Managing Election Technology

Thursday, January 25, 2024

The Election Official of today is an Information Technology (IT) Manager - whether they think they are, whether they want to be, or whether they were trained to be. IT management requires a unique set of attitudes, knowledge, and skills in order to plan, direct, and control contemporary election administration. To help Election Officials be the best IT managers possible, the EAC is publishing this series of guides and sharing State User Acceptance and Logic & Accuracy test procedures to help Election Officials of all skill levels better handle their IT demands.

The primary goals of these publications are to help Election Officials identify the primary areas in which they must recognize their role as an IT manager and to provide ideas and best practices for achieving success in this roll. We post these guides, user acceptance and test procedures as they become available, and if you have specific topics which you would like us to address, please use the Contact Page (found here) to tell us what information should be included in this series. Links to the guides are found below.

Guides

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

Glossary - Common Cybersecurity Terminology

#1 - Ten Things to Know About Selecting a Voting System

#2 - Ten Things to Know About Managing Aging Voting Systems

#3 - Considerations for Implementing Voting Systems with COTS Products

Checklist - Securing Voter Registration Data

Checklist - Securing Election Night Reporting Systems

Cyber Incident Response Best Practices

Wiping Election Equipment before Disposal, Sale, or Destruction

NIST - Computer Security Resource Center | Glossary and Resources for Cybersecurity

User Acceptance and Logic & Accuracy Test Procedures

EAC L&A and Post-Election Audit Grants

In 2010 EAC made grant awards totaling $1,463,074 to county and state organizations to support research, development, documentation and dissemination of a range of procedures and processes for managing and conducting high-quality logic and accuracy testing and post election audit activities. Visit our Grants section to read more.

California Secretary of State Post-Election Risk-Limiting Audit Pilot Program

Orange County California Applying Visual Management Techniques and Digital Analysis to Post Election Auditing

Santa Cruz County California Pre-Election Testing & Post-Election Audit Report

Colorado Department of State Risk-Limiting Audit & Post-Election Audit Initiative

Connecticut Secretary of the State Pre-Election and Post-Election Audit Solutions for Optical Scan Voting Equipment

Cook County Illinois 2010 Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy Testing and Post-Election Audit Initiative: Executive Summary

Cook County Illinois Election Verification Toolkit

Indiana Secretary of State/Ball State VSTOP Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy Testing and Post-Election Audit Initiative

New York State Board of Elections Processes and Best Practices for Coordinating Quality and Cost-effective Post Election Audits

Cuyahoga County Ohio Online Official Election Testing & Auditing Guide