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Situation Room: When the Power Goes Out: How Glynn County Navigated Lightning, Wildfire, and Micro-Emergencies
Published August 26, 2026
On the first Saturday of early voting ahead of Georgia’s May 19 primary, a torrential rainstorm swept across Glynn County. Early in the morning, a ... Read more
Links in a Chain
Published August 19, 2026
What July’s AI Agent Breakout Means for Election Offices By Mike Moser This July, two of the world’s leading AI labs, also known as “frontier ... Read more
Newsletter: Issue 28
Published August 19, 2026
In this edition of the Election Security Exchange Newsletter: Situation Room: Earlier this year, a drone flew over a Houston area polling place, raising novel ... Read more
Planning Desk, Week E-11: Securing UOCAVA Electronic Ballot Transmission Systems
Published August 19, 2026
While millions of Americans cast their ballots inside a local polling place, many overseas service members and citizens rely on a ballot delivered or returned ... Read more
Building a Durable Emergency Plan: Continuity and Operational Readiness for Elections
Published August 18, 2026
Hosted by the Election Security Exchange and the Partnership for Elections & Emergency Response Your election office has a plan for election day. Does it ... Read more
Situation Room: When Electioneering Takes Flight: Flying Lessons from a Harris County Drone Incident
Published August 18, 2026
During the recent Texas primary election, election officials at a polling location in Harris County encountered an unusual form of electioneering. According to reporting by ... Read more
Newsletter: Issue 27
Published August 12, 2026
In this edition of the Election Security Exchange Newsletter: Situation Room: Minor disruptions at polling places come in all varieties, testing poll workers’ response capabilities. ... Read more
Planning Desk, Week E-12: Secure your processes with a Chain of Custody Audit
Published August 12, 2026
Chain of custody is the process of tracking the control, transfer, handling, and disposition of election equipment, data, and records. Maintaining a verifiable, auditable chain ... Read more
Situation Room: Power Outages, Tornadoes, Vermin
Published August 12, 2026
Polling place disruptions in all forms test poll workers’ preparedness Just after 11:00 on the morning of Election Day in mid-July, poll workers at two ... Read more
Advisory: Vigilance Against Social Engineering and Impersonation
Published August 7, 2026
The Threat: Attackers are impersonating IT staff, election officials, and other trusted contacts by phone, email, text, and Microsoft Teams to steal user credentials or take control ... Read more