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Want to find a time to connect with peers in your jurisdiction, your state, or across the country? Check out these events to find one right for you. Not all events listed are open to the public, some events are included to provide notice to potential speakers or those who want to connect with organizers.

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  • NACo WIR Conference
    Date: May 21, 2025
    to May 23, 2025
    Location: Rapid City, SD
    Category: Conference

    The NACo Western Interstate Region (WIR) Conference brings together county officials from across the nation to focus on pressing issues facing Western counties and our residents. Each year the conference is hosted by a county within the fifteen Western states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai’i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming—and provides attendees with the opportunity to interact with federal, state and regional policymakers, participate in educational sessions and take home tools to address challenges.

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  • Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks (MAMC) 2025 Annual Conference 
    Date: June 2, 2025
    to June 6, 2025
    Location: Muskegon, MI
    Category: Conference
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  • 25 Years of Vote at Home with Adrian Fontes
    Date: June 4, 2025
    Location: Online
    Category: Webinar

    Join us for an insightful discussion on the current state and future of Vote at Home, featuring voices who have played key roles in shaping this system.

    Hear an update on Vote at Home practices, challenges, and opportunities from Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. Look back at Oregon’s pioneering Vote at Home system, led by the state’s Secretary of State, Phil Keisling. Finally, the Executive Director of the National Vote at Home Institute will share future opportunities in Vote at Home.

    1pm Eastern

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  • 130th Annual County and District Clerks' Association of Texas (TAC) Conference 
    Date: June 8, 2025
    to June 12, 2025
    Location: SugarLand, TX
    Category: Conference
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  • Election Science, Reform & Administration (ESRA) 2025 Conference
    Date: June 9, 2025
    to June 11, 2025
    Location: Tallahassee, FL
    Category: Conference

    The 9th Annual Summer Conference on Election Science, Reform, and Administration (ESRA) will take place from Monday, June 9 through Wednesday, June 11 2025 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Planning for the conference is currently underway! Sign up for our mailing list to receive updates as information becomes available, including notifications about conference registration and programming.

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  • June CERA Courses in Phoenix
    Date: June 9, 2025
    to June 14, 2025
    Location: Phoenix, AZ
    Category: CERA Courses

    The Election Center and Auburn University will be offering four in-person CERA courses in Phoenix, Arizona. The courses offered are:

    Course 3 (Strategic Planning & Budgeting);
    Course 7 (Enhancing Voter Participation);
    Course 11 (History I-Ancients to 1781); and
    Course 12 (History II-1781 to Modern Era)

    More information and registration will be available once the new Election Center website is up and running.

  • MACATFO Summer Conference [Minnesota]
    Date: June 9, 2025
    to June 13, 2025
    Location: Brainard, MN
    Category: Conference
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  • New Mexico Association of Counties (NMC) Annual Conference 
    Date: June 16, 2025
    to June 19, 2025
    Location: New Meixico
    Category: Conference
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  • Georgia Municipal Assocciation-Municipal Election Superintendent 2025 Annual Convention 
    Date: June 20, 2025
    to June 24, 2025
    Location: Savannah, GA
    Category: Conference
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  • iGO Summer Conference
    Date: June 20, 2025
    to June 24, 2025
    Location: Kansas City, MO
    Category: Conference

    The International Association of Government Officials will hold their summer conference in Kansas City, Missouri from June 20-24. Please refer to the iGO website for more information and to register for the event.

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  • 2025 Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) Summer Conference 
    Date: June 25, 2025
    to June 27, 2025
    Location: Des Moines, IA
    Category: Conference
  • 57th Annual Association of Arkansas Counties (AACC) Conference
    Date: June 25, 2025
    to June 27, 2025
    Location: Rogers/Benton Co. , AR
    Category: Conference
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  • Massachusetts Town Clerks Association (MTCA)Conference 2
    Date: June 26, 2025
    Location: Plymouth, MA
    Category: Conference
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  • Ohio Secretary of State's Summer Conference
    Date: June 30, 2025
    to July 1, 2025
    Location: Columbus, OH
    Category: Conference
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  • 2025 National Association of Counties Annual Conference & Exposition
    Date: July 11, 2025
    to July 14, 2025
    Location: Philadelphia, PA
    Category: Conference

    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.

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  • Summer CERA Courses in Boise
    Date: July 12, 2025
    to July 19, 2025
    Location: Boise, ID
    Category: CERA Courses

    The Election Center and Auburn University will be offering six in-person CERA courses in Boise, Idaho this summer. The courses offered are:

    Course 1 (Election Administration as a System);
    Course 2 (Management and Leadership);
    Course 3 (Strategic Planning & Budgeting);
    Course 4 (Election Information Access & Security);
    Course 10 (Constitutional Law of Elections); and
    Renewal Course 41 (Organizational Capacity & Professionalization)

    More information and registration will be available once the new Election Center website is up and running.

  • NASED Summer Conference
    Date: July 22, 2025
    to July 24, 2025
    Location: Oklahoma
    Category: 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 when it becomes available.

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  • Voter Registrars Association of Virginia (VRAV) Annual Conference 
    Date: August 3, 2025
    to August 6, 2025
    Location: Roanoke, VA
    Category: Conference
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  • NASS Summer Conference
    Date: August 4, 2025
    to August 7, 2025
    Location: Biloxi, MS
    Category: 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 when it becomes available.

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  • National Conference of State Legislatures Summit
    Date: August 4, 2025
    to August 6, 2025
    Location: Boston, MA
    Category: 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.

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  • South Carolina Association of Registration and Election Officials (SCARE) Annual Conference and Institute of Government for County Officials
    Date: August 4, 2025
    to August 7, 2025
    Location: Isle of Palms, SC
    Category: Conference
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  • Oregon Association of County Clerks (OACC) Annual Conference 
    Date: August 11, 2025
    to August 14, 2025
    Location: Klamath Falls, OR
    Category: Conference
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  • 2025 Michigan Association of County Clerks (MACC) Summer Conference
    Date: August 17, 2025
    to August 19, 2025
    Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI
    Category: Conference
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  • WMCA Annual Educational Conference [Wisconsin]
    Date: August 19, 2025
    to August 22, 2025
    Location: LaCrosse, WI
    Category: Conference
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  • Election Center Annual Conference
    Date: August 20, 2025
    to August 24, 2025
    Location: Salt Lake City, UT
    Category: 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.

    More information available as soon as the new Election Center website goes live.

  • Fall 2025 Association of Arkansas Counties Circuit Clerks (AACC) Meeting 
    Date: September 9, 2025
    to September 13, 2025
    Location: Logan, AR
    Category: Conference
  • Maine Town & City Clerks Networking Day & Annual Meeting 
    Date: September 10, 2025
    Location: Brewer, ME
    Category: Meeting
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  • Wyoming Association of County Officers Conference 
    Date: September 23, 2025
    to September 25, 2025
    Location: Rock Springs, WY
    Category: Conference
    Click here to learn more
  • NDACo Annual Conference [North Dakota]
    Date: October 26, 2025
    to October 28, 2025
    Location: North Dakota
    Category: Conference
    Click here to learn more
  • 57th Annual Tennessee County Officials Association (COAT) Conference 
    Date: November 16, 2025
    to November 19, 2025
    Location: Pigeon Forge, TN
    Category: Conference
  • 2025 New England Association of City and Town Clerks Conference 
    Date: November 19, 2025
    to November 21, 2025
    Location: Bangor, ME
    Category: Conference
    Click here to learn more
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May 15, 2025

Voter Education 
Right-Sizing Funding and Support for Local Election Officials

By Thessalia (Lia) Merivaki, PhD | Associate Teaching Professor, Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy | Associate Research Professor, The Massive Data Institute, Georgetown University
Mara Suttmann-Lea, PhD | Associate Professor of American Politics, Connecticut College; and
Paul Gronke, PhD | Professor of Political Science, Reed College | Founder & Director, Elections & Voting Information Center

Local election officials (LEOs) play a key role in educating voters. But LEOs have to balance voter education with other competing needs and demands.

Results from the 2024 Elections & Voting Information (EVIC) Local Election Official Survey and ongoing research by Merivaki and Suttmann-Lea identify three important lessons for election practitioners, policymakers, and others in the democracy space:

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