Resources
Athena Strategies collects helpful resources such as tools, fact sheets, guidance, and templates for use by election and other government officials, voters, partners, and other interested parties. These resources focus on election security, voting rights, and amplifying understanding and civil discourse about elections in the U.S. If you have a suggested resource for inclusion, please contact us.
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Over Zero’s Election Violence Prevention
This website gathers together resources to support communities in preventing political violence and to respond to instances of violence.
Issue One’s How Elections Work
All states have security measures to ensure the integrity of every vote. This site gives descriptions of processes in each state as to who runs elections, and steps that are taken before, during, and after elections.
National Association of State Election Directors (NASED)’s State by State Voter Information Website
This site provides a comprehensive compendium of helpful election resources from each state, providing accurate and up-to-date information about how to register, vote, and be a poll worker; explaining the many election security and integrity processes in place; and combatting many election-related myths and misinformation.
Election Security and Voting Fact Sheets and One-Pagers
To inform and empower voters and increase civic engagement, we need to do more to share easy-to-understand information about how our elections work and how they are secured – and we need to reach people where they are – in barbershops and in church, in schools and community centers, and on TikTok and beyond.
Brennan Center: 7 Facts About Voting — and Myths Being Spread About Them
Elections in the U.S. are secure and professionally run but nevertheless lies and false allegations continue to be spread. This explainer from the Brennan Center lays out 7 core facts about voting and some of the myths and fabrications about these processes.
Voting Rights Lab – Upholding the Will of the People: Understanding Election Certification
This Voting Rights Lab resource explains scenarios surrounding several attempts over the last few years to delay or refuse to certify the results of an election, and why these attempts have all failed.
Civic Alliance Employer Guide to AI and Democracy
Employers are the most trusted institution in the U.S., according to the Edelman Trust Barometer. With anxiety on the rise about the election, AI, and societal confusion and distrust, communications from employers are all the more important, and more trusted than news reports or social media feeds. This guide can help companies uphold this trust by being a source of fact based, accurate, nonpartisan communication about voting, AI, and civic engagement.
Election certification under threat – Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington
This report identifies 35 local jurisdictions in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan where officials have tried (unsuccessfully) to refuse to certify election results in recent years.
Election Facts PA
This website contains easy to understand facts about how elections work in Pennsylvania, including information on who election officials are, who can legally vote, what election preparation and security processes are carried out before, during, and after every election, and how to know ballots are accurately counted and results are verified.
CISA’s Guide to Operational Security for Election Officials
Operational security (OPSEC) is a systematic process for identifying and protecting sensitive information, data, or capabilities within an organization.