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2016 - Winner for Outstanding Innovations

North Carolina - New Hanover County

Program Title
Election Official Resource Portal
Program Summary
New Hanover County, North Carolina recently developed the "Election Official Resource Portal" (EORP) to provide centralized access to election-related documents, training, and other information. The portal is updated weekly and is designed to thoroughly prepare poll workers for their specific duties. Information provided includes:

Election Day and early voting assignments

Training videos

Election official handbooks

Position-specific information

The updated portal, which is currently called the Precinct Official Management Portal, will be released soon.

Additionally to help retain the best poll workers, the county gives out awards for service longevity as well as hosts post-election meetings and focus groups with poll workers. Summary of their retention programs found here.