Training and Education and Resources
Poll Worker Training
- Online Poll Worker Training Memo
- Online Poll Worker Training
- Election Judges and Clerks Handbook 2020 (PDF)
- Early Voting Ballot Board Handbook (PDF)
Volunteer Deputy Registrars
Poll Watchers
Election Inspectors
Voter Education Outreach
- Project V.O.T.E. - A resource for teachers, educators and students
- VoteTexas.gov - Voter information ranging from registering to vote to questions on voter I.D
Election Official Training Materials
Current Webinars
For information on additional webinars please contact elections@sos.texas.gov.
Note: The following files are provided in PPSX format (Microsoft Powerpoint). Visit Microsoft.com to download your free software capable of opening PowerPoint presentations.
Historical Webinars
Election Law Seminar Presentation Files
39th Annual Election Law Seminar for County Election Officials (2021)
- 2021 Legislative Update *
- Promoting Voter Confidence
- HAVA Updates
- Preparing for the November Election
- Updates from CISA
- How Changes in County Population Numbers Could Affect your Elections
- Redistricting Updates
- Maintaining Your Voter Rolls
- Address Confirmations*
- Updates to Address Confidentiality *
- Moving to Paper Based Voting Systems*
- Chain of Custody Best Practices
- Post-Election Audits*
- Voting by Mail*
- Updates from the Office of the Attorney General Elections Fraud Unit
- Primary 2022
- After the Polls Close
- Duties of the Early Voting Clerk *
- Early Voting vs. Election Day Laws
- Election Security
- Preparing for the Early Voting Ballot Board
- Preparing your Ballot
- Training Your Workers
- Countywide Polling Place program
- Chapter 19
- Primary Finance
- Working with the SOS
* A repeating topic in a web-based format in the weeks following the conference
32nd Annual Election Law Seminar - Cities, Schools and Other Political Subdivisions (2020)
- Preparing for the May Elections
- Web Posting Requirements for Local Political Subdivisions
- Contracting and Joint Elections
- Bond Elections
- Candidate Applications
- Candidate Eligibility Issues
- Panel: Candidate Packets
- Cities: Terms, Vacancies, Qualifications, Concerns Related to Cities
- School Districts: Terms, Vacancies, Qualifications, Concerns Related to School Districts
- Cancellation of Elections
- Post-Election Procedures and Qualifying for Office
19th Biennial Seminar for County Chairs (2019)
- Primaries 101
- Primary Finance Elections
- Campaign Finance For County Chairs (PPTM)
- Candidacy and General Administration of Elections
- Election Contracts, Joint Election Agreements & Leases For Equipment
- 2019 Legislative Update
- Legislative Changes and Administrative Rules
