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  • Election Administration

    Poll Workers Helping Americans Vote Campaign & Toolkit

    Election officials are invited to utilize the toolkit and participate by sending group poll worker photos for potential use in the EAC's national social media campaign recognizing this critical role.

    Find customizable graphics, social media templates, press release templates, and more to help raise awareness and celebrate poll workers.

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  • Voter Guides

    Be Election Ready: Video Guides for Voters are Available!

    This 6-part video series walks voters through the voting process from start to finish and highlights crucial topics that will help voters be election-ready. Editable materials are available for Election Officials to customize and share with their voters.

    Video Guides: Registering to Vote, Making a Plan to Vote, Voting by Mail, Voting in Person, Trusted Sources of Information, Election Results

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  • Election Administration

    New Voter Education Design Toolkit!

    This toolkit includes best practices and templates for designing effective communication materials that are relevant, timely, and accessible. 
    It’s for non-designers and designers alike working on voter education in varying jurisdictions.

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  • Election Administration

    New Election Official Social Media Toolkit!

    This toolkit was designed to help election officials communicate proactively and consistently with their voters throughout the year; including over 150 customizable images accompanied by alt. text, sample posts, quick tips, and more.

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Advancing Safe, Secure, Accessible Elections

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Advancing Safe, Secure, Accessible Elections

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent, bipartisan commission whose mission is to help election officials improve the administration of elections and help Americans participate in the voting process.

REGISTER AND VOTE IN YOUR STATE

Choose a state and click "Submit" to get started.

Featured Election Administrator Topics

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A collection of resources and tools that have been created to assist state and local election officials in effectively...

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Security resources and quick reference tools that promote personal, cyber, and physical safety practices for election...

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A reference for election officials on election processes and best practices.

 

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Resources and materials to promote understanding, guidance, and next steps for the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0.

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Best practices, materials, and guidance to support election officials in providing equal and accessible voting.

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EAC monthly newsletters feature a summary of updates, events, resources, and news.

Latest Election Admin Resources

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List of U.S. federal agencies that election officials can contact to report incidents.

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Election Resources for Voters and Election Officials after experiencing a natural disaster.

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Studies & Reports icon

Report that examines state-level methods, policies, resources, etc. of existing voter education and outreach efforts.

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Election offices can participate in a national social media effort to recognize their election workers with customizable...

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Resource to develop an incident communications plan for providing effective, accurate, and timely information.

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To aid in voter education efforts, this 6-part video series includes editable materials for election officials to customize....

Latest Video

Ever Wondered About Election Security?

The EAC has answers, showing the stages and measures taken in elections to ensure an eligible voter's ballot is secure.

Featured Voter Resources

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State look-up tool that will provide links to information including the official state office website, information about...

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Sign up to be a poll worker! Use our Poll Worker Recruitment Lookup Tool to find information on being a poll worker in your...

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Find answers to popular questions on voter registration, ways to vote, how elections work, and much more.

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The National Mail Voter Registration Form can be used to register U.S. citizens to vote, to update registration information...

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Voters have commonly asked questions on many aspects of voting. While the specifics may vary on the state and local level,...

Election Technology Resources

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Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) are a set of specifications and requirements against which voting systems can be...

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EAC operated testing and certification program that tests and certifies election hardware and software.

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Searchable list of certified voting systems/equipment that have been accredited by the EAC.

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Program created to evaluate the security and accessibility of election supporting technologies.

Featured Research

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A comprehensive Report, an analysis of state-by-state data that covers various topics related to the administration of federal...

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Find answers to popular questions about the EAVS report, collection of EAVS data, and how the data is evaluated.

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This research document tracks the mail ballot deadlines across six election cycles from 2012 to 2022 and shows key...

EAC Impact Statistics in FY23

2002
Year Established
83
EAC-Certified Voting Systems in FY 2023
$75M
HAVA Election Security grants distributed FY 2023
50
Individual work products developed by Clearinghouse in FY 2023