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If you would like to become an officer of election and be Working at the Polls, click the link.

If you already are an Election Officer, the following materials are for you.

Chief's Manual

Current Election Education Materials

Assistant Chief Education Program

The Assistant Chief Education Program (ACEP) is a course of study for officers of election (and Assistant Chiefs or Chiefs who would like a review) to learn what you need to know to serve effectively as an Assistant Chief in a polling place. The program of study is accessed by a series of recorded presentations which are on the Albemarle County Elections Training Materials playlist on YouTube. There are 11 modules in this program. The presentations are all named beginning "AC Elections ACEP" followed by the module number and name.

An outline of the curriculum can be found here.

The presentations are found here in a playlist, or you can select modules individually in the table below.

If you want to apply to be an Assistant Chief, you may want copies of the slides used in the presentations and you will want access to the tests for each module. The tests are fillable PDF files. Links to these files can be found in the table below. You will probably want to open the test files in Adobe Acrobat or another PDF reader to be able to fill in and save your responses. When you complete the tests, send the filled-in PDFs along with your letter of application and any recommendations to the Elections Manager Alex Branch. You will be informed as to whether your application is acceptable or not, and if not, why. Acceptable applications will be reviewed by the Electoral Board.

Module Name
0-1 Introduction	Presentation	Slides	Test
0-2 The Law	Presentation	Slides	Test
I-1 Project Management 101	Presentation	Slides	Test
I-2 Communications	Presentation	Slides	Test
I-3 Team Planning	Presentation	Slides	Test
I-4 Pre-Election Activities	Presentation	Slides	Test
II-1 Election Day Before Open	Presentation	Slides	Test
II-2 Election Day Administration	Presentation	Slides	Test
II-3 Election Day Emergency Procedures	Presentation	Slides	Test
II-4 Election Day Closeout	Presentation	Slides	Test
III-1 Post Election	Presentation	Slides	Test

Check-In and Poll Pad Materials

Here you can find educational materials for the Check-In officer, specifically Poll Pad reference materials from KNOWiNK, guides to handling certain types of valid IDs and home-grown instructional videos.

Poll Pad Guides: Poll Pad Quick Start Poll Pad Setup Guide Poll Pad Check-In Guide

Guidance on Certain Electronic IDs: Virginia Mobile ID (mID) UVA Electronic ID

Instructional Videos: Poll Pad Setup Poll Pad Packing

Ballot Officer Materials

DS300 Materials

Same Day Registration/Provisional Voting Materials

Statement of Results Materials

ExpressVote Materials

ELECT - Virginia Department of Elections Materials