election officials
Ballot process supervisors
Election officials are the people who administer voting—poll workers, registrars, county clerks, secretaries of state, and others responsible for running elections.
They verify voter eligibility, operate polling places, count ballots, and certify results.
Election officials in several states faced threats after the 2020 election.
The term covers both partisan appointees and nonpartisan civil servants.
- poll workersVoting site employees
- county clerksLocal government record administrators
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- mail-in ballotsVotes submitted through post
- absentee votingElectoral participation without presence
precinct captains · compliance officers · early voting · recounts · canvassing · scrutineers · signature verification · chain of custody · provisional ballots · ballot boxes · certifications · polling stations · tabulators · audit trails · clerks · political parties · observers · electoral districts
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- election disputescontested results, recount, recounts, vote recount, vote recounts
- recall electionsrecall petition, recall vote, recall campaign, removal from office, ouster
- voting rulesvoter eligibility, voter ID, voter registration, voting age, residency requirement
election officialscandidates
Those seeking selection
nominees · campaign staff · voters · challengers · campaign managers
election officialsordinary citizens
poll watchers · election observers · protesters · grassroots activists