U.S__.
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represents legislatures in dealing with the federal government, especially in support of state sovereignty
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committed to improving the operations and management of state legislatures
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We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill.
["a strong voice on Capitol Hill'' - WHO ARE THEIR LOBBYISTS??]
https://www.ncsl.org/aboutus.aspx
Election Administration at the State Level
Each state has a chief election official who has ultimate authority over elections in the state.
24 states
have an ELECTED secretary of state as the chief election official—
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.
Two states—Alaska and Utah—
have an ELECTED lieutenant governor as the chief election official.
Three states—Maine, New Hampshire and Tennessee—
have a chief election official SELECTED by the legislature.
Five states—Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas—
have a chief election official APPOINTED by the governor. In all but Delaware, the chief election official is called the secretary of state; in Delaware the position is Commissioner of Elections.
Nine states—Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin—
have a board or a commission that oversees elections. Appointments to these commissions are usually MADE BY the governor, and confirmed by the Senate. They are most often structured so as to be bipartisan, with a certain number of members from each of the major political parties.
Seven states—Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and West Virginia—
use a combination of a chief election official and a board or commission.
[WHO DECIDES WHO THEY ARE??]
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/election-administration-at-state-and-local-levels.aspx#History
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WOW. Lots of different approaches. And some the last two approaches seem ill-defined.
The head election officer for each state is in control of elections.
MAJOR power position.
So how they get into that position is VERY IMPORTANT.
Direct election by the people:
the only means by which to select a chief election official that avoids an obvious conflict of interest.
Just less than half the states use this method.
con't, next page.