Projects
Building Trust in Elections
For more than a year, the R Street Institute and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University have partnered to travel around the country to bring together more than 100 election officials, election administrators, business leaders, advocates, scholars and others working to help bolster and defend American elections.
In November 2023, the two organizations hosted a multi-day convening, culminating in a public-facing roll-out of conservative principles for building trust in elections. The half-day public event featured remarks from sitting elected officials in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Utah, as well as public opinion experts, private sector leaders and scholars.
The partnership builds on the work of R Street’s Governance team and their focus on electoral reform research and public policy.
Contact
Please contact Matt Germer ([email protected]) with inquiries.
Committee for Safe and Secure Elections
The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections features cross-partisan experts in election administration and law enforcement who aim to support policies and practices that protect election workers and voters from violence, threats, and intimidation. The Committee also works to build relationships and trust between election officials and law enforcement to better equip both to prevent and respond to threats and violence against voters and election workers. It is supported by the Brennan Center for Justice, the Elections Group, Protect Democracy and the R Street Institute.
Contact
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Green Scissors
Green Scissors is produced by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, R Street Institute, U.S. PIRG and Environment America to highlight and end wasteful and environmentally harmful federal spending. This diverse coalition of environmental, taxpayer and free-market groups has come together to show how the government can save billions of tax dollars and improve our environment.
Contact
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ITC Policy Project
The goal of the ITC Policy Project is to provide data and analysis that will improve debate over the International Trade Commission’s proper place in the patent system by helping people better understand the issues and questions surrounding that debate.
Contact
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LegBranch.org
LegBranch is the hub for the congressional reform movement. It’s a transpartisan space to discuss what’s working in our national legislature, what’s not, and how we can fix it.
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Legislative Procedure
R Street Institute Senior Fellow James Wallner helps run Legislative Procedure, a resource for Capitol Hill staff and journalists seeking to understand more about congressional rules and governing. This is independent of the R Street Institute. Find it at https://www.legislativeprocedure.com.
Contact
Please contact James Wallner ([email protected]) with inquiries.
Medium
R Street Institute Senior Fellow Adam Thierer maintains a Medium where he writes about technology policy, artificial intelligence, and more. This is independent of the R Street Institute. Find it at https://www.medium.com/@AdamThierer.
Contact
Please contact Adam Thierer ([email protected]) with inquiries.
Safer from Harm Coalition
The Safer from Harm Coalition brings together a diverse network of organizations and individuals dedicated to advancing all forms of harm reduction in public policy. The R Street Institute believes that health policy grounded in harm reduction has the potential to drastically reduce the negative consequences associated with various behaviors, both legal and illegal. Therefore, we embrace and promote all areas of harm reduction, including: cannabis, tobacco, alcohol, drugs and sexual health.
Contact
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