Events

Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hosted an all-day summit to highlight a spectrum of issues that state and local election officials will face as they work to administer a secure, accessible and efficient 2018 Federal Election.

The EAC kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a live stream roundtable discussion on how to prevent cyberattacks and resources available for election officials developing incident response plans. The event brought together cybersecurity experts and local election officials who discussed the unique challenge hackers present, understanding what it means to be the target of a nation-state actor and the collaborative approach needed to update and strengthen jurisdictions’ cyber safeguards.

During the month of September, the EAC brought awareness to National Voter Registration Day by using a new Registration -> Participation campaign to highlight the importance of registering to vote, updating your current voter registration information, and why exercising the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy.

Public comments are invited.

EAC Public Meeting

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission and Democracy Fund Voice convened election officials, voting rights groups, and other experts to meet and share best practices and tools for effective language assistance.

Panelists provided examples of successful state voter list maintenance approaches, offered best practices and examined tools available to help election officials improve the accuracy of voter registration rolls.

EAC and NIST held a meeting of the TGDC on February 13-14, 2017 at the U.S. Access Board in Washington DC. The meeting focused on the development of next-generation voluntary voting system guidelines.

EAC held a 60-day public comment period between February 24 and April 25, 2014 on the renewals of two existing information collections: EAC's Voting System Testing and Certification Program Manual, Version 1.0; and EAC's Voting System Test Laboratory Program Manual, Version 1.0.