During a single election, the Allen County Election Board received hundreds of requests for sample ballots and polling location information. The existing website was confusing and discouraged voters with a cumbersome process, and the resulting personal phone calls became a time-consuming problem for Election Board staff. By integrating voting information with the existing Allen County Treasurer’s Office GIS data, thousands of voters were able to find polling locations, see sample ballots, find names of elected officials for their address, and access how-to videos and links to other election-related sites.



Read more about this project at www.igic.org/realworld/govallenvote.html