Training For Election Officials

Members of the County Board of Elections and the Director of Elections frequently receive questions about election law and administration. Usually the questions come from citizens active in their own political party, who have a greater than average interest in the details. Sometimes the questions come from citizens who are certain they already know the right answer.

Election law is complex. From time to time, changes are made by statute or by regulation. Sometimes changes are made in the details of computer programs that assist in administering the elections process. Sometimes changes result from court cases.

To help county elections officials keep up with changes, the State Board of Elections conducts training, usually two or three times a year. In addition, the State Board publishes training presentations on its Election Resources web site.

Anyone having an interest in following these details can access the training materials at: The Election Resource Center home page: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/erc/ERCHomePage.html

Click on : 2012 Annual Training For County Officials - August 14 and 15. This will take you to a list of all the lectures given during that training and printable versions of the training: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/erc/Documents/Conferences/  At the bottom of that page is a link to archives of prior training material: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/erc/Documents/Conferences/~Archives/  That page allows you to access material going back to 2005.

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