Voting Operations Index
The Voting Operations topic area deals with the essential business of recording votes. It focuses on the secrecy of and accesses (freedom and opportunity) to voting. Voting Operations considers issues relating to electoral legislation and management, administrative regulations, technology and shared responsibility for such operations. The section also deals with some special considerations for voting operations in less developed countries. For more general information on this topic area, please select Overview.
Budgeting processes, costs of technology and the assurance of and timing of release of funds are discussed. Issues relating to planning include a discussion of election cycles, timing of elections, the period over which the vote takes place and needs assessments for voting operations. Of course, elections require enormous personnel resources; hence, the recruitment and training of staff and related issues are addressed.
Major topics within Voting Operations:
Voting Arrangements
Planning
Materials and Equipment
Logistics
Staffing and Training
Processing of Nominations
Voting Sites
Voting
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