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Data transparency, model statute in focus at Elections GeoSummit
The 2020 Elections GeoSummit was held on December 10. Each year, the event brings together elected officials, the nation’s leaders in elections management and geographic information systems (GIS), as well as non-profits, academia, and the private sector to share...
Keynote speakers unveiled for Elections GeoSummit, December 10
NSGIC has announced the keynote panel for its upcoming summit. Powering Civic Engagement With GIS will allow participants to hear from three prominent democracy not-for-profits on how spatial information unlocks opportunity for them. The panel features Jeanette...
Elections GeoSummit announced for December 10, a virtual event
Each year, the Elections GeoSummit brings together the nation’s leaders in elections management and geographic information systems (GIS) to share leading-edge findings and craft best practices to enhance election systems. This year’s event will be held virtually, on...
Webinar with Ben Hovland, state and county representatives, available to view
NSGIC’s second webinar in its Geo-Enabled Elections Webinar Series, presented September 2, is now available to view. Representatives from two states and one county, participants in NSGIC’s Geo-Enabled Elections pilot projects, discussed how GIS helped them remove...
Data accuracy and cybersecurity for the 2020 election – new webinar
Cybersecurity issues? Or data inaccuracy problems? Hear from two states and one county that used GIS to remove inaccuracies from their voter information in advance of the November election. Also, Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Commissioner Benjamin Hovland...
First county – Maricopa, Ariz. – shares lessons from geo-enabling elections
Maricopa County, Arizona, was focused on data accuracy and data management efficiency when work started to geo-enable their elections. This is understandable; the county, which envelopes one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States,...
First webinar available to view; Election Strategies for a Post-COVID-19 World
NSGIC kicked-off its Geo-Enabled Elections Webinar Series on June 16, with the topic Adapting Election Strategies to the Post-COVID-19 World. The webinar, presented by Esri in partnership with NSGIC, NACo, and NCSL, highlighted strategies and tools for adapting...
June 16 webinar highlights strategies, resources for elections
NSGIC is pleased to kick-off its Geo-Enabled Elections Webinar Series on June 16, 1:00 p.m. ET, with a webinar highlighting strategies and tools for adapting election processes in the time of COVID-19. The webinar, presented by Esri in partnership with NSGIC, NACo,...
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...