About EARC

The Election Administration Research Center (EARC) seeks to improve the administration of elections through research, education, and public outreach. Established in January 2005 within the Institute of Governmental Studies at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, EARC studies elections at both the state and local levels and disseminates its findings to election officials, academic researchers, and members of the public. EARC develops materials and procedures to assist election administration and hosts a speakers' series on topics of interest to election administrators and scholars. Research and publication topics will include the organization of local election departments, the process of administering elections, the behavior and characteristics of state and local election officials and staff, the role of advocates for voters' rights in election reform, and the implementation of new election policies. The current EARC research program involves a systematic study of poll worker training in California counties with the aim of assessing variation, determining areas for standardization, and making recommendations for improvement of poll worker training methods and practices.

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