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Locating Polling Places
Online GIS-based applications give voters access to current, accurate polling place information 24 hours a day.

Supporting Election Day
GIS enhances time sensitive tasks on Election Day, whether it is assigning personnel or routing materials to and from polling places.

Educating Voters
Who is my congressional representative? What school district do I live in? Web-enabled GIS applications easily answer these and other questions.

Redistricting/
Reprecincting
GIS helps ensure equity in districts and precincts, which are balanced with respect to registered voters. Interactive online mapping applications encourage public participation.

Analyzing Election Results
Voter turnout by precinct, party, demographics, or other factors can easily be analyzed using GIS. Address matching helps ensure accuracy and meets HAVA requirements.

News and Events

ESRI Federal User Conference
February 18–20, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Alameda County Registrar of Voters Improves Election Processes
Analyzing Election Results ESRI and Hart InterCivic
"The Geography of Elections" is the focus of ArcUser, Oct.-Dec. 2007

Elections departments that have adopted GIS are beginning to realize that GIS can help them all year long with the myriad of tasks associated with elections.

GIS is the most efficient technology for all aspects of elections: redistricting and precincting, managing the logistics of holding elections, supplying information to voters both before and after an election, and analyzing the results of elections.