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Voting Accessibility

Partnering to Empower Voters with Disabilities

The El Paso County Elections Department collaborates with the local Independence Center for Southern Colorado to offer a universally accessible polling place for voters with and without access needs. A recipient of a 2017 EAC Clearie award for Improving Accessibility in Elections, the El Paso County initiative is an outstanding example of the power of people coming together to help voters with disabilities and poll workers.
Monday, July 9, 2018
Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)

Election Data Summit: Announcing Our Election Day Panelists

Following a panel on Election Day preparation, Chairman Thomas Hicks will be sitting down with four expert panelists to discuss how election officials and other stakeholders are using data to improve Election Day and voting processes.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)

Election Data Summit: Announcing Our Post-Election Panelists

Moderated by Kathy Boockvar, Senior Advisor to the Governor on Elections Modernization for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the summit’s final panel will focus on post-election processes and include discussion from four expert panelists.
Monday, July 9, 2018
Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)

Election Data Summit: Announcing Our Election Day Preparation Panelists

Following a panel on voter registration at the Election Data Summit, MIT Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science Charles Stewart III will moderate a discussion on how data can be used to expedite and improve Election Day preparation. This morning, the EAC is pleased to announce the three expert panelists who will join him on stage.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)

Election Data Summit: Announcing Our Voter Registration Panelists

The EAC will kick off the Election Data Summit with a panel exploring how voter registration data is used, collected and shared in light of recent trends towards modernizing voter registration systems and processes and increased sharing of registration data among states.
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)

Sneak Peek: 2018 EAVS and Election Data Summit

The EAC is busy laying the groundwork for implementing the 2018 EAVS, the eighth biennial survey of its kind. We have started reaching out to our points of contact in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and the territories this week, and we’ll be launching the EAVS web portal later this month.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Voting Accessibility

Engaging Voters with Disabilities on Access and Independence

Last week, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Chairman Thomas Hicks and Vice Chair Christy McCormick conducted a town hall discussion with voters with disabilities and advocates from across America during the annual conference of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Election Administration

Angelo Mino: 20 Years of Preserving and Celebrating Democracy

Election workers are vital to the administration of elections. However, their work and stories are largely overlooked. This month, the EAC is featuring the stories of several of these unsung heroes. For this latest edition, we spoke with Angelo H. Mino, who has served as an election worker in Johnson County, Kansas for 20 years.
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Election Administration

From One Woman’s 55 Years of Service, Three Generations of Election Workers

Betty Clark has served as an election worker in the township for nearly 55 years. She has also inspired two daughters, two sons-in-law and one granddaughter to be election workers as well. Betty’s first election was in 1964 when Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater were on the ballot.
Monday, May 14, 2018
Straight from the HR Desk

Celebrating EAC Staff Impact During Public Service Recognition Week

Since its inception, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has helped America vote by assisting the nation’s 8,000 election jurisdictions in carrying out successful elections and providing crucial resources for voters. Essential to this continued effort is the 24 men and women who make up EAC’s staff. While not large in numbers, EAC staff are big in their impact.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
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