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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
Commissioner Thomas Hicks

Recruiting the Next Generation of Civic Leaders

Despite the millions of Americans who serve as poll workers in each federal election, there remains a chronic shortage of election workers in the United States. In 2016, for example, nearly 65 percent of jurisdictions reported some level of difficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of poll workers. As a result recruiting, training, managing and retaining election workers is constantly on the minds of election officials.
Friday, April 13, 2018
Election Administration

List Maintenance in the National Voter Registration Act

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), sometimes referred to as the “Motor Voter Act,” establishes certain voter registration requirements with respect to elections for federal office. Section 8, for example, contains provisions relevant to maintaining accurate voter registration lists and protections against inadvertently removing properly registered voters.
Friday, March 30, 2018
Election Administration

NASS Overview of Voter Registration

The EAC has highlighted various approaches and resources states provide on voter list maintenance during List Maintenance Month. This week, the EAC is sharing an in-depth report from the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). Originally released in 2009, NASS updated the “Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists: A Review of Relevant Policies and Procedures” last December.
Friday, March 23, 2018
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