This Wonk Wednesday resource includes materials and resources shared during the 2022 National Postal Forum, held in Phoenix, Ariz. in May.
Mailed It!
Ballot Tracking 101
This Wonk Wednesday resource includes resources from the two foremost vendors providing ballot-tracking solutions — BallotTrax and Ballot Scout — as well as local election offices that use these technologies for their voters.
Pushing the Envelope: Prepping your print
This Wonk Wednesday resource includes a 2020 Vote by mail toolkit from King County Elections, a sample calendar from Taylor Print Impressions, Lori Augino’s 2020 VBM tips and some election mail resources from USPS!
Ballot Sorting and Signature Verification Equipment Webinar
In this webinar you’ll learn about mail ballot envelope standards, how national templates can be adapted to your office’s needs, and the principles of plain language and design to help voters.
Vote at Home Webinar: Implementing Envelope Design Best Practices
In this webinar you’ll learn about mail ballot envelope standards, how national templates can be adapted to your office’s needs, and the principles of plain language and design to help voters.
Webinar: Integrating Low-Cost Tracking and Reporting Tools
In this webinar you’ll learn about tools for tracking ballots through the mail and at your office, high priority support from the USPS, and best practices for signature verification and voter intent.
Webinar: Preparing Helpful Supplementary Materials for Ballots
In this webinar you’ll learn about prioritizing the info you want to communicate to those voting by mail, best practices for including inserts alongside mail ballots, and planning clear online resources for voter education about vote-by-mail.
Working with Printing Vendors Webinar
Learn about working with print vendors for mail ballot printing and processes with a NVAHI webinar.
A tool kit of resources for scaling up vote by mail (Center for Civic Design)
As designers, researchers, and humans we can solve problems. So we’re focusing on what we’re good at: helping election officials make it easier for people to vote – even in these times.
We have materials to support any state or county scaling up their vote-by-mail program to get ready to meet the challenge with templates and sample documents. We’ve got ballot request forms, envelope designs, voter information and instructions, and more, all based on best practices around the country.
Center for Inclusive Democracy Ballot Return Tool
Using publicly available voter data, the web-based Ballot Return Tool produces visualized data maps of early ballots cast by registered voters at the county or precinct level. The technology allows users to increasingly pinpoint community-level voting activities by hovering or zooming in on a particular area or neighborhood. CID updates the maps in real-time as voting data is made available.