Events
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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Summer CERA Courses in BoiseDate: July 12, 2025
to July 19, 2025Location: Boise, IDCategory: CERA CoursesThe 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.
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May CERA Courses in AburnDate: May 12, 2025
to May 17, 2025Location: Auburn, ALCategory: CERA CoursesThe Election Center and Auburn University will be offering four in-person CERA courses at Auburn in May. The courses offered are:
Course 1 (Election Administration as a System);
Course 5 (Ethics);
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.
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Partisan Primaries, Polarization, and the Risks of ExtremismDate: April 10, 2025Location: OnlineCategory: Webinar
The Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA promotes research, collaboration, and advocacy under the leadership of UCLA Law Professor Richard L. Hasen; one of the nation’s leading election scholars. The Safeguarding Democracy Project is built upon the premise that tackling issues of the U.S. election integrity must be collaborative: across ideologies, across scholarly disciplines, and as a bridge between theory and practice. This session will feature speakers: Julia Azari, Marquette University, Ned Foley, The University of Ohio, Moritz College of Law, Seth Masket, Denver University, and Rick Pildes, NYU Law School and moderator Richard L. Hasen, (Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project, UCLA)
When: 3:15pm Eastern
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March CERA Courses in RaleighDate: March 24, 2025
to March 29, 2025Location: Raleigh, NCCategory: CERA CoursesThe Election Center and Auburn University will be offering four in-person CERA courses in Raleigh, North Carolina in March. The courses offered are:
Course 2 (Management and Leadership);
Course 4 (Election Information Access & Security);
Course 8 (Implementing New Programs); and
Course 9 (History III-1965 to present)Raleigh Course offering will be open when the new Election Centers website goes live. We will have a room block for that week available when registration opens. For those planning to attend, the room rate will be $175.00 per night, excluding taxes.
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Election Center February Special WorkshopDate: February 26, 2025
to March 2, 2025Location: Little Rock, ARCategory: WorkshopThe Election Center Special Workshop will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas. The workshop will run from February 26-28 and will be followed by CERA classes on March 1 & 2.
Registration will open the moment the new Election Center website goes live. In the mean time, the hotel room block is open and accepting reservations at a nightly room rate of $139.00 excluding taxes. The workshop will take place at the DoubleTree Downtown Little Rock. If you would like to secure your room, please use this link.
The CERA courses offered are:
Course 6 (Communications & Public Relations);
Course 7 (Enhancing Voter Participation);
Course 8 (Implementing New Programs); and
Renewal Course 39 (Bipartisanship & Election Administration) -
Katherine Stewart — Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American DemocracyDate: February 20, 2025Location: Washington, DCCategory: Book Talk
Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? In this deeply reported book, Katherine Stewart takes us to conferences of conspiracy-mongers, backroom strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, and profiles the people who want to tear it all down. She introduces us to reactionary Catholic activists, atheist billionaires, pseudo-Platonist intellectuals, self-appointed apostles of Jesus, disciples of Ayn Rand, women-hating opponents of “the gynocracy,” pronatalists preoccupied with the dearth of white babies, Covid truthers, militia members masquerading as “concerned moms” and battalions of spirit warriors who appear to be inventing a new style of religion even as they set about attacking democracy at its foundations.
Along the way, she provides a compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States. She demonstrates that the movement relies on several distinct constituencies, with very different and often conflicting agendas. Stewart’s reporting and comprehensive political analysis helps reframe the conversation about the moral collapse of conservatism in America and points the way forward toward a democratic future.
Time: 7pm Eastern
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Innovations in Poll Worker Management: Poll Worker Training (Part 1)Date: February 18, 2025Location: OnlineCategory: Online training
Join The Elections Group for the first in a two-part series on improving poll worker programs through innovative strategies. This webinar will focus on practical methods to enhance poll worker training, equipping your workforce to meet the evolving needs of election administration. Participants will explore cutting-edge training strategies, including approaches to engage both new and returning poll workers, the integration of technology in training delivery, and the use of interactive simulations to reinforce critical skills. Panelists include Tonya Pearce, the training and special projects manager for the Orange County, California, Registrar of Voters; Jesse Harris, PhD, a former Georgia election official who is now the CEO and principal consultant of Election Care Solutions, LLC; and Tasmin Swanson, a civic designer at the Center for Civic Design. Join us for this opportunity to gain actionable insights on how to strengthen your poll worker training programs, improve preparedness, and build a more resilient and efficient election workforce.
12pm Eastern
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