The Candidate 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:
Steering Committee Co-Chairs
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 Members
Danielle Allen
Harvard University Professor of Political Philosophy, Public Policy, and Ethics
Founder and President of Partners in Democracy.
Sam Donaldson
Retired ABC News 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 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Margaret Hoover
Conservative Political commentator
Political Strategist
Media Personality
Author
Nick Troiano
Founding Executive Director of Unite America,
Author
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