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‘We’re reaching out every way we can’: Pennsylvania election directors seek poll workers for presidential primary Election directors across the state are ramping up efforts to recruit enough poll workers to run the voting locations February 13, 2024 | Sydney Carruth | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Officials across Pennsylvania are ramping up efforts to recruit enough poll…

These voters will pick the next president. They’re frightened about American democracy. “I almost feel numb to it,” one focus group participant said of the violence on Jan. 6. January 17, 2024 | Zach Montellaro | Politico NAZARETH, Pennsylvania — Earlier this month, 15 voters in this closely contested area of Pennsylvania convened to discuss…

Letters: Readers on violence against election workers January 16, 2024 | David Trott | Detroit News David Trott, former U.S. Rep., Michigan’s 11th District and Michigan Advisory Council member of Keep Our Republic, discusses and calls for the condemnation of political violence and threats to election workers. Read more  Letters: Readers on violence against election…

Voter education group works to pierce distrust in elections in Wisconsin, one meeting at a time November 3, 2023 | Tyler Katzenberger | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Serious mistrust of routine election processes lingers in Wisconsin and other battleground states. A Monmouth poll from June found nearly a third of Americans still believe the 2020 election…

‘Keep Our Republic’ aims to restore faith in democracy October 24, 2023 | WBAY news staff | WBAY TV (ABC) GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – People have their eye on next year’s election, which will be hotly contested, and if recent history is any indication, the subject of controversies, real or manufactured. To hopefully guard…

What have we learned about mail-in voting? Dickinson research finds differences between Republicans and Democrats but similarities too October 24, 2024 | WITF Staff | WITF The Spark A newly formed non-profit, non-partisan group called Keep Our Republic set out to build confidence in elections and worked with Dickinson College’s political science department to research…

Forum providing an "overview of the Wisconsin elections model October 24, 2023 | Dave Solie | WXOW TV (ABC) LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW)  It began during conversations which consistently identified concerns about the democratic republic according to former Western Technical College President Lee Rasch. The result is a non-profit, non-partisan group called LeaderEthics Wisconsin, where Rasch…

Former Wisconsin GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson talks election integrity ahead of La Crosse election education seminar October 23, 2023 | Rick Solem | WIZM It’s being described as a hyper-localized community engagement seminar aimed to educate the La Crosse-area community on Wisconsin’s election process. The group, Keep Our Republic, is putting on the seminar, which…