election board
Poll administration body
An election board is the official body responsible for administering elections within a jurisdiction—overseeing voter registration, managing polling places, counting ballots, and certifying results.
The term may refer to a state or county agency or to the group of workers staffing a specific polling location on election day: She volunteered to serve on the election board.
- ballotVoting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- early votingBalloting before election day
- mail-in ballotsVotes submitted through post
commissioners · canvass · certification · officials · registrar · tally · counting · supervisor · jurisdiction · oversight · recount · partisan · appointees · clerk · tabulation · watchdog · scrutineer · public hearing
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, department, ministry
- county governmentcounty clerk, county commissioner, county council, county executive, county assessor
- government officesDMV, bureau, agency, post office, administrative office
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
- primariesprimaries, open primaries, primary ballot, closed primaries, caucuses
election boardcandidates
Those seeking selection
campaigners · political parties · voters · electorate · campaign staff
election boardelection interference
Undermining legitimate ballot processes
voter intimidation · disinformation campaign · corrupt officials
election boardauthoritarian regime
Government with concentrated, unchecked power
junta · autocrat · military dictatorship · dictator · military junta
election, board, elect, elected, electing, elects, elective, elector, electoral