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The resources below are designed to help election officials manage election technology used throughout the election cycle.
Please refer to our main Clearinghouse Resources page for more best practices, tools, and guidance on other topics.
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Election Technology Resources
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VVSG Migration Communication Resources
Resources to help election officials communicate about the continued security and certification of VVSG 1.0 and 1.1 certified voting systems.
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AI Toolkit for Election Officials
Document provides election officials with a general understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and the opportunities and threats that they create for effective election administration.
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Best Practices for Election Technology
Guide designed to help election officials responsible for procuring, maintaining, and using election technology. Covers technology used throughout the election cycle, including voter registration systems, election management systems, voting systems, e-pollbooks, election night reporting systems, and more.
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Voting System Security Measures
Resource outlines common best practices for securing voting systems, including locks, tamper-evident seals, security cameras, system testing before and after elections, audits, and access controls.
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Using Google Maps to Display Election Information
Step-by-step guide showing how to use free tools to create an interactive online map of voting locations.
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Geo-enabled Elections: Getting Started with GIS
Resource outlining how election offices can begin using geographic information systems to improve their election processes, particularly around locating and districting voters.
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Ten Things to Know About Selecting a Voting System
Basic considerations for election officials purchasing a new voting system.
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Ten Things to Know About Managing Aging Voting Systems
Guidance around mitigations election officials can take when using older voting equipment.
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Considerations for Implementing Voting Systems with COTS Products
Recommendations for election officials who use voting systems with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, such as printers or laptops.
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Checklist - Securing Voter Registration Data
Resource intended to provide election officials information on best practices to protect their voter registration data.
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Checklist - Securing Election Night Reporting Systems
Resource intended as a baseline for election officials to assess their current election night reporting system cybersecurity protocols.
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Disposal of Election Equipment
Document providing guidance and best practices for election officials relating to the disposal, sale, transfer, or destruction of election equipment that is no longer in use.
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Quick Start Guide: GIS & Elections
Guide intended to familiarize local election officials with the basics of using geographic information systems (GIS) in their election operations.
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Best Practices: Election Results Reporting
Presentation covering best practices related to election results reporting to help election officials create or evaluate their own reporting tools.
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Quick Start Guide: Logic & Accuracy Testing
Guide intended to familiarize local election officials with the process of logic & accuracy testing, used to evaluate the programming and performance of their voting systems.
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Quick Start Guide: Election Results Reporting
Guide intended to familiarize local election officials with the best practices and features of successful election results reporting tools.
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Quick Start Guide: Central Count Systems
Guide intended to familiarize local election officials with systems that employ high-speed ballot scanners or several precinct scanners to tabulate ballots at a central location, rather than in voting locations.
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Quick Start Guide: Ballot Building
Guide intended to familiarize election officials with the process of designing, creating, proofing, testing, and producing official ballots.
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Chapter 8: Voting System Certification
Chapter 8 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, covers best practices and common questions related to voting system certification.
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Chapter 9: Acceptance Testing
Chapter 9 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, covers topics related to acceptance testing of new or updated voting equipment.
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Chapter 10: Ballot Building
Chapter 10 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, covers the process of creating, proofing, testing, and producing ballots.
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Chapter 11: Pre-election Testing
Chapter 11 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, includes guidance on planning, conducting, and responding to the results of pre-election testing, also known as logic & accuracy testing.
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Emerging Technology, AI, and Elections
EAC Commissioner Ben Hovland interviewed Ginny Badanes from Microsoft’s Democracy Forward program on AI’s impact on the election landscape and tools for election officials.
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Explanation on Federal Certification of Voting Systems Utilizing Ranked Choice Voting
Document explaining the EAC certification requirements for voting systems that support RCV.
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Electronic Poll Book Report
Report provides information on increasing e-poll book adoption, functions e-poll books fulfill, and applicable state laws and regulations.
Additional Resources
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