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Creating an Election Academy: Manual and Materials

This manual and materials are designed to help you start, run and repeat an election academy—an election education course—in your jurisdiction. An election academy is a hands-on course designed to provide participants with information on how election officials prepare for and conduct elections in their jurisdiction.

Sep 26, 2025
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Mapping and Modeling Best Practices in Election Certification and Training Programs

We examined election workforce training program design and governance as well as course content and instructional design and rated specific practices according to how critical they are to a successful training program.

Apr 24, 2025
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Training for Election Officials: A 50-State Analysis

Election officials learn to carry out their duties by participating in training at the national, state, and local levels. State-level training is a particularly valuable source for best practices and […]

Jan 16, 2025
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Elections Workforce Resource Library

The Elections Workforce Resource Library links to resources created by many organizations that can aid the elections workforce.

Jul 6, 2023
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Florida’s Certified Election Professional Program

In Florida, election official certification is the formal recognition that an individual has met specific requirements for competence in administering elections.

May 10, 2023
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Illinois’ Cyber Navigator Program

Illinois created an expansive Cyber Navigator Program (CNP), the first of its kind in the nation. The CNP would support all 108 local Election Authorities to “defend against cyber breaches and detect and recover from cyber attacks.”

Mar 21, 2023
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Virginia’s Cyber Navigator Internship Program (CNIP)

Leaders from the Virginia Department of Elections met with cybersecurity experts from the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science to discuss how to improve election cybersecurity. This led to the creation of Virginia’s Cyber Navigator Internship Program (CNIP).

Mar 21, 2023
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North Carolina’s “Help Us Be Successful” (HUBS) Program

In early 2021, the NCSBE HUBS Committee launched. The goal was to have more uniform processes, a collaboration between the state and counties needed existing to develop materials based upon best practices that could be applied by any county office.

Dec 15, 2022
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Implementation Workbook: Teaming Up to Advance Election Administration Practices

When counties share the same media market, addressing the media market together can be more powerful. This workbook provides guidance for meeting election communication challenges through the development of a coalition of elections offices.

Dec 5, 2022
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Following Five Steps to Safer Elections to Build a Security Partnership in Utah

Experiences in northern Utah show that when election officials take the lead and law enforcement is open to cooperation, they can work together to grapple with the unique needs of the election environment.

Nov 2, 2022