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Geo-Enabling Elections 102: Collecting & Sustaining a Voting Unit GIS Layer

Geo-Enabling Elections 102 explores the second of NSGIC’s five best practices for geo-enabling elections. The course walks you through the basics of GIS layers and the importance of your voting unit GIS layer.

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  • Course Number

    GIS102

  • Self-Paced

About This Course

This is the second course in a five-course series on geo-enabling elections. In this course, you’ll learn how to:

  • Identify the steps to build a voting unit GIS layer
  • Implement a plan for updating precinct boundaries using GIS software
  • Develop documentation to maintain your voting unit GIS layer

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This license lets you remix, adapt, and build upon the training non-commercially, as long as you credit the National States Geographic Information Council and the Center for Tech and Civic Life and license your new creations under the identical terms.

Contributors

  • National States Geographic Information Council
  • Center for Tech and Civic Life

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  1. Complete a post-course survey
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  3. Request your course certificate

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