21 posts in "Tag: poll workers and polling places"
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What if guide template
Use this Canva template to design a job aid that helps poll workers know what to do and say in complex situations like provisional voting.
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Preparing for federal agents or ICE at a polling place
Guidance and training materials to help election workers respond if federal agents, including ICE, enter a polling place.
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Provisional voting toolkit
Provisional voting is an important safeguard, but can lead to stressful situations. Use this toolkit to create materials for poll workers and voters.
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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.
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Poll worker training assisting voters with disabilities
A training guide and slide presentation to help election officials prepare poll workers to assist voters with disabilities.
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Help voters navigate the polling place with better signage
Good signage makes voting easier for everyone. Our new toolkit shows best practices and templates for polling place signage.
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Polling place signage toolkit
Signage guidelines and ready-to-use templates for election offices of all sizes.
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Public audit sign templates
Customizable signs to guide staff, observers, and the public during a hand count audit.
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Conversation starters to improve your poll worker training
Our latest research led to a set of conversation starters — practical questions that election offices can use to reflect on and improve their poll...
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Designing manuals for poll workers
3 resources to help you write and design manuals that make it easy for poll workers to find information, even in stressful situations.
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Design manuals that empower poll workers on Election Day
We’ve published three resources for designing manuals for poll workers: a best practice guide, a Word template and a How-to-use Word guide.
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Helping poll workers solve problems quickly with a What if guide
What happens when poll workers are faced with voters with unusual problems? There’s no way to prepare for every possible...
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Design, test, repeat: designing a new ballot record form
Creating a new form - with iteration and testing - that helps poll workers account for ballots accurately.
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Designing materials for vote centers and polling places
It is common practice to train the people who will work the polls on Election Day, and election officials to...
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Making great vote center and polling place materials
Designing job aids and other materials for election workers With support from the James Irvine Foundation
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Poll workers and empowerment
How do you get poll workers with a range of attitudes to deliver a safe, secure, free, and open election for you? Train them. Test them....
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