Me: I’m going for a quick run. Can you pick up your stuff in the living room and do your responsibilities while I’m gone? 10yo: Do I have to put clothes on? Me: [long pause] 10yo: FINE.

Developing requirements for any system—let alone some voter registration databases that may be decades old—can be a daunting task. Katy Owens Hubler outlines how process modeling workshops can help make requirements gathering easier turnout.rocks/our-blog/using…

Investment in data integration systems and integrators will break down system silos, centralize key election data, and enable better business intelligence and performance. A new white paper by Enhanced Voting and The Turnout nass.org/node/2496

Hey! The National Cyber Director's team in the White House is hiring a Director for Cyber Policy and Programs: usajobs.gov/job/708459900 It's a DC-based, GS-14/15, permanent (career non-term) role in EOP - and within a great team! It closes pretty soon - this Thursday, 3/2.

Many states are working to create new and innovative ways to help meet the needs of voters. Check out our article on Vermont's Voter Portal and how it's helping increase voter accessibility! ovi.csg.org/vermonts-voter…

In the last 20 years as election administration became more complex and involved a wider range of technologies, it became clear that something was needed to translate data between different systems. But what was that “something”? 🧵

🔥 Hot off the (virtual) press 🔥 Volume 2 Issue 1 is available now! We once again have some fantastic contributions from some of the best election administrators and scholars around the country. Thank you to everyone who contributed! Check it out: electioncenter.org/journal-of-ele…

We'd like to announce the launch of the Election Technology Initiative (ETI): a partnership between CSG and The Tunrout (The Turnout). With #ElectionGuard, ETI uses open-source tech to increase security, transparency, and voter confidence in the U.S. ow.ly/9GNI50PlW73

We appreciate Microsoft’s innovation in this space and are humbled to be given the opportunity to carry this forward. Excited for what’s to come! Thank you, Ginny Badanes!

In the newser this week, The Council of State Governments and The Turnout team up with support from Microsoft to form the Election Technology Initiative. That, plus so much more election news and information. electionline.org/electionline-w…

It was great to see the future of voting in College Park tonight. Hats off to the entire team that made this possible Hart InterCivic, Enhanced Voting, Center for Civic Design, City of College Park, The Turnout, The Council of State Governments, and Microsoft Research to name a few.

Welcome, Grace Gordon, who joins The Turnout as Research Associate & Project Manager! Read about Grace and more in our latest blog post from The Turnout's President, Jared Marcotte turnout.rocks/our-blog/welco…

Easing election officials' burdens requires well-defined standards. No one knows more about them than John Dziurłaj. Read his thread on our work with National Institute of Standards and Technology on common formats, testing, and what's to come.

At The Turnout, we've been developing & advancing the use of Common Data Formats (CDFs) in election technology. Our own John Dziurłaj is at the forefront of this & presented to Election Asst. Comm. TGDC about our work with National Institute of Standards and Technology on voting system interoperability & CDFs turnout.rocks/our-blog/impro…

Non-voting election systems need a new and adaptive kind of testing. RABET-V is the answer. Read more about Center for Internet Security (CIS)'s operational program here in our latest article from Jared Marcotte: turnout.rocks/our-blog/rabet…

Some imperfect words about who Kenneth Bennett was and how he helped elections take a giant leap forward. Deepest condolences to everyone feeling this loss.

Our friends, Zach Zarnow and Danielle Hirsch, at National Center for State Courts created a lyrical story (with AI-generated images) about the perils of the overabundance of information and describes how courts can help lead people through the "Sea of Junk" vimeo.com/920110405

We've been working with CSG Overseas Voting Initiative since 2015 to help military and overseas voters through CSG's cooperative agreement with FVAP.gov. With a working group of election officials, we've developed data standards and policy recommendations. Read more here turnout.rocks/our-blog/helpi…

X-ray vision for home inspections would be great! Until that happens in the real world, John Dziurłaj explains via architectural metaphor how RABET-V looks at software components' reliability, modularity, isolation, and depth to score product quality turnout.rocks/our-blog/cavea…

John John Dziurłaj's latest article for The Turnout is up on our website. Read "What is a Spatial Audit, and how does it aid Election Administration?" here: turnout.rocks/our-blog/what-…