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.

  • Protecting the Election: AI & Governance Conference
    Date: October 16, 2025
    to October 17, 2025
    Location: St. Louis, MO
    Category: Conference

    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.

    Click here to learn more
  • 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.

  • 50th Anniversary of Section 203: More Voices, Stronger Democracy
    Date: August 26, 2025
    Location: Sacramento, CA
    Category: Summit

    Community leaders, advocates, academics, election officials, and policymakers will come together to uplift 50 years of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act and to advance the future of multilingual democracy!

    This full-day, in-person summit commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act with engaging panelists, keynotes, presentations, and tributes. After, attendees are invited to enjoy our post-event cocktail reception. Details are available on the registration page.

    Aug 26, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (PT)
    The California Endowment
    1414 K St #500, Sacramento, CA 95814

    For more information, details, and materials visit: bit.ly/Section203at50

    Click here to learn more
  • Wyoming Association of County Officers Conference 
    Date: September 23, 2025
    to September 25, 2025
    Location: Rock Springs, WY
    Category: Conference
  • 57th Annual Tennessee County Officials Association (COAT) Conference 
    Date: November 16, 2025
    to November 19, 2025
    Location: Pigeon Forge, TN
    Category: Conference
  • Mail Ballots: Faster Verification, Better Processes and Safer Tabulation
    Date: August 12, 2025
    Location: Online
    Category: Webinar

    How can mail ballots be verified more quickly and accurately? What practices can help prevent avoidable ballot rejections? How can ballot tabulation be made safer (and quieter) for election workers? Please join The Elections Group for “Mail Ballots: Faster Verification, Better Processes and Safer Tabulation,” the latest webinar in this summer’s Books & Ballots series. During the webinar, researchers from the Engineering for Democracy Institute, King County (WA), US Digital Response, the University of Southern California, and the University of Pennsylvania will explore these questions and more as they present and discuss how their recent work can help election officials administer mail ballots. This webinar is part of the Books and Ballots series, a partnership with the Center for Election Innovation and Research, The Elections Group, and Arizona State University’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory.

    12pm Eastern

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  • EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee Virtual Working Sessions
    Date: August 8, 2025
    Location: Online
    Category: Webinar

     The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will hold two Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) Virtual Working Sessions on July 30 and August 8. During these sessions, the TGDC members will discuss the proposed changes to the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.1. Staff from the EAC and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be available for technical questions and support. The working sessions will be live streamed on the agency’s YouTube Channel.

    These working sessions will build on the discussion from the July 2 meeting of the TGDC. A recording of this meeting is available on the EAC’s YouTube Channel.

    The TGDC is composed of 14 members jointly appointed by the EAC and the 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.

    Information about how to watch the livestreams will be made available on the event pages for each working session:

    Click here to learn more
  • NDACo Annual Conference [North Dakota]
    Date: October 26, 2025
    to October 28, 2025
    Location: North Dakota
    Category: Conference
  • 2025 Michigan Association of County Clerks (MACC) Summer Conference
    Date: August 17, 2025
    to August 19, 2025
    Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI
    Category: Conference
  • Fall 2025 Association of Arkansas Counties Circuit Clerks (AACC) Meeting 
    Date: September 9, 2025
    to September 13, 2025
    Location: Logan, AR
    Category: Conference
  • WMCA Annual Educational Conference [Wisconsin]
    Date: August 19, 2025
    to August 22, 2025
    Location: LaCrosse, WI
    Category: Conference
  • Oregon Association of County Clerks (OACC) Annual Conference 
    Date: August 11, 2025
    to August 14, 2025
    Location: Klamath Falls, OR
    Category: Conference
  • Maine Town & City Clerks Networking Day & Annual Meeting 
    Date: September 10, 2025
    Location: Brewer, ME
    Category: Meeting
  • 2025 New England Association of City and Town Clerks Conference 
    Date: November 19, 2025
    to November 21, 2025
    Location: Bangor, ME
    Category: Conference
  • National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
    Date: August 12, 2025
    Location:
    Category: Civic Holiday

    On August 12, 2025, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is hosting National Poll Worker Recruitment Day to encourage people to sign up to be election workers. This national day of action was established by the EAC in 2020 to raise awareness of the importance of poll workers, inspire greater civic engagement, and support state and local election officials’ recruitment efforts across the country. In 2024, state election offices in 31 states and Washington DC joined local elected offices, private companies, nonprofit organizations, and others in this effort. About 772,000 poll workers served their communities in the 2024 general election, according to the 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey Report.

     

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