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When running excellent elections, your office doesn’t need to go it alone. The Alliance builds and curates generic resources to help you achieve high standards. Take the best of what your peers are doing across the country and see what works in your area. And, offer ideas and suggestions from your office! Developed by, with, and for election officials, these generic resources come with instructions and information about how to use them for the best impact. You should check with your state or county attorney to see if you’re able to use them.

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Audit Explainer Videos

Audit Explainer Videos

A set of videos that cover the basics of the whats, hows, and whys of tabulation audits for voters.

Exploring Election Audits Series

Exploring Election Audits Series

Guides that highlight principles and best practices of several types of election audits.

Geo-Enabling Elections

Geo-Enabling Elections

Courses to help you get started on integrating geographic information systems (GIS)

AVR Implementation Best Practices for Election Officials

AVR Implementation Best Practices for Election Officials

Best practices on ways election officials can effectively manage automatic voter registration systems.

Withstanding Intimidation and Preventing Overt Attacks

Withstanding Intimidation and Preventing Overt Attacks

This detailed guide offers security ideas for handling disruptive individuals and crowds.

Ensuring Physical Safety for Election Personnel

Ensuring Physical Safety for Election Personnel

This guide will help you develop a plan to protect yourself and your staff.

Chain of Custody

Chain of Custody

A guide to creating evidence of secure ballot management

Everything in Its Place: Ballot Organization

Everything in Its Place: Ballot Organization

Procedures and tools for orderly receiving and processing of mail ballots

“I Voted” sticker contest

“I Voted” sticker contest

Forms and a public gallery to run an “I Voted” sticker contest

Ballot Order: Randomization and rotation

Ballot Order: Randomization and rotation

Research and guidance on randomizing and rotating ballot order to prevent bias