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People's Choice Award Winners

Professional Practice Papers
Election Center Announces 2025 People’s Choice Award Winners

By Tammy Patrick, Chief Program Officer
Election Center

Election Center is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the annual Peoples Choice Award in advance of its upcoming February workshop in Little Rock, Arkansas, where recipients will be honored and can present their efforts or projects selected by their peers. 

Each year, members can submit professional practice papers detailing innovations in election administration in June. Submissions are reviewed by the Program Development and Awards Committee and Election Center’s Board of Directors in eight different award categories presented at the annual conference ceremony. 

This decades-old program was expanded in 2024 to include the People’s Choice Award to allow members of the National Association for Election Officials to have a direct say in which of their peers receive recognition for their outstanding efforts.

“At Election Center, our members are our mission. The sharing of ideas and networking relationships are the heart of election associations,” said Tammy Patrick, Election Center’s Chief Program Officer. “Having a process to recognize and celebrate member successes continues to be an important activity in the profession and a means of elevating our expertise.” 

In alphabetical order, the 2025 People’s Choice Award winners are: 

• All in This Together: Training and Collaboration (Michigan Bureau of Elections, MI)
• Ballot Verifier: A New Standard in Transparency (Ada County, ID)
• Bridging Communities through Accountability, Security, and Civic Engagement (Coconino County, AZ)
• Bridging Gaps: Enhancing Community Trust (Palm Beach County, FL)
• Early Voting Appointment System for Elections (Palm Beach County, FL)
• Election Reporting Application (Virginia Beach, VA)
• Fostering Transparency and Trust: Drop Box Observer Program (Pierce County, WA)
• Henderson Kids Vote 2024 (City of Henderson, NV)
• Improving Mail Safety (King County, WA)
• In-Person Voting in County Jails Program (Los Angeles County, CA)
• Mobile Voter Program (Indian River County, FL)
• Online Signature Resolution Tool (King County, WA)
• Online Training: The Next Step in Poll Worker Education (Denver, CO)
• Planning for Elections in Changing Landscape (Sarasota County, FL)
• Prioritizing Voters over County Lines (Adams, Arapahoe & Denver Counties, CO)
• Project Bruno: Enhancing Election Security (Santa Fe County, NM)
• Signature Challenge Process Revamp (Pierce County, WA)
• Voter Education Series (Floyd County, GA)
• Your Vote Matters Bookmarks (Dubuque County, IA)

In addition to being featured at the February 2025 workshop, many of these programs will be featured in electionlineWeekly in the months to come.

For more information about the Election Center and its activities, including the February 2025 workshop,  please visit our website at electioncenter.org or contact press-media@electioncenter.org.

Election News This Week

Colorado Data Leak: A third-party law firm hired to investigate the Colorado secretary of state’s election system password breach found that passwords were posted online unintentionally, though two policies related to training and review of publicly posted documents were violated, an investigator’s report says. The investigator recommended increased review measures to minimize future risk. Beth Doherty Quinn of Baird Quinn, LLC, led the investigation, which was commissioned by the secretary of state’s office. Quinn interviewed department staff, reviewed various department policies and documents, and worked with digital forensics experts. Quinn’s report said all employees interviewed during the investigation showed “a sincere desire to maintain the confidentiality of the BIOS passwords.” She said the “devastating” impact the breach has had on the voting systems team and “on the health and well-being of particular individuals” on the team “was palpable during interviews.” She also said the unique set of circumstances that led to the breach “would have been difficult to anticipate.” Two current employees with the voting systems team Quinn interviewed “sincerely described their belief in the importance of their work — facilitating secure and fair elections — and the importance of doing their job well,” the report says. The report found that employees were unaware of the hidden tabs after the employee who created them left the department.

Alaska Recount: Election officials finished recounting the results of Ballot Measure 2  this week, and the outcome remains unchanged. Alaska will keep ranked choice voting and open primaries. According to Alaska Public Media, the repeal effort failed by 743 votes, or about a quarter of one percentage point, according to the Division of Elections. That’s almost exactly the margin reflected in official results certified late last month, which showed the measure failing by 737 out of more than 300,000 votes. The Alaska Republican Party requested the recount and monitored vote-counting alongside the anti-repeal campaign, No On 2. During the recount, election officials re-scanned ballots and took a closer look at ballots where the voter’s choice wasn’t clear. They also hand-counted at least 5% of ballots from each state House district to ensure the machine totals were correct. The state paid for both of the recounts. State law requires the state to pick up the tab in close races where the margin is less than either half a percent or 20 votes.

Election Office News: All sorts of buildings get repurposed to become election facilities and the latest is a former skating rink that is now the Madison County, Alabama’s Center for Election Management. The center is where election equipment, like voting machines, are programmed, tested, secured and stored. On future election days, the new building will serve as a staging area for all of the county’s polling sites. “In advance of every election, there’s about a nine-month cycle, a process that we begin about nine months out from any primary,” Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger said. “So we are already thinking about plans for the 2026 primary that will be the next major election manage out of this facility.” The purchase of the building and its renovation totaled about $5 million. According to Barger, the cost is about $2 million lower than the projected price of building a new facility.

Podcast News: On KJZZ’s The Show, some of the new elected officials in Maricopa County have been among those questioning elections in the past. We’ll hear what the new recorder and county supervisors could mean for elections here. This year’s presidential election was the most secure on record, according to John Cohen, executive director of a program for countering hybrid threats at the nonprofit Center for Internet Security. On StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast, Cohen explains that despite receiving more than 100 bomb threats, years of preparation for Election Day 2024 enabled local election officials and law enforcement to continue voting operations with minimal disruption.

Personnel News: Judith Benckart, the Republican Party’s appointee to the Monroe County, Indiana election board, has announced her resignation. Gretchen DeJaynes has stepped down as McDonough County, Illinois clerk following 24 years in the office including the last 18 as county clerk. Ashley Macdonald has been appointed the new city clerk of Loveland, Colorado. Travis County, Texas’ Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar Bruce Elfant will retire from public service on Dec. 31. Kronenwetter, Wisconsin Clerk Bobbi Birk-LaBarge has resigned. Kevin Ryan has been selected to serve as the Republican elections commissioner in Onondaga County, New York. Three-term Ocean County, New Jersey Clerk Scott Colabella will not seek re-election next year and plans to retire at the end of the year.

New Research and Resources

The Future of Instant Runoff: Despite successes for election reform in recent years, policies such as ranked choice voting and open primaries suffered a number of defeats at the ballot box last month across the United States.   In a new report from Brookings, author Darrell West examines the 2024 election reform ballot measures and outcomes and explains what lessons can be learned from this year’s results.  

Key findings include: 

• Voters find the terminology of ranked choice voting complicated and difficult to explain clearly as opposed to “instant runoffs” which come across as more understandable. 
• Anti-reform advocates used the millions raised by pro-reform groups against election reform itself and claimed large money was skewing the reform process. 
• Instant runoffs became enmeshed in partisan politics with party organizations in various states opposing the reform.  
• Open primaries fared better than instant runoffs in states where the issues were separated on the ballot for voters.

Ballot Measures, Legislation & Rulemaking

Arkansas: A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives aims to expand absentee voting access to individuals aged 65 and older. House Bill 1064, sponsored by Rep. David Whitaker (D-Fayetteville) proposes amendments to the state’s current absentee voting laws to allow seniors to vote by absentee ballot without additional requirements. Currently, absentee voting in Arkansas is limited to individuals who are unavoidably absent from their voting place, unable to attend the polls due to illness or physical disability or observing a religious holiday during voting hours. HB1064 adds a fourth category, permitting anyone aged 65 or older to vote absentee on election day. The bill also streamlines the absentee voting process for seniors. For voters over 65, their absentee ballot applications would remain valid for one calendar year unless withdrawn. County clerks would then be required to mail absentee ballots for all elections during that year at least 25 days before the election.

Colorado: State lawmakers will not pursue research into the Colorado secretary of state’s office over an election systems password leak discovered earlier this year. The Legislative Audit Committee voted 4-4 on an audit request into the state Elections Division. All four Democrats voted against the request and all four Republicans voted in favor of it. A tie means defeat. The request, which was submitted by committee chair Rep. Lisa Frizell, a Castle Rock Republican, would have examined the procedures and policies that allowed an election system password leak. “I think it’s very important that … a performance audit be conducted if nothing else to re-instill faith in our election system,” Frizell said. “Unfortunately and due to a wide variety of reasons, I suspect, we’ve seen over the last few years some fairly systemic and problematic issues in the secretary of state’s office when it comes to communication with county clerk and recorders.”

Michigan: Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-Rockford) announced plans to introduce a constitutional amendment in the upcoming legislative session aimed at blocking noncitizens from casting a ballot in the state. According to Posthumus’ office, the plan is a response to reports of a 19-year-old University of Michigan student from China casting a ballot in Ann Arbor. Under the state’s ballot secrecy protections a ballot usually cannot be retrieved or canceled after it is fed into a tabulator. If pursued in the Legislature, the two thirds of the members in each chamber must vote to place the matter before voters in the next general election. If pursued through the petition process, petitioners must gather 446,198 signatures to place the matter on the ballot. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent the Advance the following statement: “All eligible citizens and only eligible citizens have the constitutional right to vote in Michigan. I’m always open to serious and well thought out efforts to further strengthen our secure system. But many of these proposals will prevent large numbers of eligible citizens from exercising their constitutional voting rights in the name of making it even more difficult and rare than it already is for a noncitizen to vote. We know because other states have already tried this – a similar 2004 ballot initiative in Arizona disenfranchised 47,000 eligible U.S. citizens. A federal court struck down Kansas’s law because it violated both the U.S. Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act. Michigan’s voters have overwhelmingly passed constitutional amendments in recent years to ensure that eligible citizens aren’t denied their right to vote. We should respect their will and focus our efforts on policies that actually improve security, such as a guaranteed source of state funding to ensure clerks have the resources they need for every election.”

North Carolina: Lawmakers approved a wide-ranging bill to shift executive power in state government, cementing a Republican override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto a month before new elected officials are sworn in. The GOP override passed the House 72-46, after moving through the Senate last week. It now becomes law, though many of its sections do not take effect for months.Legislative leaders were able to flip three GOP votes in the House — a trio of members from western North Carolina who initially objected to the bill’s branding as Hurricane Helene relief. Senate Bill 382 strips offices soon to be held by Democrats of appointment power, redirecting much of that authority to Republicans. And it makes a litany of changes to election administration, including stricter deadlines for absentee voting, and other parts of government.

Lawmakers have approved a proposed constitutional amendment that asks North Carolinians to approve photo ID for those voting by mail. The House passed the proposal 73-45, setting it up to appear on a future ballot. It cannot be vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper and requires a majority vote at a general election to be added to the constitution. Senate Bill 921 requires all North Carolina voters to present photo ID — including those voting by mail. Current state law requires ID for all forms of voting; this amendment would officially enshrine it in the constitution.

New Jersey: Facing resistance from lawmakers fearful of progressive activists, the Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design is considering dropping a proposal to place brackets around the names of running mates seeking the same office in primary elections. A plan to allow candidates filing a joint petition to associate with each other on the ballot will remain, just without the physical brackets around their names, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak. Brackets and incumbency designations could have faced legal obstacles: U.S. District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi, who is hearing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of county lines, has indicated that ballots should have no discernable markings that give any candidate an advantage. The draft bill calls for office block ballots that end the practice of giving party-endorsed candidates preferential ballot placement and an option for county clerks to rotate names on ballots by municipal election districts. The bill standardizes the font sizes of names on the ballot and allows county clerks to design a horizontal or vertical ballot based on their own preference.

Ohio: The Senate passed a bill that would make it easier for the Ohio attorney general to reject a citizens’ proposed initiated statue or constitutional amendment at the beginning stages of the process to qualify for the ballot. House Bill 74 passed the Senate, 24 to 7, largely on partisan lines. It now returns to the House for concurrence on Senate changes. The bill began as a noncontroversial effort to change Ohio’s information technology policies. But in committee Tuesday, the bill was heavily altered. The bill now would rename the Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners to the Board of Voting Systems Examiners and add cyber security experts to the board; allow Ohioans to register to vote or update their registration electronically while at state Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices; and require county boards of elections to conduct post-election audits after every election, instead just general elections and primary elections held in even-numbered years. It also would allow the Ohio attorney general to review the title of any statewide initiative or referendum petition, in addition to its summary, as a fair and truthful statement of the proposal before the petitioners may begin collecting signatures, and provide the Ohio secretary of state broad powers to set security and integrity of ballots and voter registration systems used by county boards of elections.

Oklahoma: State Sen. Bill Coleman (R-Ponca City) wants to amend the state constitution to allow for recall elections at the state level. “The will of the people is something that should be taken very seriously,” he shared. His joint resolution concerns statewide offices and state representatives and senators. Recalls already exist at the local level in Oklahoma in certain cases, according to Sen. Coleman. He argued, “The people need to be involved, and the people will have the final say if this process goes through.” His proposal would just allow lawmakers to vote on whether a recall should take place amid public concern. Then, the issue would go to voters. State Rep. Mickey Dollens (D-Oklahoma City) supports the overall idea but asserted that voters should be able to get the process started too.

Texas: Lawmakers are reviving legislation that would require election officials to respond within set time frames to requests to explain “election irregularities” from certain party officials and election workers. If the complainants aren’t satisfied, the bill would let them take their requests to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, which would have to decide whether to investigate further and conduct an audit. State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican who authored the bill, said it will help clear up “any misunderstanding” about elections. But experts and local election officials said Texas already has policies in place that have increased election transparency and security. The bill, they said, could instead undermine voters’ trust if election officials have to prioritize an influx of meritless complaints. The measure would also add to the burdens on election officials who are already contending with a flood of public records requests, questions from residents worried about election integrity, and voter challenges, while also trying to comply with strict election deadlines set by state and federal laws, experts said. Bettencourt first filed a similar bill in 2021 and reintroduced it in 2023. Both times, it passed in the Senate but not the House. Senate Bill 505, which he filed last month, is identical to his 2023 legislation. The bill would allow candidates, county party chairs, election or alternate judges — election judges are tasked with supervising polling locations — and leaders of political action committees to request that election officials “provide an explanation to election irregularities or violations of the law and to provide supporting documentation” of such.

Washington: Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview has filed legislation that would create a new security camera grant program. Wilson filed two bills: Senate Bill 5010 to create the grant program and Senate Bill 5011 to update what’s written on ballot boxes. While seemingly minor, the proposal follows ballot tampering leading up to the Nov. 5 general election that destroyed hundreds of ballots. If approved, SB 5010 would direct the state to “create and administer” a grant program allowing county auditors and election officials to purchase and install cameras around ballot boxes. The bill is less than half a page long and straight to the point but fails to mention a financial impact. Creating a new grant program would require new revenue, whether through taxes or services; otherwise, the state would need to identify existing means to fund the cameras. Using existing revenue could mean pulling funding away from another priority, which may also raise issues. Wilson said the fiscal note would come later when the sponsors work with the secretary of state to develop the program, but that it would use existing revenue. He said it shouldn’t come with any “sticker shock” and expects a relatively low price for the benefit of enhanced election security.

Legal Updates

Arizona: U.S. District Court Judge Dominic Lanza has thrown out a lawsuit launched by Arizona Republicans claiming that the state is violating federal law by failing to clean up the state’s voter registration list, saying there is no legal grounds to sue. Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit earlier this year alleging that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ inaction violates the National Voter Registration Act. The trio claim that the Democrat has failed to purge over a million ineligible and unaccounted for voters from Arizona’s voter registration rolls, diluting their votes as eligible voters and costing the Arizona Republican Party time and resources on voter education and mobilization campaigns. Lanza dismissed the lawsuit, siding with Fontes’ argument that the Republicans don’t have sufficient standing to sue his office. Standing is established when a plaintiff suffers a concrete, specific injury, Lanza wrote, that presents an imminent threat and can be resolved by the court. Filing a lawsuit based on the claim that the government broke the law doesn’t constitute standing, and neither does challenging an action that the plaintiff disagrees with, he wrote. A recognizable right needs to have been violated for the court to weigh in on the matter. “…(A) citizen does not have standing to challenge a government regulation simply because the plaintiff believes that the government is acting illegally,” Lanza wrote, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year in an abortion case. “A citizen may not sue based on an asserted right to have the Government act in accordance with law. Nor may citizens sue merely because their legal objection is accompanied by a strong moral, ideological, or policy objection to a government action.” In his 19-page ruling, Lanza picked apart the theories presented by the three Republicans as proof that they have standing to sue Fontes, finding them all to be insufficient. In their lawsuit, Mussi, Swoboda and Gaynor alleged that their votes were being unfairly diluted by the vast number of votes potentially cast by ineligible voters.

California: California will appeal a judge’s decision to reject a state lawsuit over a measure allowing the city of Huntington Beach to require voter identification at the polls, officials said last week. State officials said they plan to continue to fight over the measure — passed by voters in March in the coastal city of 200,000 people — in the court of appeal. An Orange County Superior Court judge last month found it was too soon for the state to bring litigation over the local law, which allows the city to implement voter identification requirements in 2026. “With preparations for the 2026 elections beginning late next year, we want and need a state appellate court to weigh in expeditiously,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. Michael Gates, Huntington Beach’s city attorney, said he supports the court’s ruling and noted that the voting public supported the local measure. “Voter ID in Huntington Beach is the law of our land here, it’s our Constitutional right, and it’s here to stay – I will make sure of that,” Gates wrote in an email. The Huntington Beach measure also lets the city increase in-person voting sites and monitor ballot drop boxes in local elections.

Bruce Boyer, 63-year-old from Chatsworth, has been charged with four felony counts of perjury for submitting fictitious voter registration applications, according to Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko. Boyer made his first court appearance, and his arraignment was continued to January 17, 2025. He is accused of submitting four fraudulent voter registration forms to the County Registrar in the months leading up to the November 2024 election. Each form was handwritten, attempted to register fictitious characters to vote, included Boyer’s home address, and was signed under penalty of perjury. The case was investigated by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation after the Ventura County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Office flagged the voter registration forms as suspicious. Boyer was released on his own recognizance.

Losing Shasta Lake City Council candidate Dolores Lucero has sued the Shasta County  elections office, claiming it violated state law by letting two of her opponents in the race be included on the ballot. In her lawsuit, Lucero claimed that Janice Powell should not have been on the ballot because she had a conflict of interest as she was a member of the council and director of the Shasta Lake Chamber of Commerce. The lawsuit also said former Shasta Lake City Clerk Toni Coates violated a state law that prohibited her from serving on the council within a year of leaving her job with the city. “It was not a fair election because two people did not qualify,” Lucero said. Shasta County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Hanna ruled against Lucero’s request for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order preventing county Registrar of Voters Tom Toller from certifying the election.

Florida: Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject an appeal stemming from a move by state officials in 2022 to charge convicted felons with voter fraud. Lawyers in Moody’s office filed a brief December 4 arguing the Supreme Court should decline to take up an appeal by Terry Hubbard, who was one of 20 convicted felons accused of registering and voting when ineligible. Hubbard went to the Supreme Court in October after the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that charges against him should move forward. The dispute centers on whether the statewide prosecutor’s office had authority to file charges against Hubbard. A Broward County circuit judge dismissed the case because he said the alleged wrongdoing occurred in one judicial circuit and that the statewide prosecutor only had jurisdiction in cases involving multiple circuits. In the brief, Moody’s office argued, in part, that the statewide prosecutor had jurisdiction because the alleged voting crimes involved two judicial circuits. That is because Hubbard filled out voter-registration applications in Broward County and the information was transmitted to the Florida Department of State in Leon County. Broward County is in the 17th Judicial Circuit, while Leon County is in the 2nd Judicial Circuit. “His conduct formed part of a broader transaction that crossed circuit lines: By registering to vote, he triggered governmental action in the Seventeenth and Second Judicial Circuits,” the brief said. “By law, the Broward County Supervisor of Elections was required to transmit information from his voter-registration form to the secretary of state in Leon County, which then reviewed that information in Leon. Only then could Hubbard successfully vote in Broward. The Fourth District (Court of Appeal) therefore correctly found that Hubbard’s actions ‘occur[red] in both Broward and Leon County,’ implicating two judicial circuits. No more is required.” But a panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal in July overturned that ruling, and the full appeals court later declined a request for a rehearing.

Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean filed a lawsuit on December 5 asking a judge to order Orange County to release funding for his office immediately. County commissioners voted on last week to freeze the disbursements until Gilzean provided financial records about his office’s spending. “They have illegally withheld the funds to this office and they have been lying to the public all along,” Gilzean said after that county meeting and vote on Tuesday. The supervisor followed through with his promise to sue the county. The lawsuit claims the county “does not have the discretion to withhold funds once budget has been approved,” and the move would “result in delayed payment to hard working government employees and contractors — in the middle of the holiday season.” Comptroller Phil Diamond, who’s doing an audit of the supervisor’s office, sent Gilzean a letter Thursday asking whether he has enough cash to pay his workers. The letter claims that records show more than $4 million in the bank, while payroll is about $250,000 every two weeks. Gilzean’s lawsuit is asking a judge to issue an emergency order to make the county send the funding right away.

Illinois: Evanston resident David Melton and his nonprofit advocacy organization Reform for Illinois will appeal a ruling by the Cook County Circuit Court that effectively blocked ranked choice voting in Evanston. In a decision last month, Judge Maureen Ward Kirby dismissed an injunction that would have required Cook County Clerk Cedric Giles to implement ranked choice voting in Evanston, despite the voting system not being one of the systems approved by the Illinois Board of Elections. Kirby ruled that under ISBE rules and the Illinois Constitution, Giles cannot legally use voting machines that are not approved, regardless of Evanston’s home rule status.  This week, RFI said it is appealing the decision to give local municipalities the right to implement the voting system should they so choose. “We’re appealing because we disagree with this ruling, which has far-reaching implications beyond Evanston and ranked-choice voting,” Reform for Illinois Executive Director Alisa Kaplan said. “Illinois residents have a right to determine how they will be governed.”

Georgia: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force the county to hire Republican poll workers for last month’s general election. The county hired 23 of 61 election workers recommended by the party. But in a lawsuit, the Republican Party argued that state law required Fulton to hire all of the workers. Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer rejected that argument before the election. He ruled that state law does not give political parties priority when counties hire election workers. The lawsuit was still pending. But on December 4, Judge Robert McBurney dismissed it “for want of prosecution” after attorneys for the Republican Party failed to appear at a status conference on the case earlier in the week.

Michigan: Judge Joseph C. Oster threw out felony charges against two poll workers accused of allegedly helping voters vote more than once in the August primary. Oster dismissed charges against Patricia Guciardo and Emily McClintock, who were both poll workers in St. Clair Shores. Both faced multiple years in prison for allegedly allowing the voters to cast ballots after they’d already voted in the election and for falsifying election records. But, according to Votebeat, Guciardo’s and McClintock’s cases aren’t necessarily done. Danny Wimmer, a spokesperson for Attorney General Dana Nessel, said Tuesday that the AG’s office is “exploring its appellate options concerning the dismissals.” “The Department of Attorney General takes very seriously cases of election fraud, and will attempt to hold accountable all individuals criminally responsible for these instances of double voting in St. Clair Shores,” Wimmer wrote in an email. St. Clair Shores Clerk Abby Barrett told Votebeat that she was relieved for the workers who had charges dismissed. “This sets the precedent that people should not be afraid to work the elections,” Barrett told Votebeat. “We will support our people.”

New Jersey: Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Pedro J. Jimenez Jr. has ordered a recount in last month’s borough council race in which four candidates vying for two seats were separated by less than 50 votes. Jimenez Jr. ordered that the voting machines used in the election will be opened at noon Wednesday, Dec. 11, and recounted by hand. The request for a recount was made by candidate Tracey Madigan on Nov. 25. Madigan’s petition for a recount says errors may have been made by the optical scanners in reading the vote-by-mail and provisional ballots. No objection was raised by any of the candidates for a recount.

North Carolina: The North Carolina Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit December 6 to stop the State Board of Elections from erasing votes as Republican candidates want. Democrats said in the lawsuit that it is unconstitutional and against federal law for the state Board of Elections to toss bundles of votes cast by categories of voters.  Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin is trailing incumbent Democratic Supreme Court Justice in the Supreme Court race by 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast. The margin remained at 734 after a first recount.  Griffin is protesting more than 60,000 ballots, including ballots cast by people who his campaign says did not include a driver’s license number or partial Social Security number on their voter registration forms; overseas voters who have never lived in North Carolina but whose parents were eligible voters in the state before they moved; and ballots from overseas and military voters who did not include photo ID. Three Republican legislative candidates are protesting ballots based on the same arguments.

Virginia: A panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled December 5 that a pair of disenfranchised felon voters can pursue a lawsuit against Virginia officials for violating a Reconstruction-era federal law. Writing for the panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Toby Heytens found that several Virginia officials do not enjoy 11th Amendment immunity from claims under the Virginia Readmission Act of 1870, which restored federal representation for the Confederate commonwealth after the Civil War. Heytens, a Joe Biden appointee, determined the plaintiffs have a right to sue under the Ex Parte Young doctrine, which permits lawsuits to be brought against state officials even when the state itself is immune to the claims. The Virginia Readmission Act, which prohibits the commonwealth from barring citizens from registering to vote except for certain felony convictions, is a federal law, Heytens wrote, which meant the federal courts had authority to enforce it. The panel determined two defendants, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of the Commonwealth Kelly Gee, should be dismissed from the case, however. Heytens wrote the officials had the power to restore voting rights but no role in administering the rules restricting voter eligibility, which meant they were not responsible for the claimed violations. “If King and Johnson are right that their disenfranchisement was unlawful from the start, they have no need to ask the governor or the secretary to restore their voting rights because those rights were never validly taken away in the first place,” Heytens wrote.

Wyoming: Felony charges for allegedly intimidating election officials have been dropped by the court in the case of Joshua Hayden-Ali, known to local store owners as “Wisdom.” The original charge could have been punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine. The case was dismissed Monday by Judge Peter Froelicher with the option of being refiled in circuit court without the felony charge after a request from Laramie County Assistant District Attorney Steven McManamen. Additionally, Hayden-Ali faced two misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and breach of peace for disturbing an election center from which he was already trespassed. On Aug. 6, Hayden-Ali entered the Laramie County Governmental Complex, allegedly disrupting an election site and tearing up election materials. As of June 29, 2023, Hayden-Ali had been trespassed from the courthouse until 2033, meaning he cannot legally be in the courthouse unless he is there for official business, due to several previous incidents of disruptive and threatening behavior. In order to prosecute the felony charges, the prosecutor would have had to show that Hayden-Ali was making an effort to interfere with the election process. McManamen filed a single-count misdemeanor charge for criminal entry in Circuit Court, which is punishable by up to six months in jail and/or $750 in fines. Hayden-Ali’s initial appearance on the new charge is scheduled for Jan. 7.

Opinions This Week

National Opinions: Ranked choice voting, II | Uniform election standards | Voting rights | 

Arizona: Voting system 

California: San Bernardino County | Poll workers | Election lies

Colorado: Secretary of state

Iowa: Election integrity 

Maine: Primary reform 

North Carolina: Lame duck legislation | Recount 

Ohio: Election observation

Oregon: Ranked choice voting

Pennsylvania: Poll workers

Tennessee: Consolidated elections

Texas: Dallas County

Upcoming Events

Administering the 2024 Election: Join the National Association of Counties (NACo) for Administering the 2024 Election: County Roles, Intergovernmental Partnerships and Lessons Learned at NACo HQ. When: December 17, 9-11am Eastern. Where: Washington, DC.

Joint Election Officials Liaison Conference (JEOLC): Save the date! Notional agenda and information on CERA class offerings coming soon. When: Jan. 8-12, 2025. Where: Arlington, Virginia. 

EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee 2024 Annual Meeting: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) will hold its annual meeting on January 14, 2025, at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in Rockville, Maryland. The TGDC is composed of 14 members appointed jointly by EAC and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The meeting will include updates on the EAC Testing and Certification Program, the NIST Voting Program, and more from the 2024 fiscal year. When: January 14, 9am to 5pm Eastern. Where: Rockville, Md. 

Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project Information and Misinformation in Elections 2025 Conference: We plan a two-day conference at the California Institute of Technology on January 16-17, 2025, to discuss research regarding information and misinformation in the 2024 U.S. elections.  Research topics may include how campaigns used innovative new approaches to target and persuade voters, how social media influenced voters, what the electorate knew (or did not know) about the candidates and issues, misinformation in the election, election rumors and denialism, rhetoric about election integrity, disinformation dissemination and impact on the election, and conspiracy theories regarding the candidates and the administration of the election. While we will likely focus on research from social sciences and computer science, we welcome research from all disciplines and methodologies.  Our main focus will be on the 2024 U.S. elections, but we welcome research proposals from previous elections or elections in other nations. When: January 16-17, 2025. Where: Pasadena, California.

Job Postings This Week

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Campaign Manager/Director, Supreme Court Reform– The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice. We work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all. The Brennan Center’s work ranges from voting rights to court reform, from ending mass incarceration to preserving constitutional protections in the fight against terrorism. Part think tank, part advocacy group, part cutting-edge communications hub, we start with rigorous research. We craft innovative policies. And we fight for them — in the courts, in Congress and the states, and in the court of public opinion.The Brennan Center’s Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court was established in 2024 to advocate for reform of the Supreme Court to prevent ethical abuses, reduce partisanship and extremism, and ensure that the Court plays a more  balanced and appropriate role in our constitutional democracy. Building on the Brennan Center’s long-standing work, including in support of Supreme Court term limits and ethics reform, the Kohlberg Center promotes research and policy development, pursues policy advocacy, and engages in broad public education. Salary: $90,000-$140,000. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

City Clerk, Vernon California– The City Clerk position plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates all activities of the City Clerk’s Office related to Council meetings, City elections, and public records in accordance with applicable laws, codes, policies, and procedures. The City Clerk oversees two full-time staff members: the Deputy City Clerk and Clerk Specialist. This position maintains the City Municipal Code, certifies City documents, and attests to proper execution of all public documents. The City is seeking a detail oriented, thorough, and responsive candidate to serve as the next City Clerk. The ideal candidate is politically astute with excellent customer service. A team player who is approachable and engaged will do well in this role. The next City Clerk must have the ability to research, review, correct, and maintain complex and extensive public records; monitor the City’s compliance with all laws, regulations, and rules; encourage civic engagement; and assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands. Salary: $189,584 – $230,441. Deadline: January 12, 2025. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Communications Specialist, The Center for Election Innovation and Research– CEIR is seeking a dedicated and experienced Communications Specialist to join our team. The Communications Specialist will play a crucial role in shaping and executing our communication strategies to enhance our visibility, engage our stakeholders, and promote our mission. This position will work closely with the Executive Director and other team members to develop compelling narratives, manage media relations, and oversee digital and print communications. Key Responsibilities: Assist in the development and implementation of a comprehensive communications strategy that aligns with CEIR’s goals and objectives; Create and edit high-quality content for various platforms, including press releases, newsletters, social media, website, and print media; Manage media relations, including building and maintaining relationships with journalists, responding to media inquiries, and coordinating press events; Oversee the organization’s social media presence, ensuring consistent messaging and engagement with followers; Collaborate with program staff to highlight key initiatives and success stories through effective storytelling; Monitor and analyze communication metrics to assess the effectiveness of strategies and make data-driven recommendations for improvement; Support fundraising efforts through the development of communication materials that resonate with donors and stakeholders; Assist in crisis communication planning and response as needed; [In the future] supervise and mentor communications staff and interns, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment. Salary Range: $65,000-95,000. Deadline: December 20. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Deputy County Clerk, III, Boone County, Missouri– This position provides general supervision in the voter registration department, manages the recruitment, training, payroll, and assignment of election judges for polling places and early voting in Boone County, and provides election information to the public. Join the Boone County team and Make a Difference! Boone County Government offers a competitive benefits package that includes comprehensive health/dental/vision insurance on day one (with options for medical/dental with NO employee premium!), a pension plan, two matching deferred compensation plans, 14 paid holidays, generous sick and vacation leave, and no-cost disability and life insurance options. Boone County is a Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness qualifying employer. Visit our website and apply at: www.showmeboone.com/HR. Columbia, MO is a thriving college town and the cultural hub of mid-Missouri, hosting popular events such as the True/False Film Festival and the Roots N Blues BBQ Festival and a diverse art, music, and restaurant scene. Columbia is the fourth most populous and fastest-growing city in Missouri with an estimated 126,254 residents in 2020. Resting upon the forested hills and rolling prairies of Mid-Missouri near the Missouri River valley, outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the surrounding Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Mark Twain National Forest, and Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, in addition to hiking over 278 miles of our local trails! Many popular destinations are a short drive away, including the Capitol of Jefferson City, the Lake of the Ozarks, Saint Louis, and Kansas City all within a two-hour drive or less. Salary: $18.04 – $27.06 per hour. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here.

Deputy Director (Democrat), St. Louis County, Missouri– The St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners (Election Board) seeks a highly qualified and motivated individual to fill the role of Democratic Deputy Director. The Election Board is the largest election authority in Missouri with nearly 750,000 registered voters and has a reputation for innovation. The Deputy Director plays an integral role in not only leading the organization but also planning strategically for the organization’s future. This key position will work under the supervision of the Democratic Director and work closely with the Republican Director and Deputy Director while also supervising a number of important functions within the Election Board. The ideal candidate must have a passion for efficient and competent public administration, knowledge of election administration, and a commitment to working in a bipartisan manner with all employees and the public. Salary: $100,000-$120,000 annually. Deadline: December 16. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here.

Development Specialist, The Center for Election Innovation & Research– CEIR is seeking a dedicated and experienced Development Specialist to join our team. This role will lead our fundraising and development initiatives, building robust systems to sustain and expand our vital work in election administration and research. The ideal candidate brings demonstrated success in nonprofit fundraising, expertise in modern development tools and strategies, and a commitment to nonpartisan democratic institutions. Key Responsibilities: Develop and implement comprehensive, forward-looking fundraising strategies aligned with CEIR’s mission and growth objectives, in partnership with the Executive Director and senior staff; Establish and optimize development infrastructure including; Donor engagement and stewardship; Gift processing and acknowledgement; Performance metrics and reporting framework; Database management and constituent records; Manage the full grant lifecycle, from prospect research through proposal development and reporting; Leverage Bloomerang CRM to maintain detailed constituent records and analyze giving patterns to inform strategy; Create compelling fundraising materials and impact reports for diverse audiences; Lead individual giving campaigns and special appeals in collaboration with CEIR staff and outside contractors; and Support Executive Director in donor development, solicitation, and stewardship for major gift and institutional donors to maximize his efficacy. Salary Range: $65,000-85,000. Deadline: December 20. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Elections Manager, Boone County, Missouri– Provides supervision of office personnel; assigns work, trains, and reviews work; organizes schedules and election calendars; administers all aspects of election activities including Election Day voting, no excuse absentee voting, voter registration, and daily election processes. Prepares the layouts for the ballots and public notices; proofs the ballot to ensure complete accuracy; programs and tests ballot counting equipment; oversees printing and final proofing of the ballot. Reviews election policies and procedures and makes recommendations on improvements or changes, including changes due to new legislation or regulations. Assists media and public with general election questions and information. Develops and maintains office procedures concerning all aspects of voter registration and election administration; sorts and prints all computer-generated election related materials; inventories and purchases office supplies. Salary: $58,531 – $73,174 per year.  Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Election Judge Supervisor, Boone County, Missouri – This position provides general supervision in the voter registration department, manages the recruitment, training, payroll, and assignment of election judges for polling places and early voting in Boone County, and provides election information to the public. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree, preferably with concentration in English, history, or political science; or equivalent combination of education and experience; demonstrated interest in local government; and previous supervisory/managerial experience. Strong interpersonal skills and familiarity with computer software programs. Registered voter of Boone County or become registered within 60 days of hire. Salary Range: $18.04 – $27.06 per hour. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Elections Operation Manager, Boone County, Missouri– This position is responsible for the inventory and maintenance of voting equipment and warehouse operations, including polling place support and supervision of temporary workers. Join the Boone County team and Make a Difference! Boone County Government offers a competitive benefits package that includes comprehensive health/dental/vision insurance on day one (with options for medical/dental with NO employee premium!), a pension plan, two matching deferred compensation plans, 14 paid holidays, generous sick and vacation leave, and no-cost disability and life insurance options. Boone County is a Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness qualifying employer. Visit our website and apply at: www.showmeboone.com/HR. Columbia, MO is a thriving college town and the cultural hub of mid-Missouri, hosting popular events such as the True/False Film Festival and the Roots N Blues BBQ Festival and a diverse art, music, and restaurant scene. Columbia is the fourth most populous and fastest-growing city in Missouri with an estimated 126,254 residents in 2020. Resting upon the forested hills and rolling prairies of Mid-Missouri near the Missouri River valley, outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the surrounding Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Mark Twain National Forest, and Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, in addition to hiking over 278 miles of our local trails! Many popular destinations are a short drive away, including the Capitol of Jefferson City, the Lake of the Ozarks, Saint Louis, and Kansas City all within a two-hour drive or less. Salary: $20.92 – $31.38 per hour.  Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Election Specialist, Candidate Services, Palm Beach County, Florida– This position is responsible for the management and execution of services provided to candidates, political committees, electioneering communication organizations, political parties, community development districts, and special taxing districts. This includes establishing and maintaining an organized system for managing the required forms and records associated with filing and qualifying for office, candidate petitions, campaign finance reporting, financial disclosures, initiative petitions, and other related activities. Candidate Services staff must be organized and personable with a great attitude, be able to work well in a team environment, and meet deadlines under pressure. Excellent work ethic, including consistent performance, integrity, reliability, and attendance, is a must. Must be detail-oriented, be able to handle simultaneous projects, and be a self-starter. Salary: $21.63 – $24.04. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Fiscal and Procurement Specialist, Illinois State Board of Elections– Functions as staff assistant to the Accounting Manager and Procurement Specialist, performs complex administrative duties regarding the procurement of goods and the execution of contracts, intergovernmental agreements and related documents for the SBE in accordance with the Procurement Code, policy, procedures and regulations of State mandate, administrative rule, and/or applicable Statewide procurement policies. Performs highly responsible administrative functions in support of the Agency’s fiscal, financial recording and analysis operations.  Performs clerical and technical duties relating to processing the Board’s expenditures, receipts, and maintaining the property management records. Responsible for processing grant obligations: finalizes all new grant obligations in SRM; responsible for processing modifications and amendments for all grants; monitors and maintains the obligation balances; prepares reports on as needed basis. Responsible for all small purchases of goods and services (under $20,000): prepares, reviews and approves internal Requests for Purchase and other requisition documents; solicits quotes, when needed, and contacts vendors to place orders for goods and services; responsible for adhering to applicable laws, rules, policies and procedures; researches and develops procurement solicitation documents (Requisitions, Bids, RFPs, IFBs, Purchase Orders, etc.) for applicable procurements. Assists in a variety of complex, statewide, accounting work necessary to maintain the fiscal and support programs of the Board. Independently reviews, analyzes, and processes invoices and travel vouchers received for the Board; audits vendor invoices and travel vouchers for accuracy; compares invoice data to financial records and statements; identifies discrepancies and post adjustment entries into Systems Applications & Products (SAP); posts invoices to SAP and provides accounting assistance to vendors with issues with invoices.Responsible for maintaining property records for the Board; determines and issues the proper property tag needed for all equipment Requests for Purchase; properly and accurately posts all equipment additions in the Systems Applications & Products (SAP); maintains agency compliance with the Property Control Act, CMS rules and regulations, and Board policies. Assists in compiling fiscal data as needed for reporting. Responsible for drafting letters, memos, and other correspondence for the Accounting Manager and CFO; makes recommendations to the Accounting Manager relative to the fiscal or operational impacts of existing or proposed agency programs. Performs other duties as assigned or required, which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above. Salary: $4,584 – $5,417/month. Deadline: December 18.  Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here.   

IT Assistant Manager, Palm Beach County, Florida– The Assistant IT Manager plays a supportive role in the smooth operation of the IT department, ensuring that both the technical infrastructure and the team are aligned with the organization’s goals. This position involves collaborating closely with the Election Technology Director to oversee the implementation of technology solutions that meet the needs of the organization. The Assistant IT Manager helps maintain an efficient and effective IT environment. Oversee daily operations of the IT department, including help desk operations and performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring efficient workflow. Hold department meetings and provide weekly performance summary. Manage IT projects under the direction of the Election Technology Director, ensuring timely completion, budget requirements, and organizational needs. Enforce IT policies and procedures to ensure data security, network access, and system availability. Assist in the management of IT staff by developing skills, coaching, and communicating job expectations. Coordinate vendor renewals, assist with IT budget development, and manage grant applications. Evaluate and assist in maintaining the organization’s disaster recovery and business continuity plans for IT. Assist with IT Public Records requests research and fulfillment. Assist the Election Technology Director in all facets of IT operations. Lead projects and mentor team members. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here.

New Hampshire Customer Success Representative, Voting Works– The Customer Success Representative will work under the Head of Customer Success to ensure the success of all VotingWorks customers with a special focus on New Hampshire customers by maintaining customer support systems, providing remote and in-person technical support, conducting training, and providing product feedback to the hardware and software teams. If you consider yourself a solution-driven or process person with strong election administration experience, with a knack for teaching, troubleshooting, and supporting election officials, this position is for you. The ideal candidate will have a strong election administration and technical background and an interest in supporting election officials. They will be able to build trust with customers. Salary: $56-80,000. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Physical Security Specialist, Palm Beach County, Florida– This position is responsible for administration of the physical security programs in a manner consistent with Supervisor of Elections Office policies, procedures, quality standards, and applicable local, state, and federal regulations. These programs include conducting facility security risk assessments, assisting with access control, monitoring alarms and CCTV systems, and providing security related training. Must be organized and personable with a great attitude, be able to work well in a team environment, and meet deadlines under pressure. Excellent work ethic, including consistent performance, integrity, reliability, and attendance, is a must. Candidate must be detail-oriented and understand the importance of security and safety for all. Must be available 24/7 365, be able to handle simultaneous projects, and be a self-starter. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here.

Policy and Compliance Senior Strategic Advisor, Denver, Colorado– The Office of the Clerk and Recorder is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated in-person Policy and Compliance Senior Strategic Advisor appointee. This position is collecting applications for this role, however, this is an at will appointed position by Honorary Clerk and Recorder Paul Lopez. Join our team of dedicated public servants in supporting residents across a variety of critical city and county functions. The job duties of the Policy and Compliance Senior Strategic Advisor appointee include: Interpret Denver and Colorado law to advise the Denver Office of the Clerk and Recorder and the Elected Clerk and Recorder and executive management team on compliance issues related to their duties and the functions of the office. Compliance oversight will include elections, lobbying, campaign finance and ethics disclosure among others; Draft legislation and administrative rules at the direction of the Clerk and Recorder; Oversee and serve as the Clerk and Recorder’s legislative liaison to the Colorado General Assembly; Conduct research for policy determinations as directed by the Clerk and Recorder; Meet with stakeholders and members of the community to achieve the Clerk’s policy goals; Conduct comparative research and keep track of court cases; Represent the Clerk and Recorder on inter-agency and inter-governmental commissions, etc.; Build strategic relationships for the Clerk and Recorder’s Office with other governmental entities, including the Colorado County Clerks’ Association; Coordinate with the City Attorney’s office to determine the Clerk’s legal strategy for litigation. Deadline: December 29, Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Senior Subject Matter Expert, U.S. Election Assistance Commission– HAVA was enacted to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch-card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist States with the administration of Federal elections, to otherwise assist with the administration of certain Federal election laws and programs, and to establish voluntary voting system guidelines and guidance for States and units of local government with responsibility for the administration of Federal elections. EAC serves as a national clearinghouse and resource for information concerning the administration of Federal elections. The incumbent is responsible for creating EAC clearinghouse material to assist Election Officials, Voters, and other stakeholders with best practices, white papers, tools, data, training materials, instructions, and any additional information that would be helpful to election administrators to assist with the administration of elections. The incumbent will provide expert guidance regarding election administration that touches all facets of the agency to serve EAC stakeholders. The agency is filling multiple positions with this vacancy. Salary: $99,200 – $133,692 per year (compensation will reflect candidate’s locality).  Deadline: December 20. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

State Administrative Manager 15 – Litigation and Enforcement Manager, Michigan Dept. of State – This position serves as the manager of the Bureau of Elections Litigation and Enforcement Section. This section coordinates and conducts enforcement actions under Michigan Election Law, Michigan Campaign Finance Act, Michigan Lobbyist Registration Act, and other laws the Bureau is responsible for administering. The section also works with the Department of Attorney General on litigation in cases where the Director of Elections, Bureau of Elections or Board of State Canvassers are involved. Salary:  $93,681.00 – $134,751.00 Annually. Deadline: December 22. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

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