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"On election day, the Chicago Board of Elections typically has 80 people handling the “Election Central” hotline phones. A majority of these individuals are not full time Board employees and, due to schedule conflicts, only received minimal training. The AskED Help Desk is so easy to use and navigate through that hours of training were not needed in order for our staff to feel comfortable and confident with the application. The AskED Help Desk was an effective tool for the Election Central staff to utilize when assisting election judges, voters, pollwatchers, etc. with election-related issues. Previously, the Board’s Election Central was paper-based. The incident reports had to be completed by hand; the lists of election judges, polling places, investigators, etc. were on paper. You had to thumb through large binders to locate the information you wanted. However, with the AskED Help Desk, after entering minimal data, the information the operator was seeking appeared right on the screen. The time it took to give the caller the vital information they were seeking was reduced considerably. The Robis staff were hands-on and attentive both prior to and on election day.."
Kelly Bateman
Manager: Community Services, Training, and Special Registration
City of Chicago

"The AskED Help Desk is the best thing that happened to
this office — it increases our productivity!"

Louise Vandemark
Democratic Deputy Commissioner
Orange County, NY 


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Automate Manual Election Processes

What if every phone operator always logged every call and solved 80% of the questions from those calls on their own? Now they can. The AskED® Election Help Desk is the proven tool for solving election related problems and tracking problems by type or location. Take the stress out of Election Day. Try the Election Industry's leading Election Help Desk Solution!

Overcome Election Day Challenges
It seems no matter how much voter outreach and election training you do, a tidal wave of phone calls will come from voters and pollworkers on Election Day. Most of the calls will be predictable, but others will require the personal attention of an experienced technician. Some of the calls will cause multiple troubleshooters to visit the same location. Other calls will be about the same problem called in multiple times by multiple individuals. Many problems will reoccur from one election to the next. All staff members will be pressed to help – either answering calls, or researching a problem further. Many of these staff members will be from other departments or temporary employees with little or no election experience. Don’t let a single problem linger without resolution. Your phone operators are the best source for tracking election operations.  

All-In-One Election Administration Tool
Discover the AskED® Help Desk 3.0, which integrates the information from your pollsites, pollworkers and voters to enable novice phone operators to handle 80% of incoming calls, rarely requiring them to even type in names, locations or phone numbers. Monitor election problems in real time, analyze the frequency of problems and implement solutions before the next election.

Solves Up To 80% of Questions
AskED’s unique, patent-pending Election Decision Support System makes it easy to answer questions. By simply answering “yes” or “no” to a series of smart questions, The AskED Election Help Desk guides the user to an answer in seconds. Even temporary employees can handle 70 to 90% of questions right from the system without getting a more experienced elections person involved. The remaining 10 to 30% of calls are escalated to the more experienced staff.

Designed Specifically for You
The AskED Election Help Desk is completely data-driven based on your information and preferences. Our Election Services team does all of the set-up work so that that it is not only the easiest system to use on the market but is also designed specifically for your needs. It will solve your specific problems. Your staff will be able to get up and running immediately with YOUR information and YOUR procedures. Even computer and election novices can be handling issues like experts right away.

Not only will the AskED Help Desk reduce your stress on Election Day, but it will also provide you with more accurate measurements so you can improve your election operations. The AskED Help Desk is the only election specific help desk that has been in use since 2006. AskED continues to be the benchmark. Nationally proven from NY to CA.

Election Materials Tracking

Help Desk Improves Election Administration

  • Automates Logging & Tracking of Calls
    Know what's happening at all times.

  • Tracks Open/Closed Polls
    See a list or even a map of pollsite status.

  • Performance Measurements
    Records problem queries, voter lookups,
    equipment queries.

  • Frees-Up Election Staff To
    Troubleshoot Critical Problems.


  • Provides Instant Communication
    Send messages to any phone operator
    or make updates to procedures on-the-fly.

Help Desk Improves Election Training

  • Standardizes Training
    Guides election call center operators to
    the correct election solutions.

  • Assists Novice Operators
    Leads election workers to the right
    action for each voter.

  • Reduces Election Errors
    Built-in help topics help prevent wrong
    information from being given out. 

  • Enhances Response To Voting Public

  • Resolves Issues Faster
    Displays the correct resolution for each situation.

Help Desk Increases Election Efficiency

  • Generates Reports On Equipment,
    Locations Or Problem Types


  • Documents Voting Machine Problems
    Know which machines need maintenance.

  • Eliminates Double-Booking of Problems
    System alerts you when a new problem
    matches an existing problem.  

  • Matches Polling Locations To The Assigned Election Workers And Phone Numbers

  • Prevents Multiple Troubleshooters From
    Being Dispatched To A Single Problem.


  • Matches Troubleshooters To
    The Appropriate Problem Type.


  • Find Everything You Need To Know In One Place.


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Wahington D.C. Los Angeles, CA Orange County, NY Chicago DuPage County, IL Citrus County, FL State of Hawaii
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