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Resources

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.

Office policy/standard operating procedures

Recipe for Success

How to write and maintain effective standard operating procedures

Post-Election Debrief Toolkit

A toolkit to help you debrief an election and plan for future elections.

Poll worker manual toolkit

Workbooks and template to revise or build poll worker manuals from scratch.

Usability testing kit

A collection of guidelines and templates to help you check the usability of election materials.

Implementation guide

Guide for debriefing elections

Best practices and examples for gathering feedback from poll workers or staff.

Office policy/standard operating procedures

Standards of conduct for election workers

Standards of conduct set expectations for participants and observers in normal election operations.