Web Tools for Election Administration

This document provides an overview of social media tools that could be used for election administration. It discusses how the media landscape is changing with declines in newspapers and rise of tools like blogs, podcasts, RSS, social networking sites, wikis, YouTube and Twitter. The document outlines these tools and provides examples of how the Mayo Clinic has used social media. It suggests that election administrators could use blogs for voter education and updates, Twitter for mini-updates and feedback, and YouTube for training videos. The overall cost to implement these tools is estimated at $300.