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Six months left for Geo-Enabled Elections project; 2021 report released
With six months remaining for the Geo-Enabled Elections project, key stakeholders are looking ahead to what’s next while also recognizing accomplishments to date. Currently, the project team is finalizing the 2022 State Election Director Report, documenting progress...
Geo-Enabled Elections in the news – data, progress across the U.S.; 2022 focus
The Geo-Enabled Elections project was featured in the news this spring, shining a light on the work to make elections more accurate and efficient using GIS. The topic is timely, given that new voting districts are being rolled out across the country, followed by a...
Progress, technology, reviewed at third annual Elections GeoSummit; sessions now available online
The third annual Elections GeoSummit was held on Thursday, December 9, 2021, with 220 elections administrators and GIS professionals in attendance. The day’s focus was on the progress that’s been made around the country when it comes to election modernization. Neal...
New web page, new resources to help states and counties enhance capabilities
NSGIC is proud to announce the launch of its new web page “Resources for Election Directors,” designed to smooth the path towards election modernization for states and counties wishing to further integrate GIS in elections. The page offers access to a range of tools,...
Four states’, five counties’ work to geo-enable elections published in 2021 pilot studies report
Despite numerous challenges for elections leaders in 2021, four states and five counties successfully tackled election modernization tasks within NSGIC’s Geo-Enabled Elections project during the year. Their learnings and insights are now available in the latest pilot...
NSGIC releases new survey of nation’s election directors covering technology, funding, support for election modernization
NSGIC’s Geo-Enabled Elections project has released the findings of its recent survey of state election directors around the country. Twenty-seven election directors from among U.S. states + Washington D.C., along with two from U.S. territories, weighed in on the state...
Elections GeoSummit, keynote speaker Neal Kelley, announced for December 9
NSGIC has announced the keynote speaker for its third annual Elections GeoSummit. Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California, will share learnings from 16 years of leading that office and serving 1.8 million registered voters in the fifth largest...
The need to audit voter information drove GIS implementation at Inyo County, California
Before Inyo County created shapefiles and address points for all its precincts and voters they faced a dilemma: there was no technical way to audit voter lists to ensure that voters had been placed in the correct voting precincts and districts and would be allowed to...
Just released: CTCL & NSGIC Geo-Enabled Elections courses now available, on-demand
NSGIC and CTCL are proud to announce the on-demand version of the Geo-Enabled Elections training series. Over 300 election officials and GIS professionals participated when the live trainings launched in the spring. Now, the five free 45-minute sessions are available...
Riverside County, CA, share how they use assessor data and GIS to increase voter location accuracy
While Riverside has used some form of GIS for portions of elections management since the 1990s, it wasn’t until 2010 that the county started moving towards fully geo-enabling their elections. Since that time, the Registrar of Voters GIS staff have worked to develop...