Election Commission Surveys Local Offices on Staffing Needs
Published Date: 6/17/2025
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Summary
The Election Assistance Commission wants to learn more about how election offices are staffed and run by sending out a survey. They’re asking election offices to share info about their teams, hiring, and staffing needs. If you work in election offices, your input matters, and you have until August 19, 2025, to share your thoughts—no extra costs involved!
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Election offices must respond to staffing survey
If you work in a state or local election office (including the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Election Assistance Commission plans to collect staffing and hiring information through the U.S. Elections Survey--Election Office Staffing. The survey will be sent to 56 respondents, is estimated to take 2 hours per response (112 total annual burden hours), will be collected annually, and public comments on the collection are due by 5 p.m. Eastern on August 19, 2025.
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