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Elections

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County News Hot Topics: Elections

Every Election Day, counties nationwide oversee over 100,000 polling locations and over 630,000 poll workers. Each election cycle, counties take great care ensure ballots are securely cast and counted accurately, amid operational and outside challenges.

County News Hot Topics: Elections
As elections administrators, counties make Election Day happen every year, all the while working to make more efficient and equitable systems and meet challenges from critics.
November 16, 2022

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County News Hot Topics: Elections

Every Election Day, counties nationwide oversee over 100,000 polling locations and over 630,000 poll workers. Each election cycle, counties take great care ensure ballots are securely cast and counted accurately, amid operational and outside challenges.

Every Election Day, counties nationwide oversee over 100,000 polling locations and over 630,000 poll workers.

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Every Election Day, counties nationwide oversee over 100,000 polling locations and over 630,000 poll workers. Each election cycle, counties take great care ensure ballots are securely cast and counted accurately, amid operational and outside challenges.

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Changing times lead to challenging days for elections workers

After years spent toiling in obscurity, election officials are getting the spotlight. And they hate it. They don’t want it.
Elections

Brian Sleeth, director of elections in Warren County, Ohio looks at public records requests.
Photo by Karen Kasler/Ohio Public Radio

County News

Misinformation, frivolous record requests bog down election offices

Election workers across the country have found themselves spending time and resources addressing record requests regarding the 2020 election.
Elections

Isaac Cramer examines sample ballots in the Charleston County, S.C. Board of Elections and
Voter Registration office, where he is executive director. Photo by Ben Leeson

County News

Tell the stories that build trust in our elections

As polls closed in a local municipal election in 2015, the room filled with buzz from the candidates and observers, eagerly waiting for the announcement of who won the mayor’s election. I was excited as well, since I had only been working at our Board of Elections’ office for just over seven months, and I was still learning a lot of the process
Justice & Public Safety

People in Cook County, Ill. Jail cast absentee ballots in person. The nonprofit Chicago Votes helped facilitate early voting at the jail before it was equipped with voting machines. Photo courtesy of Chicago Votes

County News

Counties try to ensure all who are eligible can vote

Nearly everyone incarcerated in a county jail is eligible to vote, but many don’t because of the obstacles that surround them.
Elections

County News

Counties recruit the next generation of poll workers

Facing a shortage of poll workers leading up to the midterm elections, counties are trying to recruit high school students and military veterans to help fill the gap.
Elections

County News

Ranked choice voting remains a rarity in county-level races

Ranked-choice voting has not caught on in county-level elections the way it has on the city, state and federal levels.
Elections

Reports & Toolkits

The County Role in Elections: How Counties Administer Secure and Accurate Elections

Jump to Section The County Role in Elections Counties and Election Security

Intergovernmental Affairs

Blog

The County Countdown – August 29, 2023

Every other week, NACo’s County Countdown reviews top federal policy advocacy items with an eye towards counties and the intergovernmental partnership. Watch the video and explore NACo resources below on some of the top issues we are covering this week.
Elections

Blog

The county role in elections remains critical as U.S. commemorates National Poll Worker Recruitment Day

August 23, 2023, has been established by the U.S.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission member Thomas Hicks notes that while counties have gotten away from using schools as polling places to reduce general traffic while students are in session, Virginia got around that by making Election Day a state holiday. Photo by Leon Lawrence III

County News

Poll workers remain a must-have for election officials

Despite all of his worries about the pandemic and the vulnerable age of many of his poll workers in Williamson County, Texas, Election Administrator Chris Davis made it through 2020 successfully in a state where limited vote-by-mail options put pressure on in-person voting. The aftermath, however, has been different.
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Intergovernmental Affairs

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Supreme Court safeguards the county role in federal elections administration in landmark Moore v. Harper decision

On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Moore v. Harper, a historic election law case.
Elections

Blog

U.S. Election Assistance Commission recognizes county excellence in 2022 Clearinghouse Awards

On May 23, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission announced the winners of its 2022 Clearinghouse (“Clearie”) awards, recognizing 24 jurisdictions for its election administration practices during the 2022 primary and midterm elections.