News State & Territories Plan to Spend Majority of HAVA Grant Funds on Election Security, System Upgrades August 21, 2018 The EAC today released narratives and budgets for 48 of the 55 states and territories that have received a portion of new funds appropriated in March 2018....
News EAC Regional Press Calls to Detail Narratives and Budgets for 48 States and Territories Eligible to Receive FY18 HAVA Funds August 20, 2018 On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will release program narratives and budgets from 48 of the 55 states and territories...
News Data "Deep Dive" Examines Provisional Voting Trends Nationwide June 7, 2018 The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released a brief today on the rate in which provisional ballots are issued and counted during federal elections,...
News Featured news item EAC Announces 55 Percent of HAVA Funds Requested by 26 States June 5, 2018 Silver Spring, Md. - The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today announced that 26 states have requested $209,638,865 in newly available funds to...
News U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairman Thomas Hicks on State’s Efforts to Boost Election Security and Resiliency May 21, 2018 Following the release of “So far, few states have sought federal money to secure elections,” a POLITICO article published on May 17, U.S. Election Assistance...
News Data “Deep Dive” Shows Increase in Electronic Poll Books, Online Voter Registration, Other Election Technology May 1, 2018 Silver Spring, Md. – The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released a brief today on evolving election technology and its implications for election...
News U.S. Election Assistance Commission Releases Election Data Interactive, Fact Sheets for Southeast States December 19, 2017 The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recently released the EAVS Data Interactive, a new data visualization tool that allows users to pull data most...
News U.S. Election Assistance Commission Releases Election Data Interactive, Southwest Fact Sheets December 18, 2017 The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recently released the EAVS Data Interactive, a new data visualization tool that allows users to pull data most...
News FACT SHEET: Election Administration and Voting Survey March 15, 2017 Elections generate a tremendous amount of data that can be collected and analyzed to improve voter experience and guide how officials administer elections. All...
News FACT SHEET: Voter Registration List Maintenance March 10, 2017 An important part of the EAC’s mission is to support state and local election officials in their efforts to ensure accessible, accurate and secure elections....
News FACT SHEET: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission's Voting System Testing and Certification Program March 8, 2017 For more than a decade, the EAC’s Testing and Certification Program has assisted state and local election officials by providing timely and accurate voting...
News FACT SHEET: How the U.S. Election Assistance Commission empowers Voters with disabilities and the election officials who serve them February 22, 2017 More than 35 million Americans with disabilities, roughly one-sixth of the total electorate, are eligible to vote in the United States. This accounts for a...
Blog Featured blog post Launch of the 2018 EAVS and New Resources December 10, 2018 With the midterm elections now behind us, the EAC has begun implementing the 2018 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS). The EAVS is the agency’s...
Blog Featured blog post Voting System Testing Update – 113018 November 29, 2018 This blog is an effort to keep everyone informed of the progress of voting systems that are in the EAC’s Testing and Certification Program.
Blog Featured blog post Celebrating Your Election Day Successes November 26, 2018 The November 30 deadline to enter the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) 2018 Clearinghouse competition is right around the corner. We want to hear...
Blog #Countdown18: Ensuring Accuracy -- Colorado November 2, 2018 When Hillary Hall started her job as a county clerk in 2007, Judd Choate, Director of the Division of Elections for the Colorado Department of State, says she...
Blog #Countdown18: Ensuring Accuracy -- New Mexico November 1, 2018 While all eyes were on Florida waiting for the results of the 2000 presidential election, there was a whole other recount happening in New Mexico. It took until...
Blog #Countdown18: Ensuring Accuracy -- Connecticut October 31, 2018 Connecticut has been conducting post-election audits for more than a decade. The state’s General Assembly passed a bill in 2007 requiring the Board of Elections...