Thursday, May 14, 2026
| Year Sort ascending | Award | Category | Program Title | State | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 |
Winner | Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers | Vote to Volunteer Program allowed the county to create existing poll worker pools as well as a pool of stand-by workers for last-minute substitutions. | North Carolina | Wake County | Award Details |
2019 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | VoteWA Project which has provided asecure environment for the states voter data and other elections information. | Washington | SOS | Award Details |
2019 |
Winner | Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers | Work the Polls Program for Recruiting High School and College Students which has led to a more representative demographic for poll workers while increasing community involvement in elections. | Florida | Martin County | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | Electronic ballot software system, launched in the spring of 2018, which allowed blind or visually impaired voters to independently cast an absentee ballot. | New Mexico | SOS | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Best Practices for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities | For Count Me in Too, a series of educational videos which helped increase voter registration and turnout among voters who indicated they had special needs by 8percent during the 2016 Presidential Elections. | Florida | Martin County | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers | For Learn the Vote, a new online training program for election workers reduced instruction time, decreased election worker errors and allowed the Clerks Office to redirect staff time towards completing post-election procedures more efficiently. | New Mexico | Bernalillo County | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | For Securing WisVote, a series of online learning modules which enhanced the cybersecurity of the state-wide election database and in local governments statewide. | Wisconsin | Elections Commission | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | For Winning in Weber, a program to engage students, veterans, teens, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and children in the electoral process. | Utah | Weber County | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Best Practices for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities | For its "A Simple (Accessible) Path for All" initiative which includedAccessible Polling Place Location and Equipment (APPLE) class and kits, provideinstruction on establishing and maintaining accessible polling places, and since its launch in January 2018, has been taken by more than 700 election workers, nearly half of the countys total Election Day volunteers. | California | Contra Costa County | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Best Practices for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities | For the Helping Veterans and Iowans with Disabilities Vote Project which educated thousands of veterans and Iowans with disabilities about resources available to help them vote privately and independently. | Iowa | SOS | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers | For their partnership with nonprofitWalking Civics on a program that connected high school students andveterans to serve at the polls together on Election Day. | Minnesota | City of Ely Town of Morse |
Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers | The Future Vote Initiative, which has recruitedstudents from grades 6 to 12 to participate in elections, including over some who have served as election judges after their sixteenth birthday. | Maryland | Montgomery County | Award Details |
2018 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | TheElection Day Precinct Support Portal allows precinct workers to submit requests or questions via a smart phone or tablet using a simple Google Form. | Michigan | City of Rochester Hills | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | Batch Tracker Manager | Washington | Pierce County | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Best Practices for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities | Curbside voting | Texas | Disability Rights Texas | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | eSign | Colorado | Denver County | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Best Practices for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities | My Vote Voter Information Portal | Washington | SOS | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Best Practices for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities | Parternship with Independence Center to support voting accessibility | Colorado | El Paso County | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Innovations or New Practices in Election Administration | Post the Vote | Florida | Indian River County | Award Details |
2017 |
Winner | Best Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Poll Workers | Student Election Judge Program | Minnesota | City of Minneapolis | Award Details |