Quiz: Elections - Who's in Charge?

A January 2021 survey showed that ___% of voters trust the U.S. election system “a lot” or “some.”*

40
50
60
70

Every state has a chief election official who has ultimate authority over elections in that state.*

True
False

Which of the following is not a responsibility of a typical state’s chief election official?*

Tabulating election results in each county
Ensuring that local officials follow election laws
Training local election officials
Testing and certifying voting equipment

Once all the counting is done, who certifies a state’s election results?*

Secretary of State
State canvassing board
Group that includes the governor and other state officials
It depends on the state

How many states will have Secretary of State elections in 2022?*

16
26
36
46

The Associated Press reviewed public statements and conducted interviews with 15 Republican candidates for Secretary of State in five battleground states. They found that ___ of those 15 candidates had either said the 2020 election was stolen or called for their state’s results to be invalidated or investigated.*

2
5
10
15

As candidates for Secretary of State gear up to run for election in 2022, Republican donors are spending heavily on their campaigns. Democratic donors haven’t jumped into the fray yet.*

True
False

In September 2021, a bipartisan group of attorneys announced the Election Officials Legal Defense Network, which is designed to:*

Encourage voter registration
Provide free legal help to election officials
Promote new laws for voting security
Recruit party officials to volunteer as poll workers

Quiz: Elections – Who’s in Charge?

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