September 22, 2025
Election Learning Lab
Looking for free, self-paced online courses to help your colleagues or staff enhance their skills in support of efficient, safe and transparent elections?
Visit the Election Learning Lab and register with a username and password. Once you’re registered, you can explore the course descriptions, see which courses we recommend taking together and begin your online learning.
Because you’re busy and constantly pulled in many directions, each course is self-paced. You can take courses whenever it’s convenient, pause when you need to and resume where you left off at any time.
The courses are based on election practices nationwide. When courses reference processes or procedures used in particular states, they are typically presented as illustrative examples. Each course contains interactive activities and knowledge checks to help ensure information retention, but there are no time limits and quizzes are not graded.
Courses
Accessibility
Removing Barriers: Accessibility in Elections
Ballot Management
Introduction to Ballot Management
Ballot Organization: Everything in Its Place
Ballot Accounting: Perfecting Inventory Management
Ballot Reconciliation: Balancing Votes and Voters
Ballot Chain of Custody: Evidence of a Secure Process
Ballot Logistics: Plan, Order, Allocate
Ensuring Accurate Ballots 1: Ballot Creation NEW
Ensuring Accurate Ballots 2: Ballot Proofing NEW
Communications
Using Radio: Tips and Strategies for Election Officials NEW
Election Office Operations
How to Write SOPs: A Recipe for Consistency
Election Workers
Introduction to De-Escalation Techniques for Election Workers
The Basics of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction for Election Workers
Managing Observers: A Guide for Election Workers
Vote-by-Mail Ballots
Signature Verification Essentials: Techniques and Insights for Election Officials
Wellness
Sustaining Excellence: An Introduction to Wellness and Resiliency
Did you know? The Elections Group also produces tailored courses, mini-courses and assessments that individual states incorporate into their statewide election education programs. And states can use the Election Learning Lab to run an online education program or offer online courses to supplement their existing program. We’re here to assist! Email the team at support@electionsgroup.com for more information.
Have a suggestion for a new course topic? Please email the team at support@electionsgroup.com.
