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Operations
AI Glasses in the Election Office
Election Security Exchange
Election offices know the value of transparency, and being recorded is nothing new for election officials. Someone standing in your lobby with a phone, a ... Read more
Cybersecurity
Cyber Incident Response: A Practical Playbook for Election Officials
Election offices manage sensitive systems under close public attention, where even a minor cybersecurity incident can escalate into a broader crisis if it isn’t handled ... Read more
Cybersecurity
First Things First: Website Security Fast Wins for Election Offices
Election Security Exchange
This practical guide from the Election Security Exchange is for local election officials and small teams, outlining five free-to-low-cost “fast win” actions to strengthen website ... Read more
Operations
Five Simple Website Fixes That Build Voter Confidence Before November
States United Democracy Center
Recent research found that AI-enabled tools send voters to official state election websites less than half the time, often pointing them to crowdsourced or unofficial ... Read more
Physical Security
Drones in Election Settings: A Law Enforcement Briefing
Committee for Safe and Secure Elections
Drone sightings near polling places raise legal and operational questions that generic drone protocols don’t fully cover, and this briefing closes that gap before Election ... Read more
Operations
Systems Check: A Guide to Testing Election Technology
The Elections Group
This resource treats testing as a whole-system problem rather than a specific piece of equipment. The guide walks through how to map every system in ... Read more
Operations
Center for Tech and Civic Life
A report on strengthening coordination between election officials and emergency managers. Drawing on input from officials in more than two dozen states, it finds that ... Read more
Cybersecurity, Operations
Revised: Supply Chain Risk Management for Election-Related Software, Hardware, and Services
Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council (EI-SCC)
This revised version of the guide serves as an introductory guide and actionable toolkit developed by the Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Working Group to ... Read more
Cybersecurity
The Modern Perimeter: Securing Cloud Identity and Services
Election Security Exchange
The footprint of modern elections is broader than ever. The infrastructure that enables elections no longer only sits on premises. Much of the work of ... Read more
Operations
First Things First: Quick Wins to Limit Risk of Insider Threats
Election Security Exchange
This document is a practical guide outlining five low-cost, low-effort “quick wins” that local election offices can implement to reduce insider threat risks, from reporting ... Read more