A set of recommendations for election officials and stakeholders based on needs assessment interviews with Michigan clerks In 2018, Michigan voters passed Proposal 18-3, the Promote the Vote ballot initiative. This ballot initiative enshrined new voting rights in the state constitution and overhauled various election procedures. The following year, the Center for Tech and Civic … Continue reading "Preparing to Implement Potential Election Reforms: Supporting Michigan Clerks" The post Prepar...| Center for Tech and Civic Life
CTCL has developed a new training to help participants use the Cybersecurity Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Designed to be usable by both election officials and IT professionals who serve election departments, the training focuses on Profiles, which are one of the three main components of NIST’s Framework. The … Continue reading "New Free Training Will Help Election Departments Advance Their Cybersecurity Programs"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
Unforeseen disasters can strike at any time, and our digitally reliant world is experiencing more frequent and more sophisticated attacks. The same can be said for county officials as they turn to technology to solve complex problems and improve operations. Whether it’s a storm, cyberattack, or water main burst, your community turns to county … Continue reading "The Three-Legged Stool of Resilience: Navigating the Boom (Resources for County IT Professionals )"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
As the saying goes, “there’s always something on the horizon”. This originates from the age of maritime navigation, where sailors would use the horizon as a reference point to prepare for future events, like weather or other ships. Its meaning has broadened to describe future events, things happening beyond the horizon metaphorically. Elections may seem like a one-day event to the public, but for county officials, it’s a continuous process.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
“In 2024, thousands of election officials and volunteers showed up to deliver safe, secure, free, and fair elections for the American people. I’m honored and humbled that our team and our partners played a key role in supporting the election community to continue to the moment.” – Tiana Epps-Johnson, Founder and Executive Director We’re excited … Continue reading "CTCL Releases 2024 Annual Report"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
The Center for Tech and Civic Life administered the 2024 nonpartisan Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant program by granting over $3.7 million to rural and nonmetro jurisdictions to help bridge the funding gap for administering safe and secure elections around the country. Election officials around the country shared stories about how the grant funding … Continue reading "In Their Own Words: Rural Election Officials on How Nonpartisan Grant Funding Helped Lead to a Safe, Secu...| Center for Tech and Civic Life
The Center for Tech and Civic Life is proud to have played a role in this successful election cycle through its 2024 nonpartisan Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant program by granting over $3.7 million to rural and nonmetro jurisdictions to help bridge the funding gap for administering safe and secure elections around the country. … Continue reading "Interim Report on 2024 Nonpartisan Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program" The post Interim Report on 2024 Non...| Center for Tech and Civic Life
As Election Day draws near, we’d like to share a new publicly available resource from CTCL that election officials can keep handy. We’ve put together a list of contact information of national organizations that can support election officials through emergencies, including government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Some of these contacts have state or region specific … Continue reading "Elections Support Contact List" The post Elections Support Contact List appeared first on Center...| Center for Tech and Civic Life
The nonpartisan project brings together civic technology and voter engagement organizations to build and make publicly available fully translated Spanish ballot lookup tools, enabling every eligible voter to make informed decisions this election year and beyond. (Para leer este artículo en español haga clic aquí.) CHICAGO – The Center for Tech and Civic Life announced … Continue reading "CTCL Launches Language Access Project to Connect Spanish Speaking Voters with Nonpartisan Civic Inf...| Center for Tech and Civic Life
Limited Federal Funding Leads to Funding Gaps Around Staffing, Security and ADA Access In August, the Center for Tech and Civic Life launched the nonpartisan Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program to support election officials in operationalizing secure and reliable elections in rural and nonmetro communities. The program has helped election officials modernize outdated … Continue reading "Early Report on 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program" The p...| Center for Tech and Civic Life
We’re thrilled to share the Center for Tech and Civic Life’s 2023 annual report. Join us to reflect on and celebrate the milestones that shaped 2023 and look ahead to what will surely be a monumental election year. It’s an honor to continue our partnerships with organizations and election offices across the country – thank … Continue reading "CTCL Releases 2023 Annual Report" The post CTCL Releases 2023 Annual Report appeared first on Center for Tech and Civic Life.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
A new report from Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and the Institute for Responsive Government has found high rates of local election officials (LEOs) leaving office in select states around the country since 2019. The report comes as thousands of LEOs will be running presidential, congressional, state, and local primary elections for the … Continue reading "CTCL and IRG Release Local Election Officials Turnover Report"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
Connecting Americans with accurate and trustworthy information about what’s on their ballot and who represents them in office.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
Many jurisdictions have begun to update vote tallies in real time on their websites. Greene County, Missouri is one of them.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
At CTCL we believe that every American should be able to easily access accurate, trustworthy information about their government. That’s why the Civic Information team builds nonpartisan datasets of candidates and office holders, and then makes that information available online in the places that voters are most looking for it. In 2022, our data was … Continue reading "Reflecting on Our Civic Information Work in 2022"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
Today marks my last day as Director of Civic Information at the CTCL, and I wanted to take this opportunity to say how proud and honored I have been to be a part of this organization from its founding to today. For the last seven years, building our team and organization from a scrappy upstart … Continue reading "A farewell note from CTCL co-founder Donny Bridges"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
As new election officials prepare for what may be their first major election in November, we’ve assembled resources to support them.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
In the cybersecurity internship program, election officials gain valuable and affordable support, while students gain real-world experience.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
As we head into the holiday weekend, we’re sharing 11 ways that you can celebrate July 4th in your jurisdiction.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
With the 2024 General Election on the horizon, we know it’s as important as ever that election officials like you have the resources you need to run secure elections. Today, we’re outlining two components of the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) to help you better understand what resources are available to you from the federal … Continue reading "Understanding the Homeland Security Grant Program"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
This article was originally published on Electionline Weekly. As part of its work to build a strong community of leaders in the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) held an in-person conference in early February – The Debrief – where local election officials could come together, debrief about … Continue reading "The Debrief: Inaugural Conference Allows Local Election Officials to Come Together and Share Challenges and Solutions"| Center for Tech and Civic Life
San Benito County, California's Ride Along program makes improved transparency a walk in the park—or rather, a ride in a car.| Center for Tech and Civic Life
Election officials are preparing for Election Day by using new technology, partnerships, communication strategies, and more.| Center for Tech and Civic Life