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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...

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...

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...

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...

How does a state modernize elections administration when staff and funding for new technology may be in limited supply? One way to access technology that can save work effort and reduce the risk of errors is to enshrine the use of GIS in elections in state statute. At...

NSGIC’s third webinar in its Geo-Enabled Elections Webinar Series, presented June 30, is now available to view.  The 2021 redistricting efforts present an extraordinary, once-a-decade challenge and a variety of risks to election management systems. While election...

The 2021 redistricting efforts present an extraordinary, once-a-decade challenge and a variety of risks to election management systems. While election administrators wait for new district maps to be enacted, many sense that a primary concern, given already shortened...

While Michigan, Montana, Oregon, and Minnesota may sound familiar - they are returning to the program for the second and third time, to further elevate their GIS in elections game - Vermont and Texas are new, and exciting, entrants into the program.  “To say that they...

NSGIC and the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) are delighted to announce a new online series for election officials and GIS professionals who want to keep up with the latest trends in election technology. The five free 60-minute training sessions will explore the...

While all eyes were on election administrators across the country in 2020, five states and one county still found the time to elevate their elections management through the use of GIS technology. The pilot studies resulting from this work are an opportunity for other...