Election Management System Using GIS | Simplify Election Day Planning

There's a strong correlation between how well government prepares for Election Day and the overall voter experience. Esri's election management system helps election officials maintain administrative areas, report wait times, manage voting center or polling place requests, monitor the day's performance, and measure voter sentiment.

Capabilities of GIS for management and operations

Enabling a connected workforce
Real-time data decisions
Capture voter sentiment
Web map dashboards
Manage voting precinct data

Request assistance and report wait times

Enable poll workers to update wait times or request assistance with a simple mobile application instead of inundating the phone lines. By eliminating phone calls and switching to apps, you can streamline the data into your election management system in an organized manner.

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Dispatch help faster

Split-second decisions need to be made throughout an election. Organize issues systematically and in relation to where the nearest available help is on a live map. Quickly dispatch technicians and track the resolution of each request from beginning to end.

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Provide a satisfying voter experience

One of the most crucial roles of an election official is listening to constituents and addressing concerns. Through a mobile web-based form solution, members of the public can provide voter sentiment and help determine their satisfaction. Pinpointing these variables and recording them into your election management system help officials to decide where to allocate more resources.

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Monitor election operations

The media, public, and internal stakeholders look to election officials and operation managers for the latest information throughout Election Day. Use GIS to gather and calculate election-related metrics (e.g., wait times, voter satisfaction, number of issue requests) into a single web map dashboard. In return, confidently report on the overall election operation status to make more informed decisions and foster transparency among all stakeholders.

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Manage voting precinct data

Simplify how you inventory and maintain electoral districts, precincts, voting centers, drop boxes, and polling places before Election Day with GIS. Ensure each voter receives the appropriate ballot, validate candidate eligibility, and update voting records based on location for a successful election.

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ArcGIS Solutions: Election Management

The Election Management solution delivers a set of capabilities that help election officials report wait times, request assistance, and more.

USER STORY

Monitoring elections in Georgia

The Georgia Secretary of State's office implements a statewide wait time and assistance request system to improve the voter experience.

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USER STORY

A digital transformation for election support

Kane County, Illinois, sends county staff to each polling station to ensure that all election equipment is up and running at full capacity.

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Modernizing elections management in Missouri

Saint Louis County director of elections Eric Fey shares the maps and apps that keep his elections team on track and inform residents.

Products for election management

ArcGIS Pro

This powerful single desktop GIS application is a feature-packed software solution that supports data visualization and advanced analysis.

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ArcGIS Dashboards

Convey information by presenting location-based analytics using intuitive and interactive data visualizations on a single screen.

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ArcGIS Survey123

This complete, form-centric solution allows users to collect data via web or mobile devices, even when disconnected from the internet.

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ArcGIS Field Maps

This all-in-one app uses data-driven maps to help mobile workers perform data collection and editing and report their real-time locations.

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ArcGIS Solutions for Election Management

The Election Management solution templates are a collection of pre-configured maps and apps that can be quickly deployed by elections staff.

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Management and Operations

Capabilities of GIS for management and operations

Request assistance and report wait times

Dispatch help faster

Provide a satisfying voter experience

Monitor election operations

Manage voting precinct data

ArcGIS Solutions: Election Management

Monitoring elections in Georgia

A digital transformation for election support

Modernizing elections management in Missouri

Products for election management

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Dashboards

ArcGIS Survey123

ArcGIS Field Maps

ArcGIS Solutions for Election Management

Elections workflows

Management and Operations

Outreach

Results

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