On Day 2 of Voter Education week, we wanted to highlight some excellent printable and sharable fact sheets & one-pagers from across the U.S. about how our elections work and how they are secured! Athena Strategies’ Democracy Fellows combed websites across the country in search of easy-to-understand fact sheets from reliable sources to help inform and empower voters. Our top 3 favorite models of clear and accurate fact sheets from jurisdictions across the country are:
- Alaska Division of Elections has created two fact sheets outlining complex election topics, providing voters with clear and concise information to navigate the electoral process with confidence and understanding.
- Alaska’s Ballot Chain of Custody infographic explains the process of a certified voter receiving an official ballot.
- The Absentee & Questioned Ballot Processing infographic highlights the step-by-step process taken to verify absentee voters or ballots that might contain discrepancies.
- These two Pennsylvania fact sheets from Pitt Cyber and Committee of 70 describe clearly Pennsylvania’s processes in place every election to ensure election security and integrity:
- Utah’s Securing Utah’s Elections handout created by Utah election officials provides easy-to-understand details on all the different processes in place to secure elections in Utah.
For the full list of election security and voting fact sheets and one-pagers identified by our Fellows, see https://athena-strategies.com/resources/election-security-and-voting-fact-sheets-and-one-pagers/. Please share this information everywhere – on social media and in person! The more we share accurate information – in barbershops and in schools, in workplaces and libraries, and on TikTok and beyond – the more we will enable individuals to become ambassadors in their own communities and share this information with their friends and neighbors.
And if you come across a helpful resource not listed on our website, please share it with us. Together, we can help spread accurate and helpful election information.