Elections

An enterprise GIS provides a shared location foundation that supports the core election workflows, including election planning, election operations, and stakeholder engagement.

Often thought of as election management software combined with election mapping and election data analysis, GIS connects authoritative voter data, precinct boundaries, election workflows, and staff. Election offices can operate with consistency, transparency, and confidence before, during, and after each election.

Nearly every election decision is tied to location, including where voters live, the federal, state, county, and city legislative districts that define ballot styles, and the polling locations that determine precinct assignments.

Election mapping with GIS organizes this information geographically, allowing election offices to manage complex voting geography and voter management workflows more effectively.

GIS acts as the common system that carries authoritative geography across all election workflows:

• Planning data informs Election Day preparations and election operations.
• Real-time operational data supports public communication, community engagement, and voter information.
• Post-election data analysis enables election transparency and continuous improvement for future cycles.

By carrying the same authoritative geography from planning through post-election review, GIS connects teams, data, and decisions. This shared foundation reduces errors, improves coordination, and ensures that voters and stakeholders receive reliable information at every stage.

GIS is used continuously, not just on Election Day.

Election offices use it for election management activities such as maintaining voter and precinct data, refining boundaries, assessing readiness, conducting election data analysis, and applying lessons learned to future elections.

GIS also supports updates to administrative and legislative boundaries, including annexations and redistricting, which increasingly require modernized election workflows.

ArcGIS Solutions provides configurable election software templates that support common election workflows such as precinct management, polling place mapping, election operations dashboards, and public-facing voter information tools.

These solutions help election offices deploy proven workflows more quickly while aligning with enterprise election management systems.