Communications
Create your own poll worker recruitment images using our templates.
Aug 21, 2023
Meaningful observation is essential to the health of the election process. The guides on this page are designed as hand-outs for election observers.
Aug 18, 2023
Officials can build stronger partnerships with community groups by using these fully customizable templates to ensure that the information they share is accurate, up-to-date and co-branded.
Observers, voters and election officials deserve transparent and respectful environments for election administration. We created a set of shared expectations for both election officials and observers.
Election Audits
The Elections Group’s Exploring Election Audits Series will help election officials identify principles, standards and audit best practices that apply to the entire election administration process – not just voting machines and tabulation equipment.
Aug 10, 2023
Accelerating Excellence
The Elections Workforce Resource Library links to resources created by many organizations that can aid the elections workforce.
Jul 6, 2023
Election Management
A comprehensive training program can teach new election officials what they need to know. This guide is designed to help you pull together a training and certification program for election officials and staff.
May 16, 2023
Using short videos to explain and demonstrate election processes can help your voters to better understand how elections are run in your jurisdiction.
May 15, 2023
In Florida, election official certification is the formal recognition that an individual has met specific requirements for competence in administering elections.
May 10, 2023
Colorado’s solution to combat emerging threats by closing the gap between elections, cybersecurity, information technology, communications and law enforcement professionals at the state and local level.
Apr 3, 2023
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
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).
Polling Places and Poll Workers
Recruiting and retaining election workers is a difficult task for most election officials. Here are 12 tips to help increase the likelihood election workers will have a positive experience and want to come back.
Dec 24, 2022
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
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
Election officials know that reporting election results takes time, but the public may not. These tips are designed to help you set public expectations.
Nov 3, 2022
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
Effective communications materials remain one of election official’s biggest collective needs. The Elections Group developed a 60-day communications plan template that offices and officials can use to begin to fill that need.
Nov 1, 2022
Oct 31, 2022
As a local election official, you are a trusted source of election information. Use your website to combat mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) by creating a central location for questions and answers about election processes.
Oct 24, 2022
Facility preparation is a critical component of security and continuity of operations planning. Some simple preparation will help establish order and reinforce the impression that the operation is under control, which itself deters unruliness.
Oct 21, 2022
This election task management tool (available for download) can serve as a management jump-starter – particularly for newer election officials who may be starting from scratch, without any institutional memory.
Oct 19, 2022
Unexpected situations will come up and being prepared to communicate any necessary changes is key to a successful election.
Oct 18, 2022
These guides and posters are helpful to remind staff and election workers of techniques to assist with de-escalating tense situations.
Oct 17, 2022
More people than ever – including members of the media – are paying close attention to election processes throughout the United States. Here are 11 tips to help election officials prepare for media requests ahead of each election.
Oct 7, 2022
Security
The Elections Group is helping to mature and accelerate partnerships between election officials and law enforcement for the purpose of keeping election workers and voters safe through the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE).
Oct 6, 2022
Ballot replication is a vital step in processing hand-marked paper ballots. Election officials and their teams take every possible step to ensure all eligible ballots are scanned and counted.
Oct 5, 2022
As the use and popularity of drop boxes increases, election administrators must take special care to ensure the security of those drop boxes. This guidance provides strategies that can be used to enhance the physical security of drop boxes.
Sep 20, 2022
Emails are a low-cost communication tool that help quickly get important and accurate information to voters. Creating an email marketing plan ahead of each election cycle ensures that voters are receiving important updates directly from your office as a trusted source of information.
Sep 12, 2022
Create a brand identity for your jurisdiction by using consistent elements – logos, fonts and color palettes. Maintaining a consistent brand identity is important to establishing your jurisdiction as a trusted source of information.
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