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Featured Election Official Materials

  • Resources for Election Officials

    The EAC’s latest products and best practices for election officials.

  • Clearinghouse Awards

    Information on the EAC's annual award program to recognize innovative efforts from state and local election offices.

  • Voting Accessibility

    Resources for officials and voters so all eligible voters can cast a ballot privately and independently.

Election Official Topics

a comprehensive resource  for election officials with 19 chapters on a range of election topics

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26 guides that summarize and highlight election administration information in the U.S.

Resources, Research, Data, and Projects related to supporting Military and Overseas Voters. 

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customizable toolkits listed for a range of elections office needs

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best practices from voting system manufacturers to properly clean equipment

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best practices for natural disaster planning and health emergencies, and other COOP resources

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a variety of federal, state, and local jurisdiction resources related to language access for voters

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keep up with EAC news with monthly newsletters featuring a summary of updates, events, resources, and news.

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a quick reference for election officials who may be facing personal threats while at work

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Resources to support election officials in communicating about the continued security and certification of VVSG 1.0 and 1.1...

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resources for officials and voters so all eligible voters can cast a ballot privately and independently

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nearly 1,300 terms and phrases used in the administration of elections in the U.S.

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information on the EAC's annual award program to recognize innovative efforts from state and local election offices

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information on DHS' designation of elections as critical infrastructure

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example guidance from national, state-level, and local jurisdictions on poll watchers, or election observers

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materials and information on the Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA) 

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a series of guides and sharing State User Acceptance and Logic & Accuracy test procedures to help election officials, of...

Latest Election Official Resources

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The COOP Template can help election officials create or revise their plan to withstand an incident/disaster and the processes...

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This document provides a state-by-state look into the approaches, considerations, and handling of write-in votes.

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This toolkit has been created to support election officials with poll worker recruitment and is accompanied with various...

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The purpose of this document is to provide election officials with a general understanding of AI tools, and the opportunities...

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This guide is intended to provide election officials with sample suggestions to support poll worker recruitment efforts.

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This interactive map and data shows the manner in which elections are conducted and vary by state.

Latest Election Official Videos

Engaging Student Voters in College Communities

National Poll Worker Recruitment Day 2023: Election Office Best Practices

Election Processes Simulations: Voting Process Changes (Video Series)