Arizona - Arizona Secretary of State
Program Title
Arizona Election Administration Student Fellowship Program
Program Summary
To address the need to recruit new workers to the election administration profession, the Arizona Secretary of States (AZSOS) office created an Election Administration Student Fellowship Program for the November 2024 election. The initiative strives to inspire college students to consider working in the field of election administration. In addition to giving Arizona college students exposure to election administration through hands-on work in county offices, the Fellowship program provided paid staff support to county election administrators to help address shortages of staff resources. A total of 18 fellows were selected and 16 of those worked in county-level election offices across eight Arizona counties. The other two fellows worked directly for AZSOS. The program was funded with Arizona Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, provided by the Arizona Governors office.