2026 Election Administration
and Voting Survey 2026 EAVS

2024 EAVS Glossary

This glossary contains nearly 150 terms and phrases used in the survey questions for the 2024 EAVS and Policy Survey. The purpose of this glossary is to assist the state and local election officials who respond to these surveys in understanding the survey questions and providing data that are accurate and comprehensive, as well as to establish data consistency across states and jurisdictions.

This is the 2024 version. The 2026 version will be coming soon.

2024 A Guide to the Election Administration and Voting Survey

This document provides information to election officials responsible for completing the EAVS and Policy Survey. It outlines what data are collected, the process and timeline for data submissions, how the EAC reports the results of the data, how updates to EAVS data sets are released to the public, and how the EAC makes changes to the survey questions. This document is especially useful to state election officials who are new to leading the EAVS for their state or territory.

This is the 2024 version. The 2026 version will be coming soon.