Should the office responsible for administering elections be partisan?

[politicallefty]

Absolutely not. Electing said individual makes about as much sense as electing judges (that is to say, it's a horrendously awful idea). I don't think you can remove partisanship from the election administration. However, you can absolutely have a system where decisions are not partisan-based. Other modern democratic countries seem to do this just fine (although I don't know the specifics of any other country).

I'd imagine the best way is to establish a commission of some sort. One possibility, for example: a 15 member commission (5D, 5R, 5I), where any action would require a majority vote from each group.