About The Principles For
Trusted Elections

The Principles for Trusted Elections is a cross-partisan national program helping to restore voters’ confidence in our democratic republic. It is led by a national steering committee

Jason Carter

Carter Center Board of Trustees, Chair, Private Attorney

Mike Ford

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Board of Trustees, Member Retired Wake Forest University Administrator

Steering Committee
Co-Chairs

Steering Committee
Members

The Principles for Trusted Elections is supported by over 70 organizations across the nation. In 2023, the program merged with the Safe and Fair Elections Pledge, a program of the nonpartisan Team Democracy. The two programs share the goal creating positive norms for those leading our democracy. The two programs now operate jointly under the Principles for Trusted Elections.

Danielle Allen

Harvard University Professor of Political Philosophy, Public Policy, and Ethics

Sam Donaldson

Retired ABC Anchor and Reporter, Former White House Correspondent

Michael Hayden

Retired Air Force Four-Star General, Former Director of the National Security Agency, Former Director of the CIA

Margaret Hoover

Conservative political commentator, political strategist, Media personality and author

Nick Troiano

Founding Executive Director of Unite America and Author.

Kevin Johnson

Executive Director, Election Reformers Network

Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes

Dean, Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, University Diversity & Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan

Kim Wyman

Former Washington Secretary of State. CERA. MPA. President, ESI Consulting. Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center

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