AI is reshaping elections. We help the field keep up.
AI is changing how elections are run, attacked, defended and trusted. We turn what we learn into practical tools, guidance and analysis for the people who run elections, and clear, grounded commentary for everyone who cares about them.
For election officialsFive lenses on AI readiness. Answer one question in each and see where your office stands.
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Does your office require staff to tell you which AI tools they use, including free apps on their phones, so your list stays current?
You cannot govern what you cannot see. Most offices find more AI in use than they expected.
Every election office is somewhere on this path. We can help you build a thoughtful approach to AI, one lens at a time.
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Not in an election office? Start with our commentary on how AI is changing elections, or see us in the news.
Tools, guidance and commentary
Tools are ready to use. Guides explain what to do and why. Case studies show how election offices and others are putting AI to work, Prompts in Practice share prompts you can adapt, webinars are recorded conversations, and commentary is our analysis of what AI means for elections, as it happens.
The library also includes useful work from other organizations, filed by type and topic alongside ours. Those cards are grey and say "External resource" and who they are from. Know a resource that belongs here? Email [email protected].
Ready for AI Risks
A Ready for Tuesday framework built on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. Walk through the election calendar from registration to certification, look at each AI use through five lenses (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage and Public Trust) and score what you find in a self-scoring risk register.
Assess your AI riskReady to Train the Bots
Voters are asking chatbots where to vote, and the answers come from your website. This Ready for Tuesday guide, built with the AI + Elections Clinic, covers structured data, plain-language consistency, robots.txt and llms.txt, with copy-ready code and a phased checklist.
Read the guideAI Use: Dos and Don'ts
Build an AI use reference for your office: sort suggested statements into Do and Don't, add your logo and print it for staff and poll workers.
+ Training and exercises Build your reference
AI Election News Tracker
A living map of U.S. news about AI and election administration since 2023, drawn from electionline's daily roundup. Filter by state and year, and send us stories we missed.
+ Voter information Explore the map
AI Terms for Election Officials
A study tool for the language of artificial intelligence: browse the glossary, quiz yourself and practice with flashcards.
Don't Fall for the AI Fake
Ten situations involving cloned voices, faked video and edited footage aimed at election offices. Get all ten right to earn a certificate.
Election LLM Observatory
External resource from MIT · Sept. 10, 2026
A public dashboard tracking how about a dozen AI chatbots answer questions about the 2026 midterms.
AI + Elections Skills Hub
External resource from ASU Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory · Ongoing
The AI + Elections Clinic's hub for prompts, case studies, AI-powered tools, bootcamps and research for election officials.
AI Use Policy for Elections
External resource from Microsoft AI for Elections Accelerator · August 2025
A sample AI use policy template for election offices, covering approved tools, human review, and how staff can and cannot use AI.
Ready for AI Risks
Size up the AI risks in your office across the election calendar, from registration to certification, and score them in a risk register you can keep.
Ready for Vibecoding
How an election office can build small tools with AI without creating new risk, and the checks to run before anything goes live.
Ready to Train the Bots
Voters ask AI tools where and how to vote, and the answers come from your website. Shape what they say with structured data, plain language and a step-by-step checklist.
AI Toolkit for Election Officials
External resource from U.S. Election Assistance Commission · August 2023
The EAC's introduction to artificial intelligence for election officials: what it is and what it means for election offices.
How Election Officials Can Identify, Prepare for, and Respond to AI Threats
External resource from Brennan Center for Justice · 2024
A guide for election officials covering scenarios involving AI, including fake images, video and audio.
Safeguards for Using Artificial Intelligence in Election Administration
External resource from Brennan Center for Justice · 2023
How transparency and oversight can keep AI tools in election offices helpful rather than harmful.
Generative Artificial Intelligence for Election Administrators: An Introduction
External resource from The Elections Group · June 6, 2024
A guide, produced with civic technologist Kathryn Peters, to help election officials understand generative AI and consider bringing it into their work.
Intro to GenAI for Election Officials
External resource from Microsoft AI for Elections Accelerator · August 2025
A two-page primer on generative AI: key terms, prompting basics, dos and don'ts, and privacy questions to ask about any tool.
Civics Playbook 2026
External resource from Google · 2026
Google's playbook for government offices, campaigns and organizations on using Google AI tools, including Gemini, and on protecting their accounts.
Artificial Intelligence in Elections
External resource from Center for Internet Security · 2024
The AI best practice in CIS's Essential Guide to Election Security.
AI in Elections: Essentials for Risk Management
External resource from Election Security Exchange · February 2026
A practical guide to adopting AI responsibly: use policies, staff training, use cases, secure tools and settings, and human oversight.
AI in Elections: Procurement Essentials
External resource from Election Security Exchange · May 2026
Why buying AI calls for a different procurement process, and the risks traditional procurement may overlook.
AI Glasses in the Election Office
External resource from Election Security Exchange · October 2026
What AI-enabled smart glasses mean for election office lobbies and the recording rules many offices already have.
Artificial Intelligence for Electoral Management
External resource from International IDEA · 2024
A foundational report on how electoral management bodies can respond to AI and, in some cases, use it to keep elections free, fair and secure.
From Promise to Practice: AI in Electoral Administration
External resource from UNDP and UN DPPA · June 29, 2026
A UN publication on putting AI to work in electoral administration.
AI is in the election administration headlines less. That doesn't mean it matters less.
TJ Pyche · Oct 20, 2026
Nearly four years of electionline headlines show AI election stories peaked in 2024 and fell sharply in 2026. The conversation about AI in elections hasn't faded, and neither has AI's reach into election offices.
A Look Across the Pond: AI at Ireland’s Electoral Commission
TJ Pyche · Oct 16, 2026
A conversation with Art O'Leary, chief executive of Ireland's Electoral Commission, on the commission's AI experiments and why it will not use AI to interpret the law.
Prompts in Practice: From Printed Flashcards to a Free Flashcard Maker
Fred DeCaro III · Oct 14, 2026
Turning a printed training deck into a phone game and a free tool other jurisdictions can use
From the Floor to the Election Office: Bill Tracking Made Simpler
TJ Pyche, Riley Shahin · Oct 6, 2026
How FloorVote is making legislative tracking easier for election officials
Ballotship: Turning Election Preparedness Into a Game
TJ Pyche · Sep 30, 2026
A tabletop exercise game where election teams draw fictional disruptions and work through them, first run with ASU's Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory for Pinal County, Arizona.
How UNDP used AI to organize its AI + Elections conference
TJ Pyche · Sep 29, 2026
How the UNDP team used AI to help run a global conference on AI and elections, with a person reviewing every output before it went public.
AI and Elections: Observations from Abroad
TJ Pyche · Sep 14, 2026
What election officials around the world are learning and saying about AI
What Happens When Voters Ask AI About Elections?
TJ Pyche · Aug 11, 2026
Two new reports on how AI handles election information
New Tool: A Deepfake Quiz for Election Office Teams
TJ Pyche · Aug 6, 2026
Sort It Out: A Dos-and-Don'ts Builder for AI in Elections
TJ Pyche · Jul 13, 2026
A starting point for clear guidance your team can follow
An AI Verification Tool for Election Offices, With Caveats
TJ Pyche · Jun 3, 2026
A look at OpenAI's new image verifier – what it does well and what it cannot do
VIDEO: Practical AI Risk Management: Measuring AI Risk in Election Offices
TJ Pyche · May 14, 2026
The third session in our NIST AI Risk Management Framework series: testing AI tools over time and tracking accuracy, consistency and fairness.
VIDEO: Practical AI Risk Management: Mapping AI Risk in Election Offices
TJ Pyche · Apr 10, 2026
The recording of the second session in our NIST AI Risk Management Framework series, on mapping AI risk.
A New AI Resource from the EAC (Plus a Few Updates)
TJ Pyche · Mar 25, 2026
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission's new AI case studies for election officials, plus news from the Clinic.
Inside Ohio’s Practical Use of AI for Election Administration
TJ Pyche, Trevor Timmons, Spencer Wood · Mar 2, 2026
How the Ohio Secretary of State's office built Eva, an assistant that answers only from the election official manual and calendar and cites its sources.
Seven Practical Takeaways on AI Governance for Election Offices
TJ Pyche · Feb 10, 2026
Insights from election administrators, security professionals and technologists
AI is coming for the 2026 election
TJ Pyche, Ben Gips, Edison Forman, Bill Gates · Dec 19, 2025
AI mostly supercharges threats election offices already know: false information, cyberattacks and mistakes in critical systems. What to watch for, and where AI can help.
Creating an Election Timeline for Voter Communications
Lia Merivaki, Sam Rowland · Dec 12, 2025
Turning election calendars into usable timelines with generative AI
Government-Specific AI Tools: What Election Offices Should Know
Trevor Timmons · Dec 2, 2025
A level-headed look at Gov-grade AI offerings for election administrators.
Informing How AI Is Approached: Election Officials as CEOs
TJ Pyche · Nov 7, 2025
Bring a CEO mindset to AI: plan for it the way your office plans for crises, new laws and new security requirements.
Using AI to Create a Continuity of Operations Plan That’s Ready for Review
TJ Pyche · Nov 5, 2025
Draft a continuity of operations plan with AI from the EAC template and FEMA doctrine, then review it and test it in a tabletop exercise.
Prompts in Practice: Assessing Election Website Accessibility
Sam Rowland, Lia Merivaki · Oct 29, 2025
Putting the web accessibility audit checklist to practice
Prompts in Practice: Using AI Tools to Improve Election Website Accessibility
Sam Rowland, Lia Merivaki, TJ Pyche · Oct 21, 2025
Exploring How Generative AI Can Support ADA Compliance for Election Websites
Prompts in Practice: Using AI to Create Poll Worker Training Flashcards
Fred DeCaro III · Oct 14, 2025
Turning official training materials into engaging, practical tools for poll workers
Prompts in Practice: Creating a Shareable AI-Enabled Knowledge Base
Fred DeCaro III · Oct 7, 2025
Turning trusted election materials into a centralized, refreshable resource
Prompts in Practice: Knowing the Ingredients for a Great Prompt
TJ Pyche · Sep 30, 2025
Breaking down the key ingredients of prompt design
Prompts in Practice: Using AI and Simple Math to Leverage Other Tech and Better Predict Election Resource Needs
Gretchen Reinemeyer · Sep 23, 2025
A Practical AI Use Case from Arlington County, Virginia, General Registrar/Director of Elections Gretchen Reinemeyer
Prompts in Practice: Election Communication Planning
TJ Pyche · Sep 16, 2025
A weekly look at real AI prompts and outputs, with a focus on safe and practical use cases for election work.
Learning AI Terminology, Made Simple for Election Administrators
TJ Pyche · Sep 5, 2025
Using old-school learning tricks to make sense of today’s AI terminology
Learning Curve: Understanding and Informing How Election Officials Are Approaching AI
Noah Praetz, Bill Gates, TJ Pyche · Aug 21, 2025
What we heard from election officials about AI, and how a one-hour introduction raised their confidence in using it.
AI in Action: Case Studies for Election Officials
External resource from U.S. Election Assistance Commission · March 2026
A practical guide to using AI in an election office, based on real experiences from election officials across the U.S., with a getting-started checklist and safeguards.
We Fed Chatbots Election Lies. Here's What Happened
External resource from Brennan Center for Justice · Aug. 26, 2026
A test of how AI chatbots respond to false election claims, and the safeguards AI companies and lawmakers need ahead of the 2026 midterms.
How AI Might Affect Elections
External resource from Brennan Center for Justice · Aug. 11, 2026
A look at a new study on the promise and peril of AI for elections.
Harris School of Public Policy Hosts AI + Elections Clinic Bootcamp
External resource from UChicago Harris Cyber Policy Initiative · May 18, 2026
A recap of the hands-on AI + Elections Clinic bootcamp for local election officials, organized by ASU's Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory and hosted at the University of Chicago.
Bringing AI to the Ballot Box: What Election Officials Need to Know
External resource from Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy · 2025
Two McCourt experts share five insights on how AI can change election administration while preserving public trust.
Artificial Intelligence and Electoral Administration
External resource from UNDP · Aug. 31, 2026
A UNDP post on a pilot AI training for electoral administrators, held in Amman, Aug. 16-18, 2026.
Latest analysis
What we are seeing across the field, what we are building and what we think it means for elections.
AI is in the election administration headlines less. That doesn't mean it matters less.
Nearly four years of electionline headlines show AI election stories peaked in 2024 and fell sharply in 2026. The conversation about AI in elections hasn't faded, and neither has AI's reach into election offices.
AI and Elections: Observations from Abroad
What election officials around the world are learning and saying about AI
What Happens When Voters Ask AI About Elections?
Two new reports on how AI handles election information
New Tool: A Deepfake Quiz for Election Office Teams
In the news
Coverage of our work and our team's take on AI and elections in the media.
State and local election officials are trying to keep up with AI ahead of the midterms
“Something that they have going in their favor is that people don’t believe anything anymore. People since have moved toward thinking that everything’s AI.”
How AI Can Help (and Hurt) Election Officials
'Ballotship' exercises prepare Arizona officials for mounting election-threat scenarios
“Unlike many other functions of government or industry, Election Day is a single day when you have to get it right.”
Bring us to your office, conference or association
We lead workshops, trainings and talks on AI and elections for election offices, state and national associations, conferences and the organizations that support election officials. Tell us a little about your group and what you have in mind, and we will get in touch to figure out what we can do.
Hands-on workshops
Working sessions where your team tries AI tools on real election tasks, writes and tests prompts, and drafts the rules your office will use.
Presentations and panels
Plain-language talks on what AI means for running, securing and communicating about elections, shaped for your audience and your time slot.
Tabletop exercises
Scenario-based exercises that walk your team through AI risks across the election calendar, from deepfakes to a tool that fails on Election Day.
Reach out with a few details: who you are, your audience and about how many people, your date or time frame, and whether you are thinking in person or virtual. A rough idea is enough to start.
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