Sarah Cooper
Associate Director for Democracy at the Carter Center, overseeing nonpartisan election observation and advising on election administration and democratic safeguards.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 34min
Can American elections be "nationalized"? What does that mean?
Sarah Cooper, Associate Director for Democracy at the Carter Center, oversees nonpartisan election observation and administration advice. She explains who runs U.S. elections and why they are decentralized. Short takes cover what nationalizing voting would mean constitutionally, whether a president can unilaterally change rules, and how observers monitor the full election cycle.
