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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2026 NCSL Legislative SummitDate: July 27, 2026
to July 29, 2026Location: Chicago, ILCategory: SummitThe 2026 NCSL Legislative Summit takes place in Chicago July 27-29, bringing together state legislators and legislative staff from all 50 states and U.S. territories for three days of collaboration, innovation and bipartisan dialogue. When: July 27-29. Where: Chicago.
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Building Disaster Resilience for Community Leaders: Disaster Preparedness for Election OfficesDate: May 28, 2026Location: OnlineCategory: Online training
Join us for this Natural Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders course and increase your understanding of disasters, risk assessment in the context of disaster management, prevailing emergency management procedures and operations, and the different vulnerability factors that exist within your local community.
Become familiar with the available resources for natural disaster preparedness and planning. Learn how to recognize and define the roles and responsibilities that may be expected to be assumed by a community leader and understand the roles that first responders and other support personnel are likely to assume to ensure assistance in the response and recovery phase of an emergency event.
This course will use election office events as a series of case studies to help connect emergency management challenges to election administration. Feel free to invite your local emergency management partners to join this no-cost training.
This course is hosted by Ready for Tuesday, Advance Elections and Portland State University’s Elections & Voting Information Center. The four-hour course is offered at no-cost to participants, and upon successful completion of the course a certificate will also be issued.
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CERA Courses (Austin)Date: June 8, 2026
to June 13, 2026Location: Austin, TXCategory: CERA CoursesThe Certified Elections Registration Administrator (CERA) certification is the original professional certification for election administrators in the United States.
Course 1 -Election Administration and Voter Registration as a System
Course 4 – Contingency and Continuity of Operations Planning
Course 5 – Ethics in Election Administration and Voter Registration
Course 11 – History of Elections Part 1: Antiquity to 1781
Course 12 – History of Elections Part 2: 1781 to Civil Rights Era 1960
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Cybersecurity Fast Wins: Five Steps Every Election Office Can Take This MonthDate: May 20, 2026Location: OnlineCategory: Webinar
You run elections. You should not need a six figure budget or a dedicated cybersecurity team to run a secure office. The highest impact steps are low cost and within reach this month. Smart security starts with simple habits.
Join the Election Security Exchange on May 20 at 1:00 PM ET as four experienced voices walk you through First Things First: Cybersecurity Fast Wins for Election Offices, a one page guide built for local offices and small teams. You will leave with five concrete steps you can take this week and a free tool to map what comes next.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Trevor Timmons | Election Security Exchange | Former Chief Information Officer, Colorado Secretary of State. Two decades of state-level election security work from the inside.Geoff Hale | Visiting Fellow for Election Security, Center for Democracy and Technology | Former Associate Director, Election Security and Resilience, CISA. Ten years at CISA on the election security mission.
Grace Doyle | Election Security Cyber Navigator, Office of Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. The state-to-local cybersecurity bridge for Minnesota’s 87 counties.
Mark Stout | Director of Information Technology, Hocking County, Ohio. The practitioner’s view from a small, public facing election office.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
– The five highest impact cybersecurity habits a small office can start this week
– How to run a 10 minute phishing refresher that staff will actually do
– How to separate office IT patching from voting system patching
– A free, nonpartisan tool to map your next steps once the basics are in placeWhen: 1pm Eastern
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Elections a la CarteDate: May 20, 2026Location: OnlineCategory: Webinar
The Journal of Election Administration Research & Practice invites you to join us for another lunchtime conversation on innovative funding solutions for election administration. This edition of Elections à la Carte will focus on strategies for creating new sources of revenue from the local, state, and federal levels. Our panel will include: Mary Hall – the auditor for Thurston County, Washington – who will share information about a ballot real estate model under which local, state, and federal governments provide funding for election costs based on the ballot races at each government level, Joseph Anthony – an assistant professor of political science at the State University of New York, Cortland – who proposes designating local election jurisdictions as special districts with the ability to receive a defined share of local revenue or to levy taxes themselves, and Lana Goitia-Paz – senior Georgia campaign manager with All Voting is Local and a student in Auburn University’s master of public administration program – who advocates for states to create an endowment fund for elections as a source of sustainable funding. Our panel will offer a brief explanation of their ideas, which will be followed by an in-depth discussion of revenue creation for election administration. Before the webinar, attendees are encouraged to submit questions they would like the panel to discuss to Brandon Fincher at finchrb@auburn.edu. The panel will try to address as many questions as time permits. When: May 20, 12pm Eastern. Where: Online.
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iGO 9th Annual ConferenceDate: July 25, 2026
to July 28, 2026Location: Reston, VACategory: ConferenceThe International Association of Government Officials will hold its 9th Annual Conference from July 25-28 in Reston, Virginia. When: July 25-28. Where: Reston, Virginia.
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NASED Summer ConferenceDate: July 20, 2026
to July 22, 2026Location: Boston, MACategory: ConferenceThe National Association of Directors of Elections will hold its summer conference from July 20-22 in Boston. When: July 20-22. Where: Boston.
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What Comes After CallaisDate: May 28, 2026Location: OnlineCategory: Webinar
Join The Center for Election Innovation & Research on Thursday, May 28 at 3pm ET for the next installment of our “Trust Elections” webinar series, “What Comes After Callais.”
Justin Levitt, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ Civil Rights Division, will join CEIR Executive Director David Becker and CEIR Legal Program Director Tamar Hagler to discuss the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
The discussion will cover the ruling’s significant impact on the Voting Rights Act and states’ last-minute efforts to redraw their congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections. Justin, David, and Tamar will also touch on the Court’s expected decision in Watson v. RNC, which centers on whether states should be allowed to accept mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
This event is part of CEIR’s “Trust Elections” project, a webinar series exploring the state of US democracy and offering insight on how voters can help protect free and fair elections. It is open to anyone.
When: 3pm Eastern
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