Tools
Put our library of usable tools and templates to use in your elections office today.
One of our principles is to share what we produce widely and freely. Distilling our research and experiencing working with election offices across the country into useful, usable tools and resources is one way that do that. Here are some of the workbooks, toolkits, and stand alone tools that we’ve produced. They are free to use and adapt. Election officials should check state law to see if you’re able to use them.
Several of these tools were developed as part of our ongoing partnership with the ElectionTools.org, which is now part of the U.S. Alliance for Elections Excellence Resource Library.
Communicating Election and Post-Election Processes Toolkit
Use this toolkit to create educational materials about pre- and post-election processes that observers and the public can understand.
Voter education design toolkit
Best practices and templates for designing effective communication materials using the bite-snack-meal framework.
Pocket voter guide template
A template for printed voter education materials covering 8 bite-sized topics.
How to design vote by mail envelopes for USPS
This booklet covers the elements you'll need to send your vote by mail envelopes through USPS.
Designing Ranked Choice Voting voter education
Guidelines for designing voter education that supports voters learn about a new method of voting.
Translating for elections
This quick guide contains a few best practices to consider in an internal civic translation process.
Hiring a language access coordinator
A language access quick guide to hiring one of the most critical contributor’s to your department’s language access plan.
Working with translation vendors in elections
Guidance on how to choose a translation vendor, and how to work with them.
