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Election News This Week

Federal Update: Posting on this Truth Social account, President Donald Trump has called for a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election, which he lost. Despite numerous lawsuits from the Trump campaign in the wake of his 2020 election loss, no evidence of any mass voter fraud schemes that had any impact on the election has emerged. The president falsely claimed on his Truth Social platform that he won the 2020 election in “LANDSLIDE!” and that the election “was a total FRAUD!” “A Special Prosecutor must be appointed,” Trump wrote. “This cannot be allowed to happen again in the United States of America! Let the work begin!” A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment on Trump’s call for a special prosecutor. Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in December that he wouldn’t direct the Justice Department to look back at the 2020 election, despite his repeated false assertions that it was marred by fraud. According to a report in CyberScoop, last month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services quietly announced that a federal database typically used for naturalized citizens to seek benefits had been repurposed as a tool to check state voter registration systems for signs of noncitizens. Further changes announced by the agency in May will allow states to run searches using Social Security numbers and conduct bulk searches. The explicit purpose of these modifications, as USCIS spokesperson Matthew Tragesser put it in a statement, is to “help identify and stop aliens from hijacking our elections.” A provision in the Trump and Republicans’ tax and immigration legislation would force the government to undo billions of dollars in electric-vehicle investments made by the U.S. Postal Service, dealing the agency a sharp financial setback. “It will cost the Postal Service $1.5 billion of funds that we desperately need in order to serve the American people, and it will seriously cripple our ability to replace an aging and obsolete delivery fleet,” Peter Pastre, the Postal Service’s vice president for government relations and public policy, wrote to senators this month.. “We urge the Senate and the committee to pause and consider the substantial harm this proposal would cause to the Postal Service and our customers, your constituents.”

Ballot News: This week, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced his latest effort to improve the security of his state’s elections — new security emblems that will be attached to all ballots starting next year. In a press release, Allen said the emblems are invisible to the human eye and can only be detected by specialized equipment provided to election administrators in each of Alabama’s 67 counties. According to his office, it will be the first in the nation to use the technology. As a further security measure, the placement and design of the emblems will change with each election cycle, according to the press release. And in Texas, two counties–Collin and Williamson–announced that they will be returning to hand-marked paper ballots. Collin County will spend roughly $2.3 million on implementing the new hand-marked Ballot on Demand system in time for the November election. Williamson County will spend about $1.4 million to implement the ES&S paper ballot system in time for November 2025. 

News from North Carolina: The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously this week to begin contacting voters whose records lack a driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number.  Election officials will send mailers to about 200,000 voters asking them to provide information missing from their state registration records. The move seeks to address a Republican concern raised during a protracted legal fight over a state Supreme Court seat and a recent U.S. Justice Department lawsuit. Sam Hayes, the board’s new executive director, told board members that the department had “tentatively signed off” on the plan, which involves sending up to three mailers to voters that will include a self-addressed, postage-prepaid return envelope with a form for collecting the information. “The goal here is to obtain that information as efficiently as possible and satisfy the outstanding litigation here and, of course, comport with federal law,” Hayes said. Also this week, North Carolina’s elections shakeup extended to all 100 counties as local boards flipped from Democratic to GOP control and State Auditor Dave Boliek appointed Republican chairs to lead them. Greg Flynn was a Democratic member of the Wake County board who was not reappointed this week. Flynn told NC Newsline  in his years on the Wake board, most of its votes were unanimous and members “worked together pretty well.” The change “I think will have a big effect on early voting site decisions,” he said. 

And the Emmy Goes To: Congratulations to Neil Makhija, Montgomery County Pennsylvania  Commissioner and Chair of the Board of Elections for winning a News & Documentary Emmy for his role as creative director on the “You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here’s the Truth.” from The New York Times Opinion section. The 6-minute short, which was nominated for a couple awards won for Outstanding Graphic Design – News. Back when the short was nominated, Makhija wrote this on Instagram: “Stunned to hear this week that my opinion video — ‘You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here’s the Truth’ — has been nominated for two 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards! We made this short film during the last presidential election to cut through the noise and bring clarity to one of the most persistent myths about our democracy. It was published by the New York Times Opinion. Always proud to stand up for truth — and for a democracy that’s grounded in facts.” Congratulations Neil! We think you may be the first election official to win an Emmy! [And shout out to Andrew Arenge with UPenn who was streaming the Emmy ceremony last night and gave us the tip!]

Podcast News: In the latest episode of High Turnout Wide Margins, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Barbara Smith Warner, the current executive director of the National Vote at Home Institute, a national organization working to “increase voters’ access to, use of and confidence in voting at home.” They spoke about how local election administrators can best work to inform state legislators about election administration, as well as about the resources the National Vote at Home Institute has for election administrators across the country – both those in universal vote from home states and those in states with more limits on ballot access. In the latest episode of The Voting Booth from the American Enterprise, co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Jay Phelps, Director of the Election Supporting Technology Evaluation Program at the United States Election Assistance Commission. 

The Art of Voting: Lee County, Florida  Supervisor of Elections Tommy Doyle recently announced the  winners of the 8th Annual Arts Vote Contest: Best Artwork: Anabella Novellino — Cypress Lake High School; Most Original Artwork: Quinnlyn Campbell — Cypress Lake High School; and Most Creative Artwork: Elliot Barroso — North Fort Myers High School. The Lee County Elections Arts Vote contest showcases the artistic talent of local high school students and provides a platform for them to express their creativity while promoting voter participation and civic engagement. “My staff and I are continually inspired by the ways in which students channel their creativity to express their voices,” said Doyle. “We’re proud to acknowledge their talents and to foster a lifelong voting habit.” Lee County Elections awarded the winning school and students certificates of appreciation and gift cards for their contributions. The recipient of the Best Artwork category received a $100 gift card, while the Most Original and Most Creative category recipients each received a $75 gift card. As the winning school for Best Artwork, Cypress Lake High School was awarded a $500 check to further support the arts. The 2024-2025 contest began on Nov. 5, 2024, and ended on March 28, 2025. This year, all Lee County art schools were invited to participate. Supervisor Doyle and staff selected the winners from nine entries: four from Cypress Lake High School, four from North Fort Myers High School, and one from East Lee County High School.

Personnel News: Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced his re-election bid.  K.V. “Ginger” Aldrich is stepping down as the Yellowstone County, Montana administrator of elections. Fran Green will remain the Bradley County, Tennessee election administrator for the coming year. Morris Kelly has been appointed to the Fayette County, Georgia board of elections. Wendy Bogusz is the new Montague, Massachusetts clerk. Sherri White-Williamson has stepped down as the Sampson County, North Carolina board of elections chairperson. Kim Caudill is stepping down as the Wilkes County, North Carolina board of elections director. Bryan Norris of Batesville has announced his candidacy for Arkansas secretary of state. Angel Perez has joined the Caroline County, Maryland board of elections. Gary Brown was honored by the Surry County, North Carolina board of commissioners for 50 years of service with the board of elections. Matt Morales has been appointed registrar of voters for Santa Clara County, California. Beth Boyce has been appointed to the Indiana election commission. Okaloosa County, Florida Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux has been named chairperson of the EI-ISAC. TeAnna McKinney is retiring as the McMinn County, Tennessee administrator of elections. Bridgett Pritchard is the new McMinn County, Tennessee administrator of elections. Nikki Wilkinson has been named the new deputy director of the Columbiana County, Ohio board of elections. Congratulations to Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey for being named Washington Auditor of the Year. Congratulations to Knox County Clerk David Shelton for being named Indiana county clerk of the year.

New Research and Resources

EAVS Report: As part of the Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) data collection project, the EAC published the report “The History, Evolution, and Future Directions of the Election Administration and Voting Survey.”  

This report provides a retrospective on the history of the EAVS project. It explains:  

• The reasons for this data collection, 
• Changes in survey questions and data collection methods over time, 
• Uses of the project data, and 
• Future prospects for EAVS. 

This in-depth review of all previous EAVS reports and data shows how the EAC has developed the EAVS to be the most comprehensive source of data on U.S. elections, significantly contributing to the enhancement of election administration practices across the nation. 

In addition, the EAC published time series data files that include data from 2004 to 2022 for the EAVS and Policy Survey. This allows users to explore election changes  and better understand how election administration in the United States has evolved over two decades. These files can be viewed here. 

How Elections Work: Helping America Vote: Election Administration in the United States offers a clear, accessible overview of how elections are run across the country. Developed by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and the National Conference of State Legislatures, this comprehensive resource walks readers through every phase of the electoral process – from registering voters and designing ballots to counting votes and certifying results.

With insights from experienced election officials and grounded in nonpartisan research, the guide explores the variety and complexity inherent to America’s decentralized election system. Whether you’re a policymaker, journalist, election official, or an engaged voter, this resource provides essential context and practical knowledge to better understand how our democracy functions at every level.

Accessibility News: The Bipartisan Policy Center has a new blog post that highlights the Protection and Advocacy system, a system of state-based nonprofits congressionally mandated to provide services to people with disabilities. Among the programs they run is the Protection and Advocacy for Voting Accessibility (PAVA) program, which was created by HAVA to ensure Americans with disabilities can fully participate in the electoral process. Under PAVA, protection and advocacy organizations engage in work including:

• Working with state and local election officials to ensure elections are accessible to voters with disabilities (see the Wisconsin Election Commission’s 2020 Clearie for an example)
• Monitoring polling place and ballot drop box accessibility
• Educating policymakers on how laws and policies impact voters with disabilities

The President’s budget request asks Congress to eliminate the PAVA program as part of the proposed reorganization of HHS. 

Democracy 101: As state legislative sessions conclude across the country, the Movement Advancement Project closes its Democracy 101 series with a wrap up of this year’s emerging trends in election and voting-related legislation. The policies detailed in this series are among the 50+ laws they track in real time with our Democracy Maps. Their analysis also points out the glaring ways in which many of these policies threaten to disenfranchise already marginalized groups of voters. While unnecessary barriers to the ballot box negatively impact all voters, the effects are particularly severe for voters of color, transgender voters, low-income voters, elderly and rural voters, and young voters. As we mark the 12th anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder decision, which gutted the heart of the Voting Rights Act, MAP highlights key policy areas in 2025 that prevent many communities from fully participating in our democracy:

• Recent efforts at the federal level, including the President’s executive order on elections and the passage of the SAVE Act in the House, threaten to upend the delicate balance between federal vs. state control over elections.
• Voter ID laws continue to be a focus for policymakers today; however, the motivation for these deliberately restrictive policies can be placed in the historical context of voter suppression in America that goes back much further.
• Proof of citizenship requirements have emerged in response to false claims of noncitizen voting, threatening to disenfranchise millions of otherwise eligible voters.
• While voter list maintenance is an essential component of our election system, many states have recently begun adopting overly aggressive and flawed policies which result in “purges” that can disenfranchise otherwise eligible voters.
• As voters are no longer able to count on the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), state Voting Rights Acts are being implemented to protect vulnerable populations from losing the most crucial and effective parts of the federal VRA.

Ballot Measures, Legislation & Rulemaking

Fairbanks, Alaska: Absentee ballots could become due on Election Day in Fairbanks North Star Borough elections if the Assembly votes in favor of an ordinance being sponsored by Barbara Haney. Currently, mailed-in absentee ballots must be received by the borough by the Tuesday after Election Day, a system which Haney says many in the community view with suspicion. “A lot of people have felt that this extended waiting after the election, to wait for all the ballots to come in, some people think that that seems kind of hinky. I’ve never had a problem with that, but there’s a lot of people who do, so I think this would add a lot of integrity to the process,” she argued. While alleviating these suspicions, the ordinance, according to Haney, would allow the Canvass Board to finish their work determining the eligibility of votes sooner. Voters who vote absentee in-person or via email would not be affected by the ordinance, as the process for completing those ballots takes place before or during Election Day already. The ordinance would also prohibit borough elections from running solely by mail. It would require witness signatures on absentee ballots to be accompanied by the witness’ printed name.

Arkansas Rulemaking: The State Board of Election Commissioners decertified all three members of the Searcy County Election Commission last week over allegations the commission accepted an equipment donation in violation of state rules. The decertification means the election commissioners cannot work in any official election capacity for 14 years. The State Board of Election Commissioners, per its rules, did not identify Searcy County or the election officials by name as it reviewed 10 possible violations of state election law and regulations, but election commissioners from Searcy County attended the meeting and confirmed afterward they were the subject of the board’s actions. Searcy County was the only county to count ballots by hand last year. The county’s election officials used audio-visual equipment donated by the Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative to help observers monitor the vote counting. The nonprofit Voter Integrity Initiative unsuccessfully sued the state last year to get approval of a ballot measure that would require all elections in Arkansas to be conducted by hand-counted paper ballots. The state election board sanctioned Searcy County last October over issues involved in its hand count during the March 2024 primaries.

California: Sen. Tom Umberg has introduced legislation to prohibit individuals from offering big cash incentives to turn out voters in hotly contested elections. Umberg’s bill would close what he calls a loophole in California election law that he fears Elon Musk and other wealthy people will exploit by hosting lotteries to boost voter turnout. Musk gave out $1 million checks to swing state voters in the presidential election last year and then in Wisconsin a few months later. Umberg’s Senate Bill 398, which easily advanced through the California Senate and is now pending in the Assembly.

Georgetown, Delaware: Georgetown’s Town Council unanimously passed an ordinance at its June 9 meeting, amending the town code’s sections on voting. Georgetown’s regulations concerning absentee ballots and voter registration bring the town code to an agreement with state law. Town manager Gene Dvornick said one item in the ordinance requires the town maintain information about each person casting an absentee ballot including their name, address and ballot envelope identification number. Another item also deals with absentee ballots. “This amends Section 39-1 about casting of absentee ballots by adding – in addition to being out of town – any other reason permissible under Delaware law regarding absentee voting,” Dvornick said. That includes being unavoidably out of town, ill or due to religious reasons. The modified section on voter registration requires the town to use the Department of Elections’s file. Town solicitor Stephani Ballard Wagner said the modifications don’t change anything about voter qualifications.

Maine: After the House rejected it, the Senate narrowly supported a bill that would allow municipalities to adopt policies prohibiting firearms within municipal buildings and polling places. LD 1743 was also supported by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who told the Judiciary Committee that towns should have the option to regulate firearms in polling places because there is often anxiety over threats to election workers that data collected by her office shows persist. Sen. David Haggan (R-Penobscot) said during the floor debate that creating this sort of patchwork policy in the state could cause firearm owners to unintentionally be in violation.  The House has yet to revisit the bill, leaving it still in nonconcurrence.

Missoula, Montana: Missoula City Council has decided to conduct the 2025 city primary elections entirely by mail. The decision came after a heated debate over voter security and accessibility. On June 16, council members voted 7-2 in favor of the mail-in primary elections. Supporters believe this move will increase voter participation, while critics have raised concerns about election security. Sandra Vaseka, Ward 6 City Councilor, expressed her reservations. “I myself do think that in-person voting is the most secure way to run an election. So I will not be supporting that,” she said. The council considered two measures: whether to hold a primary if three or more candidates file in a race and whether to conduct it by mail. Both measures passed with the mail-in option receiving strong support. Stacie Anderson, Ward 5 City Councilor, countered the security concerns. “There is no evidence that shows that… voting in person is any more safe or secure than… mail-in voting,” she stated. Officials have announced that mail ballots will be sent to all registered voters if a primary is needed. The clerk’s office is now working on finalizing logistics in preparation for the 2025 city elections.

Nevada: Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) unexpectedly vetoed a bill that would have required voters to show a photo ID at the polls — a conservative priority across the country and something that has long been on the governor’s legislative wish list. The move brings a dramatic end to one of the legislative session’s most surprising outcomes: A bipartisan deal that combined the requirement for voter identification with a Democratic-backed measure to add more drop boxes for mail ballots that Lombardo had initially vetoed. The bill came together in the final days of the session and passed mere minutes before the Democratic-controlled Legislature adjourned just after midnight on June 3. Lombardo had been expected to sign it. In his veto message, Lombardo said he “wholeheartedly” supports voter ID laws but that he felt the bill fell short on addressing his concerns about ballots cast by mail, because such ballots could still be accepted “solely on the basis of a signature match” under the bill. Because it “would apply voter ID requirements unequally between in-person and mail ballot voters and fails to sufficiently guarantee ballot security, I cannot support it,” he said. The voter ID requirements in the bill mirrored a ballot initiative known as Question 7 that Nevada voters overwhelmingly approved last November. But voters would have to pass it again in 2026 to amend the state constitution. The requirement would then be in place by 2028. Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, the Democrat who brokered the deal with Lombardo, said when he introduced the legislation that voters seemed poised to give the final approval, and that enacting a voter ID law would have given the state a head start on ensuring a smooth rollout before the next presidential election. Yeager called the governor’s decision a “breach of trust,” saying that he believes Lombardo gave in to pressure around him to veto the bill, designated Assembly Bill 499.

Tribes will soon be able to run their own polling locations for federal and state elections on reservations in Nevada. The change came from Gov. Joe Lombardo’s approval of Senate Bill 421 in the recently concluded legislative session. This bill was developed in response to barriers Tribal members in the state faced when trying to participate in elections. For instance, members of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, one of the two largest tribes in the state by population, had to travel over 60 miles to cast a ballot. “When someone has to drive two to fours to vote, that’s not Democracy,” said Nevada’s Secretary of State, Cisco Aguilar. Before SB 421, the state required local counties to provide polling locations to tribes that wished to participate. A law that passed in 2023 added more polling locations throughout the state. The change doubled voter turnout in tribal land, raising it to 36 percent. 

New Hampshire: Negotiators with the Senate agreed to accept a House proposal to add new documentation requirements to absentee voting — against the wishes of disability rights advocates who say it would make it harder for people with disabilities to vote. Under an amended version of Senate Bill 287, people seeking to vote absentee in New Hampshire would be required to either bring a photo ID into a clerk’s office, send in a photocopy of their ID, or send in a notarized signature in order to request their absentee ballot. On June 16, the Senate’s negotiators agreed to accept the House’s version of the bill during a committee of conference. Now, the bill will go back to the full chamber for a final vote. If it’s approved, Gov. Kelly Ayotte will have the final say. She can sign it, veto it, or allow it to become law without her signature. SB 287 was one of a pair of bills adding requirements to absentee voting. Senate Bill 218 goes even further and seeks to require absentee voters to submit hard-copy proof of their citizenship — such as a birth certificate or passport — when registering to vote in New Hampshire. This law would build upon a 2024 law that required in-person voters to do the same, though that law, which created the strictest standard in the U.S., has been challenged in court.

Also moving forward is a bill on list maintenance. Currently, municipal election officials known as “supervisors of the checklist” are required to maintain a list of registered voters for each town or polling ward — lists that determine whether someone is eligible to vote there. Every year, as supervisors receive death certificates, moving notices, or other new information, they must adjust the rolls to remove those voters. But once a decade, in the year ending in “1,” such as 2011 and 2021, the supervisors undertake a more comprehensive review. They look at every voter on the list; if the voter has not voted in an election within the last four years, and the town or city has no other information, they must send out letters to that resident’s address to verify that they still live there. Those who do not respond or are found ineligible are removed from the list and must re-register. Senate Bill 221, as amended by House and Senate negotiators last week, would require that comprehensive process to be held annually, rather than once a decade.

And the two chambers agreed to the Senate’s version of House Bill 67, which would require that all cities, towns, and school districts have at least one accessible voting machine available during local elections, and that they enter into an agreement with the Secretary of State’s Office to borrow them. The Secretary of State’s Office already provides those machines in elections with federal candidates, per federal law, but this law would apply to town meetings and municipal elections, too. Under the final version of HB 67, towns and cities would be responsible for the costs to program the machines for local ballots, but not for the machines themselves. But the chambers also agreed to House Bill 613, which would create a carve-out option for cities and town officials that do not believe they need to provide accessible voting machines. Under that agreement, a municipality may post a notice on its website at least three months before the election that it is not planning to offer the accessible machines unless someone submits a written request that they do so. That written request would need to be received at least 60 days before the election, should the municipality choose to pass the notice.

New Jersey: An Assembly committee approved a bill that would create a state counterpart to the federal Voting Rights Act] in what supporters said was a bid to protect New Jersey’s democracy from growing federal assaults. The measure would create a new independent office, housed in Treasury, to oversee elections where the voting rights or powers of racial and language minorities are limited. The Assembly Oversight, Reform, and Federal Relations Committee approved it in a 4-1 vote with an abstention from Assemblyman Michael Torrissi (R-Burlington). The bill would expand state courts’ power over elections, permitting them to change rules that violate the bill’s provisions, redraw voting districts, expand governing bodies, and move some election dates to coincide with higher-turnout state and federal races. The bill would create preclearance rules at the state level, requiring localities with a history of voter suppression or intimidation to seek approval before enacting election rule changes, mirroring a provision of the federal Voting Rights Act the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in 2013. The New Jersey Association of Election Officials opposed the bill, questioning whether it was needed and cautioning it would give courts broad authority over election administration that, to now, had largely been left with election administrators.

The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism, & Historic Preservation Committee unanimously approved a bill that would reform how post-election audits are undertaken.  The committee voted to pass state Sen. Andrew Zwicker’s (D-South Brunswick) bill through the committee. The legislation would allow post-election audits to be conducted with independent, third-party ballot machines in addition to a hand count.  Audits are currently conducted exclusively through hand counts, and Zwicker, the Senate bill’s sole sponsor, stated that the reform would enable more efficient auditing. The Democrat says reform to the system is further needed due to the increased embrace of early voting and vote-by-mail in the state’s elections. “With the widespread adoption of early voting and vote-by-mail, we need a more flexible system capable of accurately and efficiently counting paper and electronic ballots,” Zwicker said in a release. “While necessary in the past, hand counting ballots is simply not the most effective way to audit our elections in the modern era. This legislation is an easy way to make the auditing process more secure and transparent.” New Jersey law currently requires each county’s board of elections to audit at least 2% of that county’s election districts after an election. The legislation would not change that threshold.

New York: Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has signed a new bill allowing voters to receive refreshments while waiting to cast their ballots. The legislation, signed June 20, repeals a decades-old section of New York’s election law that previously made it a misdemeanor to give voters items of value — including water or snacks — near polling places. With extreme temperatures expected to climb into the upper 90s across the state, Hochul said the move is about protecting voters and democracy. “Providing water to voters waiting in line is a common-sense way to ensure New Yorkers have an easy, safe and secure experience in the voting booth,” said Hochul. “I’m committing to protecting the right to vote for all eligible New Yorkers.” The bill, championed by State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, aims to remove barriers and modernize voting access. “This bill removes an outdated barrier and restores common sense to exercising the franchise,” said Simon. “Voting shouldn’t be an endurance test.”

Ohio: Ohio could soon prosecute voter fraud more often, and the state unit charged with investigating potential fraud could become permanent. The Senate approved Senate Bill 4. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Therese Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, would codify the secretary of state’s Election Integrity Unit into law, keeping it safe from elimination by other secretaries of state. The unit would be required to investigate allegations of election fraud and voter suppression, allow public complaints and refer cases to prosecutors, law enforcement or federal agencies for review. Also, if a county prosecutor declines to prosecute a case, the attorney general can prosecute. Secretary of State Frank LaRose applauded the Senate passage as a confidence boost for accurate elections and a message to offenders that prosecution could more readily come. “Ohioans deserve absolute confidence in the honesty and accuracy of their elections,” LaRose said. “That’s why I created the state’s first-ever Election Integrity Unit in 2022 with a clear mission to bring unprecedented accountability to our voting process. This bill sends a clear message that if you cheat in our elections, we’ll find you and hold you accountable to the law.” The bill moves to the House for consideration.

Vermont: The House and Senate both passed a slimmed-down version of a bill that would make myriad changes to the state’s election procedures June 16 — even after the legislation, in a different form, seemed unlikely to advance when legislators last convened in full at the end of May. Among many other measures, the election bill would require more people to file campaign finance disclosure information and prohibit candidates who lose a primary election from running in the general election under another party, or as an independent. It would also require local officials to perform an audit of voter checklists in House and Senate districts that span multiple towns, a direct response to errors that plagued a Bennington County House race last fall. Before approving the bill, the Senate stripped a number of measures from the bill, though, including a study of using ranked-choice voting for Vermont’s presidential primaries. Collamore said on the floor that, with the bill facing dim prospects last month, he asked the Secretary of State’s Office — a key backer of the bill — for a list of “absolute, must-have provisions” from the many that cleared the House.

Wisconsin Rulemaking: The Wisconsin Elections Commission published a new permanent administrative rule to guide how election observers are allowed to conduct themselves at polling places.  On June 20, the commission voted 5-1 to approve the rule after more than two years of work that involved the participation of a 24-person advisory committee made up of municipal clerks, poll workers, political parties and outside groups including advocates for people with disabilities and right-wing election conspiracy outfits.  The final rule order specifies who is allowed to observe elections and defines the boundaries of what observers are allowed to do at a polling place. The rule also dictates when poll workers are allowed to call law enforcement to diffuse a situation and includes provisions to require that observers be allowed to use available chairs and restrooms and for how the news media is allowed to operate inside polling places. The rules are different for members of the media, who are allowed to take videos and photos inside polling places while observers are not.

Legal Updates

Federal Litigation: U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper, in the District of Massachusetts ruled June 13 that additional provisions of the president’s executive order on elections need to pause as well. The decision from Casper affirmed a pause on one of the most controversial parts of the order, which would require that people provide documents that prove their citizenship, like a passport, when they register to vote using the national registration form. Casper also blocked a provision aimed at barring states from counting mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but that election officials receive after. The judge noted that states have the power to set the rules for their elections, according to the Constitution, not the president. “The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” Casper wrote. Casper’s decision also blocked a provision of the executive order that would have added new requirements for how U.S. citizens abroad, including military members and their families, register and vote. These overseas voters currently use a designated postcard to register and request an absentee ballot. The order would require such voters to also mail-in proof of citizenship and proof of eligibility to vote in their home state. Such a provision “appears to be contrary to the will of Congress, which sought to remove procedural roadblocks which had prevented American citizens living abroad from voting,” the judge wrote.

Arizona: A voter registration law upheld by the Ninth Circuit last year returned to the federal appeals court this week for an en banc rehearing, in which 11 judges reconsidered whether a voter outreach organization has standing to challenge a law requiring cancellation of some voter registrations. Passed in 2022, Senate Bill 1260 requires county recorders to cancel the registration of anyone registered to vote in a different county, and prosecute with felony charges election officials who register a voter already registered in another state. Because a voter could register in a new county or state before their old registration is removed from the database, nonprofits Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino say the law would result in improper cancellations and prosecutions that would chill voter engagement and undermine the organizations’ voter registration efforts. The nonprofits sued the governor, attorney general and each of Arizona’s 15 county recorders in August 2022. In November, a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a preliminary injunction on the law, which has been frozen since only a day after it was enacted. The three judges found that the plaintiffs have no standing to challenge the cancellation provision for lack of actual injury, and that they’d lose on the merits in regard to the felony provision. This week, 11 circuit judges including Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Mary Murguia reconsidered each party’s arguments. 

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is suing the county’s supervisors, claiming they are illegally trying to seize control of the county’s elections. The lawsuit claims that the supervisors “engaged in an unlawful attempt to seize near-total control over the administration of elections.” It specifically states that Heap wants control over the information technology staff that manages the county’s voter registration system, and that the board has prohibited him from accessing certain areas of the elections building that he needs entry to for early voting purposes. The legal action comes after a months-long feud over control of elections between Heap, a Republican who took office in January, and the Republican-controlled board. The dissension has cast doubt on the officials’ ability to work together to run the elections in the closely scrutinized swing county. In response, Maricopa Supervisors Chairman Thomas Galvin and Supervisor Kate Brophy McGee released a joint statement saying the claims that they have stripped Heap’s IT access and refused to fully fund his office’s necessary expenses are false. “This absurd lawsuit is another example of the Recorder’s irresponsible and juvenile ready-fire-aim approach to governance,” Brophy McGee said. Additionally, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell sent a cease and desist letter to James Rogers, the America First Legal lawyer representing Heap, stating that Rogers did not have the authority to represent Heap in a lawsuit he filed against the county supervisors, and demanding Rogers voluntarily withdraw it. Mitchell also threatened to file a complaint against Rogers with the State Bar of Arizona if Rogers continues to communicate with Heap on legal matters. In response, Rogers issued a statement saying that the recorder is free to choose his own counsel when engaged in litigation against the supervisors, citing case law.

California: The U.S. Justice Department sued the Orange County registrar of voters for not providing it with records of noncitizens that were removed from its voter list. The Justice Department accuses Robert Page of refusing to provide transparency of the county’s voter information, in violation of federal voting laws, and of concealing the unlawful registration of ineligible, noncitizen voters. “Voting by noncitizens is a federal crime, and states and counties that refuse to disclose all requested voter information are in violation of well-established federal elections laws,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement. “Removal of noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls is critical to ensuring that the State’s voter rolls are accurate and that elections in California are conducted without fraudulent voting.” According to the Justice Department’s complaint filed in Santa Ana, California, a noncitizen in Orange County recently received an unsolicited mail-in ballot from the county registrar of voters despite lacking citizenship, prompting the attorney general’s action. Earlier this month, the Justice Department asked the Orange County registrar for records since Jan. 1, 2020, detailing voter registrations canceled due to noncitizenship, along with each registrant’s application, record, and voting history. In response, Page provided the requested data but redacted information like driver’s license and identification card numbers, Social Security numbers, state-issued voter ID numbers, language preferences and signature images, according to the Justice Department. Page relied upon several California state laws as the basis for the redactions.

Colorado: Vicki Stuart, 64, of Mesa County, who was a part of a scheme to steal ballots ahead of the 2024 election was sentenced to 5 years in the department of corrections. Stuart pleaded guilty to two charges related to the crime —one count of identity theft and another of forgery. At the time of the ballot theft Stuart was working as a postal carrier and, along with another woman, stole ballots before they could be delivered to voters. The two then fraudulently cast those ballots in an effort to test Colorado’s election security safeguards, investigators said. Three of those ballots did make it through the signature verification process and were counted as legitimate votes. Stuart’s alleged accomplice, Sally Jane Maxedon, is due in court July 15 for a plea and sentencing hearing.

A federal jury in Colorado on June 16 found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The jury found that two of Lindell’s statements about Eric Coomer, the former security and product strategy director at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, including calling him a traitor, were defamatory. It ordered Lindell and his online media platform, formerly known as Frankspeech, to pay Coomer $2.3 million in damages, far less than the $62.7 million Coomer had asked for to help send a message to discourage attacks on election workers. Lindell said he would appeal the financial award, saying Coomer’s lawyers did not prove Coomer had been harmed. He also said he would continue to speak out about election security, including criticizing the makers of election equipment like Dominion. Coomer said during the two-week Lindell trial that his career and life were destroyed by the statements. His lawyers said Lindell either knew the statements were lies, or conveyed them recklessly without knowing if they were true. Lindell’s lawyers denied the claims and said Frankspeech was not liable for statements made by others. The jury found that eight other statements made by Lindell and others appearing on Frankspeech were not.

District of Columbia: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia revived a challenge to the District’s law that lets noncitizens cast ballots, saying a lower court was too hasty in dismissing the case. The court said residents do have standing to sue because the power of their votes could be diluted. The ruling does not invalidate the law but will force a district judge to deal with the substance of the case. And the court said the plaintiffs in the case make a plausible argument that their votes are diluted, which earns them a chance to be heard on their legal challenge. “The claimed injury is hardly abstract,” Judge Randolph wrote. The District’s law allows noncitizens who have been in the city for at least 30 days to cast ballots in local elections. They include undocumented immigrants and foreign diplomats, though they must renounce their ability to vote elsewhere to register in the city. As of earlier this month, the District had 980 noncitizens registered to vote. The Board of Elections tallied 480 noncitizen ballots cast in November. That works out to about 1% of the city’s estimated noncitizen population that voted.

Georgia: In a new lawsuit, Republicans claim the Fulton County Board of Commissioners unlawfully blocked two GOP nominees to the county’s Board of Elections. The suit, filed June 13 by the Fulton County Republican Party, claimed the Commission “violated state law by rejecting the nominees of the Fulton County Republican Party (“Fulton GOP”) to the Board of Elections.” The legal filing asked the court to force the Board of Commissioners to confirm the nominees. Fulton County’s director of external affairs Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez declined to comment when reached Monday, saying “Fulton County does not comment on matters of pending litigation.” The suit claims that, under Georgia law, the County Commissioners must “appoint two persons nominated by each of the two major political parties” to the Board of Elections. But the Fulton GOP’s suit claims at a May 21 meeting, the Commissioners failed to confirm the two Republican nominees: Jason Frazier and Julie Adams. Adams currently serves on the Board of Elections and drew headlines in the closing days of the 2024 presidential election for litigation questioning the scope of her duty to certify the results.

Minnesota: Lorraine Combs and Ronnie Williams were charged last week for allegedly submitting fraudulent voter registration applications during 2021 and 2022. Combs and Williams were both charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy to engage in voter registration fraud, according to court documents. From 2021 to 2022, Combs and Williams allegedly created fake names, addresses, birthdays, phone numbers and social security numbers, which they then used to complete voter registration applications, charging documents state. They would submit the forms to a foundation, referred to as “Foundation 1” in court documents, which would send the fraudulent applications to county election offices in Minnesota. The foundation would then pay Williams, who split the money with Combs, officials say.

Montana: A bill restricting when Montanans can register to vote — including eliminating most of Election Day — would disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples living in rural parts of the state, according to new court documents filed this week.  The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Blackfeet Nation, the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, as well as tribal advocacy nonprofit Western Native Voice, filed to join the lawsuit brought last month by the Montana Federation of Public Employees before Lewis and Clark County District Court, which challenged the constitutionality of Senate Bill 490 and another bill that strengthened voter ID laws.  The new law tightened the deadline for voters to register to vote to noon on Election Day and eliminates registration on the Monday before an election, but opens it on the prior Saturday, which previously was not a day voters could register.  In the motion to intervene, the Native American coalition said the suit marks the third time in six years that Western Native Voice and some of Montana’s sovereign tribal nations have gone to the courts to challenge the “Legislature’s continued insistence on making it more difficult for Native Americans in Montana to vote. ”  “Each time we’ve stood up in court for our right to vote, we do so not for ourselves, but for the generations who came before us and those who will come after,” Fort Belknap President Jeffrey Stiffarm said in a statement.  “Our ancestors fought for recognition, sovereignty, and dignity. It’s racism to try and enact the same laws over again. We will not let the state drag us backwards or silence our people. Not now. Not ever.”  Under previous Montana law, anyone in line at the ballot box by 8 p.m. on Election Day could register to vote. “Past efforts to limit Election Day voter registration impermissibly interfered with the right to vote,” according to court documents filed by the tribal advocates. “On notice from its own legal analysis that the planned legislation likely did not conform with the Montana Constitution, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 490, which does away with eight critical hours of voter registration on Election Day.” The Native American groups joined the lawsuit because restricting Election Day voter registration disproportionately affects Native American Voters. Citing the Supreme Court opinion, their filing states that Native voters “‘rely on Election Day registration because of numerous issues they face in voting, including lack of access to mail, transportation, and the long distances to county seats where they can register.’”

New Jersey: Bruce E. Behringer, 69 of Park Ridge was charged with trying to cast an illegal vote after a joint investigation by the offices of the Bergen County superintendent of elections and prosecutor. Behringer was charged with tampering with public records, false registration and attempting to cast an illegal vote. The investigation revealed that between September 2020 and November 2024, Behringer falsely completed one New Jersey voter registration application and three mail-in voter ballots in the name of another person. As a result of the investigation, Behringer was arrested on May 27 and charged with third-degree tampering with public records or information, third-degree false registration and third-degree attempting to cast an illegal vote. He was released pending a first appearance in state Superior Court in Hackensack.

Oklahoma: Legal challenges were filed aimed at a recent law that puts more restrictions on the process voters use to get issues on the ballot. The suits were filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gov. Kevin Stitt in May signed Senate Bill 1027, which took effect immediately. The new law requires those circulating a petition for a statutory change to get signatures that amount to no more than 11.5% of the votes cast in a single county in the most recent gubernatorial election. The threshold increases to 20.8% for a constitutional amendment. The law effectively forces signature gatherers to visit several Oklahoma counties rather than concentrating on high-population areas. Under the new law, those seeking to place items on the ballot would be prohibited from paying petition circulators based on the number of signatures collected. The law requires sources of payment to circulators to be disclosed and bars out-of-state interests from donating. Petition circulators would have to be registered voters. It requires a political appointee, the Secretary of State, to approve the gist, which is the brief summary of the ballot measure that voters see at the top of the signature sheet. One suit challenges the overall constitutionality of the law, saying it imposes an undue burden. The suit seeks to put the law on hold until the legal dispute is resolved. The second suit challenges the ability to make the law retroactive.

Pennsylvania: Judge Harvey Bartle III sentenced two former local officials from southeast Pennsylvania to harsher sentences than prosecutors requested, including prison time, for their roles in an attempt to steal a 2021 mayoral election. “In the court’s view there are very few crimes in our federal code which are more serious than what you have committed,” Bartle told defendant Md Nurul Hasan, the former council vice president and mayoral candidate in Millbourne Borough, who pleaded guilty in April to election-related fraud charges. “What you have done is undermine our democratic process.” The judge sentenced Hasan to 36 months in prison, along with one year of supervised release. Another defendant, former council member Md Rafikul Islam, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, plus one year of supervised release and $1,700 in fines. The judge admonished prosecutors for recommending a lighter punishment for Islam. A third defendant will be sentenced next week. Federal investigators charged the men in February with multiple counts of fraudulent voter registration and related crimes in a failed scheme to steal the mayoral election for Hasan, who ran a write-in campaign after losing the Democratic primary to fellow council member Mahabubul Tayub.

Virginia: The U.S. Supreme Court turned away Virginia’s appeal that sought to quash a challenge to the state’s lifetime voting ban for people convicted of felonies, allowing the lawsuit to move ahead toward trial. Two disenfranchised voters claim the ban violates the Virginia Readmission Act, a federal law that set conditions for Virginia to regain congressional representation following the Civil War.  Lower courts allowed the lawsuit to move forward, saying courts can enforce the Readmission Act and that the state doesn’t have 11th Amendment immunity. Virginia’s Republican-controlled attorney general’s office, however, argued that would open the “floodgates” and mark a “radical change in the law.” “The Fourth Circuit’s ruling that the Readmission Acts are judicially enforceable invites courts to wade into the political decisions that restored the rebel States to federal representation more than 150 years ago, calling into question Congress’s continuing determination that the States have republican governments and are entitled to representation,” the state wrote in its petition.  In a brief order, the Supreme Court declined to take up the case. A federal district judge is set to hold a bench trial in October in the case. 

A former Northern Virginia elections registrar cannot sue state Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) and a top deputy over what she says were bogus charges related to her handling of 2020 presidential election results, according to a federal judge who found the prosecutors have legal immunity from such claims. The judge’s order allows former Prince William County registrar Michele White to continue suing two other defendants — a pair of investigators from Miyares’s office who White says fabricated evidence against her to build a felony case that cost the registrar her career but ultimately crumbled before it could go to trial. Miyares’s office accused White of altering the results of the presidential vote in the state’s election reporting system and mishandling absentee ballots. In September 2022, a grand jury indicted White on felony counts of corrupt conduct and making false statements, as well as a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty by an election official. But the case fell apart in January 2024, just weeks ahead of her scheduled trial, when Miyares said he was dropping the charges because key witnesses had changed their accounts. White filed a lawsuit in the fall in federal court in Richmond against Miyares, former senior assistant attorney general Joshua N. Lief and two now-retired investigators from Miyares’s office

Opinions This Week

National Opinions: Youth vote; 2020 | Threats | Election data | Ranked choice voting | Voting age 

Connecticut: Voter suppression

Florida: Voter registration | Civics education 

Michigan: Turnout 

Minnesota: Ex-felon voting rights 

Montana: Vote by mail 

Nevada: Guns at polling places

New Hampshire: Absentee voting

New Mexico: Ranked choice voting 

New York: Election system, II | Ranked choice voting, II | New York City board of elections 

North Carolina: Board of elections 

Ohio: Ranked choice voting | Election integrity 

Pennsylvania: History of voting | Election reform 

Texas: Early voting; Secretary of state 

Virginia: Same day registration 

Call For Papers and Proposals

Election Science Conference-within-a-Conference: The 2026 Election Science Conference-within-a-Conference (CwC), co-organized by Lisa Bryant (California State University, Fresno) and Joshua Ferrer (American University), is now open for proposal submissions. The CwC will be part of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Meeting, which will be held January 14-17, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The submission deadline is August 15, 2025.  We hope to elicit broad participation from those focused on Election Law, Election Administration, Election Sciences, State and Local Politics, Voting and Voting Rights, Public Opinion, and Public Administration circles. For this CwC, we invite submissions in all areas of election sciences. We encourage submissions from all scholars, including practitioners, researchers in advocacy organizations, those from underrepresented backgrounds, graduate students, and early career scholars. Proposals can focus on the American electoral context, as well as the international or comparative electoral environments and systems. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: public opinion about elections, election administration and procedures, voter confidence, threats to election officials (and their implications), voter disenfranchisement, voting methods and voter experiences, racial/ethnic disparities in access to registration and voting, changes in election laws and election reform, elite rhetoric in how election results are processed and reported, voter turnout and behavior.  The CwC will include approximately 10-12 panels of 4-5 papers each, with all panels likely occurring over 1.5 days for ease of attendance (exact dates and times to be announced later). Panel proposals or roundtable proposals are also welcome. If you are part of an organized panel, all papers should submit individually and indicate they are part of a panel.  Per the conference organizers, please DO NOT SUBMIT TO THE SPSA CONFERENCE WEBSITE IF YOU ARE SUBMITTING TO THE CWC. This results in papers being double booked at the conference. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions at: lbryant@csufresno.edu (Lisa Bryant) or jferrer2017@gmail.com (Joshua Ferrer).

Upcoming Events

Ohio Secretary of State’s Summer Conference: When: June 30-July 1. Where: Columbus. 

EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee Virtual Meeting: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. During the meeting, EAC staff and TGDC members will discuss the draft of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.1 and the Executive Order to Protect the Integrity of American Elections.  The TGDC is composed of 14 members who are jointly appointed by the EAC and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The committee, which the director of NIST chairs, was established to assist the EAC in developing VVSG in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002.  The EAC will only accept written comments from members of the public prior to the meeting. For those wishing to submit comments to the EAC, please refer to the Federal Register for instructions on how to do so. Comments are due by June 27, 2025. When: July 2, 1pm Eastern. Where: Online. 

2025 EAC Data Summit: Election Administration by the Numbers: On July 9, join the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for the “2025 EAC Data Summit: Election Administration by the Numbers” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. This event will be held in person and livestreamed on EAC’s YouTube Channel. During the meeting, election officials, academics, and other key stakeholders will participate in panel discussions on election administration and related innovative and groundbreaking data and research. Topics will include the results of the 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS), election funding, voter list maintenance, workforce development, and more. When: July 9 9am to 4:30pm Eastern. Where: Boston and online. 

2025 National Association of Counties Annual Conference & Exposition: The National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual Conference is the premier gathering of elected and appointed officials from the nation’s 3,069 counties, parishes and boroughs. Conference content includes discussion of federal policies impacting counties, workshops lifting up county best practices, engaging general sessions, mobile tours across our host county, and more. NACo members also have the opportunity to influence the association’s direction and future during the Annual Business Meeting on the final day of the conference. When: July 11-14. Where: Philadelphia. 

NASED Summer Conference: The National Association of State Election Directors will hold its summer conference in Oklahoma from July 22-24. Please refer to the NASED website for more information and to register for the event. 

NASS Summer Conference: The National Association of Secretaries of State will hold its summer conference in Biloxi, Mississippi from August 4-7. Please refer to the NASS website for more information and to register for the event. 

Election SATs: Security, Accuracy and Transparency: If you’re a leader on elections policy, this NCSL precon is for you. Join with peers from throughout the nation to share the latest on accuracy, security and access to the ballot. We will have sessions on cybersecurity, primaries, funding, cast vote records, campaign finance, election consolidation and post-election audits. When: Aug. 3. Where: Boston

National Conference of State Legislatures Summit: NCSL is bringing the Legislative Summit back to Boston! Join us Aug. 4-6 to connect with legislators and staff from across the nation at an event jam-packed with great speakers, eye-opening policy sessions and after-hours experiences at some of Boston’s coolest venues. Help NCSL celebrate its 50th anniversary in style. When: August 4-6. Where: Boston

Election Center Annual Conference: The Election Center Annual Conference will be held in Salt Lake City. The conference will run August 20-22 and CERA courses will be offered August 23 and 24. The CERA courses offered will be: Course 5 (Ethics); Course 6 (Communications & Public Relations); and Two renewal courses to be announced. When: August 20 to 24. Where: Salt Lake City.

Protecting the Election: AI and Governance Conference at WashU: Join us for this two-day in-person research and practitioner conference at WashU on October 16-17, 2025, to discuss research regarding AI and governance and how this applies to U.S. elections. Research topics include how chatbots can be used to engage with voters, how social media influences voters, what the electorate knew (or did not know) about the candidates and issues during recent elections, misinformation in elections, rhetoric about election integrity, and AI strategies for the administration of elections. We will also hear from practitioners during the conferences about their experiences with and needs for AI in recent elections and their intentions for future use of AI in elections. When: Oct. 16-17. Where: St. Louis. 

Job Postings This Week

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Ballot Services Manager, Denver Clerk & Recorder– The Denver Clerk & Recorder is seeking an accomplished elections professional to serve as the Ballot Services Manager to manage the functions and operations of the Ballot Services team. The Ballot Services Manager will lead the Ballot Services team and our voter-centric programs by: Managing a dedicated team of three full-time staff members that administer the Division’s mail ballot program, accessible voting programs, and ballot processing functions; Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to equitably administer accessible, reliable, and secure elections; Developing, refining, and implementing policies, programs, and standard operating procedures for the Ballot Services team; Supervising and approving procedures and training for election judges in the team’s areas, and ensuring the Division’s ballot processing procedures are in compliance with local, state, and federal election laws; Training and supervising election judge staff and providing recommendations for staffing needed to perform ballot and petition processing functions; Overseeing the petition verification process in SCORE (Statewide Colorado Registration and Election database); Acting as a subject matter expert in elections and ballot processing by continuously reviewing Colorado election laws and rules to accurately inform internal and external partners and staff; Fostering an environment of innovation, championing continuous improvement, challenging the organization to think creatively, especially as it relates to a positive voter experience and increasing public trust; Ensuring the team’s mission, vision, and goals are in alignment with agency strategic imperatives; Contributing to the development of performance goals, documenting team member performance, providing performance feedback, and formally evaluating team member performance; Coaching, mentoring, and challenging the team, including by leading staff training and development initiatives; Collaborating with internal partners to fulfill open records requests; and Performing other duties as assigned or requested. Salary Range: $98,682 – $162,826. Deadline: June 27. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Community Engagement Coordinator, North Charleston, South Carolina– Partner with the Community Engagement Manager to identify and expand non-partisan community relationships. Cultivate connections with local businesses and civic organizations to boost visibility and support. Solicit and analyze community feedback to enhance outreach strategies. Create brochures, flyers, presentations, and digital content to educate the public about elections and voting procedures.Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications Manager to maintain clear, consistent, and timely messaging across platforms. Manage and update the outreach section of the agency’s website. Deliver presentations and training during outreach events. Plan and coordinate mid-scale public events such as National Voter Registration Day and poll worker appreciation initiatives. Represent BVRE at outreach events, tabling opportunities, and community meetings. Track outreach activity and report on engagement metrics and outcomes. Support special projects including the “I Voted” sticker contest, Adopt a Polling Location, and poll worker recruitment. Research best practices to enhance and expand outreach programming. Assist in maintaining a centralized repository of outreach materials and resources. Salary: $50,440 – $66,060. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Departmental Technician, Michigan Secretary of State’s Office– This departmental technician primarily serves as a help desk customer service representative, providing procedural information about campaign finance, disclosure, notarial acts and election law to candidates, committees, election administrators, notary providers and to the general public. This incumbent will be responsible for tier 1 support and triage for inbound calls and communication to the Bureau of Elections to either resolve or route to the appropriate advanced level support. The incumbent provides additional support for bureau wide project activities and initiatives. Incumbent coordinates the staff that provides coverage for the Bureau of Elections front desk that support in person appointments or customer questions. Salary: $1,804.00 – $2,478.40 Biweekly. Deadline: July 3. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Election Administrator, Yellowstone County, Montana– Manages, supervises and maintains the voter registration system in Yellowstone County; organizes and conducts elections in the County to comply with State election laws and statutes; does related work as required. Examples of Duties: Plan, organize, coordinate and manage Federal, State, and County elections and all facets of the voter registration process in accordance with Montana law; Conducts elections for other government agencies that may contract with the County for election services; Ensures that all applicable regulations are met, legal notices are properly posted; Verifies declarations of nominations for all candidates; Designs ballot layout and proper rotations; oversees printing of ballots; Conducts absentee voting process, receiving ballots by mail or in person; Sets up computer program for each election; Conducts public testing of ballot scanners to insure accuracy. Salary: $84,315.92 – $99,195.20. Deadline: June 30. 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. 

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.

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.

Senior Campaigns Manager, Common Cause– We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Senior Campaigns Manager to serve as the critical link between campaign strategy and grassroots execution. This role will work closely with the Senior Director of Campaigns to translate high-level campaign goals into actionable plans, while partnering with the Organizing team to ensure strategies are powered by strong grassroots participation. The Senior Campaigns Manager will focus on implementing tactics, mobilizing supporters, and aligning campaign timelines with organizing capacity to win democracy reforms. They will also work collaboratively with States, External Affairs, Policy and other teams to advance campaign goals under our four organizational pillars: Voting and Fair Representation, Anti-Corruption and Accountability, Media and Technology, and Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This is a full-time role reporting to the Senior Director, Campaigns and is remote anywhere within the lower 48 United States with up to 30% travel around the country to support state campaigns and coalition efforts. We hope our new Senior Campaigns Manager will start in August. Salary: $97,850 – $113,300 a year. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Senior Elections Supervisor, Placer County, California– The Placer County Clerk-Recorder-Elections Office has a current vacancy for a Senior Elections Supervisor. The Office is looking for someone with experience in the development, supervision, and administration of elections programs. The ideal candidate will have supervised in an elections office or similar agency that emphasizes cooperation, accountability and transparency and has the ability to communicate effectively with management, staff, other county departments, jurisdictions and the voters of Placer County. To learn more about the Elections Division of the Clerk-Recorder-Elections Office please click here. In addition to the minimum education and experience, the ideal candidate will possess experience and vision in the following areas: State and federal election laws; Voting systems; General operating policies and functions of the California Secretary of State’s Office; Best practices and current trends in successful election administration, community education and outreach programs; Principles and techniques of effective employee supervision and development, training, management practices and public administration. Salary: $69,056.00 – $86,195.20/year. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Senior Organizer, Georgia, Common Cause– We are seeking a proactive and collaborative Senior Organizer to join the Common Cause team in Georgia. This role is critical in growing and diversifying our base of supporters, building partnerships, and driving civic engagement across Georgia. The Senior Organizer will also play a key role in coordinating grassroots actions, supporting policy advocacy efforts, and coordinating volunteers.  This is a full-time role reporting to the Executive Director, Georgia, and is based in Georgia, with an expectation to travel around the state up to three days per week. We hope our new Senior Organizer will start in September. Salary: $72,100 – $89,610 a year. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Voter Registration and Absentee Manager, Charleston County, South Carolina– Are you driven by public service and committed to ensuring the accuracy of voter registration? Join us as the Voter Registration and Absentee Manager and lead a team dedicated to upholding the integrity of our processes. Welcome to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections, where we are not just an agency, but a dynamic force committed to excellence in democracy. As an award-winning organization, we pride ourselves on our relentless pursuit of improvement to better serve the voters in our community. This role is pivotal to ensuring secure, accurate, and accessible voter registration and absentee voting services. Salary: $70,000.00 – $82,000.00 Annually. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

Voter Services Clerk, Seminole County, Florida – The Voter Services Clerk serves as the primary customer service representative for the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Office. This position is responsible for the accurate maintenance and entry of voter registration information, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of voter data, and providing essential assistance to voters, including answering inquiries and processing voter-related documents. The Clerk will also be involved in various clerical and administrative tasks associated with voter services, ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal election laws. Responsibilities include processing new voter registrations, updates or changes to existing registrations, vote-by-mail ballot requests, and returns, as well as petition verifications and other voter record-related tasks, providing accurate voter registration and election information to the public in person, by phone, or via mail, in accordance with Florida state laws, regulations, and procedures, conducting research to resolve issues related to voter registration records, utilizing sources both within the voter database and external government websites or online resources, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of voter registration records by verifying information, validating signatures on candidate and initiative petitions, maintaining and update street maintenance files to ensure an up-to-date and accurate residential address database for Seminole County. Salary: $17 – $22 Hourly. Application: For the complete job listing and to apply, click here. 

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