Google election tool kit

If you run a site with election information Protect your website from attacks so that voters can access election information when they need it. If you run a news site Protect election coverage and debate from digital attacks on your platform, and find tools to encourage accurate reporting and quality journalism. If you're a journalist Increase the security of your account to keep your information safe, and find fact checking and verification resources to support your work.

Tools to protect against digital attacks. Protect accounts Protect websites Protect conversations. Protect accounts People who are critical to elections are at risk of targeted phishing What is a phishing attack? Why you need Advanced Protection If someone gains unauthorised access What is unauthorised account access? How it protects you When you enroll in Advanced Protection, you'll get a suite of extra security for your Google Account.

Learn more What else you can do You can also set-up two-factor authentication on many of your online accounts. If someone gets through your password layer, they'll still need your phone or Security Key to get into your account. Phishing emails are one of the primary ways that your account can be compromised. Learn what to look out for by taking this quick and fun Phishing Quiz.

Smart Lock is a password manager that keeps your accounts safe by keeping track of all the usernames and passwords for your different online accounts. This makes it easy to use strong and unique passwords. Security Planner provides personalized security recommendations from the world's leading experts.

Protect websites Project Shield is a free service that uses Google technology to help protect news, election and campaign sites from DDoS attacks, a simple and inexpensive way to take a website down and prevent voters from accessing vital election information. Apply now. Protect conversations Discussing politics, policies, and candidates around an election can be difficult. Why you need Perspective The Perspective API makes it easier for news sites and commenting platforms to host better conversations online.

How it protects you By reducing the amount of abuse and harassment on websites and commenting platforms, people can more freely share their ideas and viewpoints. Learn more. Resources that support quality election reporting During elections, misleading, low quality, offensive, and downright false information can be used to influence voters.

Fact Check Give voters more information on viral news stories and related issues with Fact Check tags, which help verify or debunk claims and statistics online. Direct Feedback Flag potentially offensive or unhelpful content that appears in Autocomplete and Featured Snippets on Google Search using our new direct feedback tool. News Lab Take Google News Lab 's Verification Course and learn about tools that can help you verify the authenticity of images, videos and reports.

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Voting Information Project Tools. Election Toolkit. A library of free and low-cost tools to promote civic engagement and make voting easier. Polling Place Optimization Calculators. Line Optimization and Poll Worker Management. Line Optimization. Pollworker and Machine Optimization. Voter Registration and Ballots. Absentee Voting Video Series.

Registering to Vote. Voter Lookup. Get to the Polls. Vote - Election Information You Need. Election Worker. Enter your address to find your polling place, build your ballot with this online voters' guide and much more.

Do you have a desire to serve your community and country? This nonpartisan project has collected poll worker information and applications for hundreds of counties and other jurisdictions, making it easy for local election officials and potential workers to connect. The EAC announced five winners of its best practices competition for recruiting, training, and retaining election workers. VIP 5. This results in faster processing time because it allows less room for data errors, and will be viewed as a more straight forward and intuitive format for election officials to implement.

This repository holds common election data format and related information and files that are being created by NIST and collaborators. Focus for this working group is to make all election technologies work together through the implementation of a common data format.

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