2024 - Winner for Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers

The Guam Election Commissions College Poll Worker Program commenced in the 2024 Fall Semester, in collaboration with the University of Guams Public Administration and Legal Studies Program. The program consists of an undergraduate course in Elections Administration (PA 308) and a professional development Election Administration course (PD 894) devised to encourage college students to assist in the administration of Guams elections by serving as nonpartisan poll workers or assistants. The three-credit academic courses explored central themes on the importance of conducting and administering elections in Guam, the fundamental right to vote and how elections affect the daily lives of island residents. Students were required to write research papers, give presentations, and participate in interactive class discussions. The program concluded with an obligatory precinct official training in which all students served as deputized precinct officials in the 2024 General Election.