Our Mission

Restoring Integrity & Trust in Elections Works to Preserve Elections as the Democratic Voice of the People

American elections set the course of our great nation. Electoral systems must be designed, safeguarded, and implemented in a manner that reflects the will of our citizens so that electoral results enjoy the public’s full faith and confidence.

High-quality elections measure the will of the people rather than rewarding the calculated tactics of partisan activists.

RITE supports litigation to stop a well-funded network of activists from using the courts to undermine elections and democracy. RITE’s work protects democratically enacted election laws from attack and abuse by partisan actors and officials working to threaten or dilute the right of qualified citizens to vote.

What We are Fighting For

Defending duly enacted state laws that prioritize the interests of voters, not activist agendas

Opposing laws that grant voting rights to non-citizens, which are contrary to democracy and self-government

Opposing unlawful executive and administrative actions to evade their responsibility to enforce election rules

Advocating for election rules established by lawmakers, not unconstrained courts or bureaucrats

The Board Of Directors

Bobby Burchfield

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Bobby R. Burchfield is a co-founder, with Karl Rove, of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, Inc., and currently serves as RITE’s Chairman of the Board.

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William P. Barr

BOARD MEMBER

A native New Yorker, William P. Barr earned his A.B. and M.A. degrees at Columbia University. He obtained his J.D. with highest honors at night from George Washington University, while working full time at the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Jerry Hunter

BOARD MEMBER

Jerry M. Hunter is Senior Counsel with the law firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

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Bobby Burchfield

Bobby R. Burchfield is a co-founder, with Karl Rove, of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, Inc., and currently serves as RITE’s Chairman. Before retiring from the practice of law in March 2021, after serving as a partner in three international law firms, Bobby was a trial and appellate  lawyer who tried cases before judges and juries and argued appeals throughout the United States. His cases addressed a broad  range of subjects  including antitrust, commercial  disputes, constitutional law,  election law, and class action issues. Bobby argued two important First Amendment cases

in the Supreme Court of the United States (McConnell v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC), as well as two dozen appeals in the lower courts. Over a 40-year career, Bobby never lost a jury trial. Among other recognitions, he was listed for many years in Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers Partners rated Bobby highly for Commercial Litigation and for Election Law. Bobby is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington Law School, teaching a seminar entitled “Fundamentals of Free Speech as Applied to Contemporary Issues.” He also serves on the Board of Trustees at Wake Forest University, is Vice President for Finance for the Executive Board of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts (NCAC), is Chair of two Super PACs, and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the George Washington Law School. A graduate of Wake Forest University (BA 1976 with distinction in Economics and Political Theory) and the George Washington Law School (1979 with high honors), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, Bobby clerked for the Hon. Ruggero J. Aldisert of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He served as General Counsel of President George H.W. Bush’s Re-Election Campaign in 1992, by appointment of President George W. Bush on the Antitrust Advisory Commission (2005-07), and at the request of President Donald J. Trump as Ethics Advisor to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (2017-2021).

Bobby Burchfield

Bobby R. Burchfield is a co-founder, with Karl Rove, of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, Inc., and currently serves as RITE’s Chairman. Before retiring from the practice of law in March 2021, after serving as a partner in three international law firms, Bobby was a trial and appellate  lawyer who tried cases before judges and juries and argued appeals throughout the United States. His cases addressed a broad  range of subjects  including antitrust, commercial  disputes, constitutional law,  election law, and class action issues. Bobby argued two important First Amendment cases

in the Supreme Court of the United States (McConnell v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC), as well as two dozen appeals in the lower courts. Over a 40-year career, Bobby never lost a jury trial. Among other recognitions, he was listed for many years in Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers Partners rated Bobby highly for Commercial Litigation and for Election Law. Bobby is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington Law School, teaching a seminar entitled “Fundamentals of Free Speech as Applied to Contemporary Issues.” He also serves on the Board of Trustees at Wake Forest University, is Vice President for Finance for the Executive Board of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts (NCAC), is Chair of two Super PACs, and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the George Washington Law School. A graduate of Wake Forest University (BA 1976 with distinction in Economics and Political Theory) and the George Washington Law School (1979 with high honors), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, Bobby clerked for the Hon. Ruggero J. Aldisert of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He served as General Counsel of President George H.W. Bush’s Re-Election Campaign in 1992, by appointment of President George W. Bush on the Antitrust Advisory Commission (2005-07), and at the request of President Donald J. Trump as Ethics Advisor to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (2017-2021).

William P. Barr

A native New Yorker, William P. Barr earned his A.B. and M.A. degrees at Columbia University. He obtained his J.D. with highest honors at night from George Washington University, while working full time at the Central Intelligence Agency. After clerking for U.S. Circuit Judge Malcolm Wilkey in DC, he spent a decade practicing law at the Washington firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, interrupted by a stint serving in the Reagan White House. President George H. W. Bush successively appointed Barr Assistant Attorney

General, Deputy Attorney General, and, finally, the 77th Attorney General. Barr retired in 2008 after fifteen years as general counsel of GTE Corporation and its successor company, Verizon, after which he served on a number of corporate boards and consulted for corporate clients. Barr agreed to serve as the 85th Attorney General for the last two years of President Trump’s term. Barr’s memoir, One Damn Thing After Another, published in March 2022, was a number one New York Times bestseller.

William P. Barr

A native New Yorker, William P. Barr earned his A.B. and M.A. degrees at Columbia University. He obtained his J.D. with highest honors at night from George Washington University, while working full time at the Central Intelligence Agency. After clerking for U.S. Circuit Judge Malcolm Wilkey in DC, he spent a decade practicing law at the Washington firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, interrupted by a stint serving in the Reagan White House. President George H. W. Bush successively appointed Barr Assistant Attorney General, Deputy  Attorney General, and, finally, the 77th Attorney General. Barr retired in 2008 after fifteen years as general counsel of GTE Corporation and its successor company, Verizon, after which he served on a number of corporate boards and consulted for corporate clients. Barr agreed to serve as the 85th Attorney General for the last two years of President Trump’s term. Barr’s memoir, One Damn Thing After Another, published in March 2022, was a number one New York Times bestseller.

Jerry Hunter

Jerry M. Hunter is Senior Counsel with the law firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Prior to joining Bryan Cave LLP, Mr. Hunter served, by nomination of President George H.W. Bush and confirmation by the Senate, as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) from 1989 through November 1993. Mr. Hunter previously served as Director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations from 1986 through 1989.

In 1995, Mr. Hunter was appointed by the Leadership of the United States Congress to serve a four-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance. Mr. Hunter was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association at its Annual Meeting in 1997, where he served as a Member of the Board and its Executive Committee until May 2009. Mr. Hunter previously served as a Member of the National Board of Directors of Boys Hope Girls Hope. He is a member of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Inc., the American Bar, the National Bar, the Missouri Bar, the Mound City Bar, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Mr. Hunter currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis. Governor Michael L. Parson appointed Mr. Hunter to serve as a Commissioner on the House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission. The twenty-member bipartisan commission elected Mr. Hunter to serve as Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Hunter is a 1974 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and government, and a 1977 graduate of Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Hunter has been a regular selection to Best Lawyers in the United States, Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Lawdragon’s the One Hundred Most Powerful Employment Lawyers in America.

Jerry Hunter

Jerry M. Hunter is Senior Counsel with the law firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Prior to joining Bryan Cave LLP, Mr. Hunter served, by nomination of President George H.W. Bush and confirmation by the Senate, as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) from 1989 through November 1993. Mr. Hunter previously served as Director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations from 1986 through. 1989 In 1995, Mr. Hunter was appointed by the Leadership of the United States Congress to serve a four-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance. Mr. Hunter was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association at its Annual Meeting in 1997, where he served as a Member of the Board and its Executive Committee until May 2009. Mr. Hunter previously served as a Member of the National Board of Directors of Boys Hope Girls Hope. He is a member of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Inc., the American Bar, the National Bar, the Missouri Bar, the Mound City Bar, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Mr. Hunter currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis. Governor Michael L. Parson appointed Mr. Hunter to serve as a Commissioner on the House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission. The twenty-member bipartisan commission elected Mr. Hunter to serve as Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Hunter is a 1974 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and government, and a 1977 graduate of Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Hunter has been a regular selection to Best Lawyers in the United States, Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Lawdragon’s the One Hundred Most Powerful Employment Lawyers in America.

Andrew C. McCarthy

Bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy is a contributing editor at National Review, a senior fellow at National Review Institute, and a Fox News contributor. He is a former Chief Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and led the terrorism prosecution against the “Blind Sheikh” (Omar Abdel Rahman) and eleven other jihadists for conducting a war of urban terrorism against the United States that included 

the 1993 World Trade Center  bombing and a plot to  bomb New York City landmarks. After working on other national security cases, including investigations in Africa after the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, he helped supervise the Justice Department’s command center near ground-zero in lower Manhattan following the 9/11 attacks. During his 20-year career as a prosecutor, he received numerous honors, including the Justice Department’s highest awards. He taught trial advocacy at New York Law School, and constitutional issues in criminal law at Fordham Law School. Andy speaks and writes widely on law and national security, radical Islam, politics, and culture. He has testified before Congress as an expert on issues of constitutional law, counterterrorism, and law-enforcement. In addition to his regular columns at National Review, Andy writes frequently for other major national publications. His most recent New York Times bestselling book is Ball of Collusion(Encounter Books, 2019), about the Russiagate controversy (an updated version was published in 2020). His other books include Willful Blindness (2008), The Grand Jihad (2010), Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy (2012), and Faithless Execution (2014). He has also written several pamphlets in the Broadside series published by Encounter Books, most recently Islam and Free Speech (2015).

Andrew C. McCarthy

Bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy is a contributing editor at National Review, a senior fellow at National Review Institute, and a Fox News contributor. He is a former Chief Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and led the terrorism prosecution against the “Blind Sheikh” (Omar Abdel Rahman) and eleven other jihadists for conducting a war of urban terrorism against the United States that included 

the 1993 World Trade Center  bombing and a plot to  bomb New York City landmarks. After working on other national security cases, including investigations in Africa after the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, he helped supervise the Justice Department’s command center near ground-zero in lower Manhattan following the 9/11 attacks. During his 20-year career as a prosecutor, he received numerous honors, including the Justice Department’s highest awards. He taught trial advocacy at New York Law School, and constitutional issues in criminal law at Fordham Law School. Andy speaks and writes widely on law and national security, radical Islam, politics, and culture. He has testified before Congress as an expert on issues of constitutional law, counterterrorism, and law-enforcement. In addition to his regular columns at National Review, Andy writes frequently for other major national publications. His most recent New York Times bestselling book is Ball of Collusion(Encounter Books, 2019), about the Russiagate controversy (an updated version was published in 2020). His other books include Willful Blindness (2008), The Grand Jihad (2010), Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy (2012), and Faithless Execution (2014). He has also written several pamphlets in the Broadside series published by Encounter Books, most recently Islam and Free Speech (2015).