Ford hosts battleground state election officials for panel on voting, election security

September 23, 2024 | Daniel Johnson | The Michigan Daily

Election officials from battleground states across the country met for a public forum on election security titled “Ballots and Battlegrounds” Thursday evening. The panel was held at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and featured Al Schmidt, secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Meagan Wolfe, administrator and chief election official of Wisconsin; Jonathan Brater, director of elections of Michigan; Stephen Richer, Maricopa County, A.Z. recorder; Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of North Carolina State Board of Elections, and Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer at the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State. The event was organized by Keep Our Republic, a voting advocacy organization, in partnership with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum and Pillars of the Community. …