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Next group of pilot states kick off learnings
On March 19, the first group of pilot states within the Geo-Enabled Elections project, phase two, kick off their work. In fact, four states and one California county will take part in the pilot program this time, each with a diverse slate of learning objectives....
Funding secured for phase two, 2019-2021
In November 2019, Democracy Fund Voice confirmed a second award of $300,000 to NSGIC to fund the next phase of the Geo-Enabled Elections Project. This new grant allows NSGIC to continue assisting states in adopting GIS to strengthen elections – concurrent with major...
Thriving elections, boundary management in focus at Elections GeoSummit
On August 14, 85 leaders in elections management and GIS, representing 15 states, converged at The Eaton, Washington D.C., to share leading-edge findings and craft best practices to enhance the nation’s election system using GIS. With the 2020 Census on the horizon,...
Volcano eruption in the midst of an election? In Hawaii, with GIS, all is not lost
Most election offices that implement GIS experience benefits from the technology’s accuracy and ease of use. Hawaii, however, also experienced the benefit of being able to adjust voter services when homes with outstanding ballots were impacted by a volcano eruption...
Fourth Case Study: North Carolina – A desire to audit drove GIS introduction
North Carolina had its sights set on audits - and on serving its 100 county boards of elections - when it started leveraging GIS in elections several years ago. Fast-forward to today and the State Board of Elections offers several audit tools and even sends a weekly...
News from Washington state: third case study reminds us all data is local
Washington state began its Elections Modernization project in 2014, with the aim to improve their election management system. The implementation of GIS became a key tenet of that project, which is currently underway. Once complete, officials hope that GIS in elections...
Second case study: Wisconsin identifies data quality and auditing as critical to success
Wisconsin’s elections are fully geo-enabled, after a conversion process that started in 2011. The state had concluded that implementing GIS would make the process of assigning voters to the right districts, following the 2010 census and redistricting, more efficient...
First case study released: Utah shares its experience integrating GIS in elections
Utah had long considered integrating GIS data into its election processes, but it was the 2010 census that prompted the state to take action. Election administrators had observed that the changing of political boundaries at any level tended to expose the shortcomings...
Five statewide pilot studies launched to further geo-enabled elections
On March 4, NSGIC launched five state-wide pilot studies across the nation, when state geographic information officers (GIOs) and election directors (EDs) from Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia came together with subject matter experts to...
“Best practices” for getting started with GIS in Elections
A number of states have championed the use of GIS to strengthen the accuracy and reliability of their electoral systems in recent years, and NSGIC’s Geo-Enabled Elections project was created to further this goal across the country. So how does a state – or any...