International Awards for Seminole County Elections

The Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Office closed out 2017 by announcing it was the recipient of two major awards: an international award for reaching out to first-time voters and a national award for the design and functionality of VoteSeminole.org .

At the 2017 International Electoral Awards ceremony held in Amman, Jordan, the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Office edged international finalists from the United Kingdom and Romania with its #FutureVoter initiative. According to the presenting body, The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, "the First Time Voters Award will recognise Electoral Management Bodies or Electoral Management Officials which have taken outstanding measures to facilitate, optimise, and/or help the electoral experience of first time voters, realising the importance of the first electoral experience of a voter and the unique challenges that it raises."

Among all categories, Seminole County joined only Los Angeles County, California as top awardees on this international stage. Seminole County has twice been recognized by this international elections body, having first received an award in 2013 for voter outreach.

The office website VoteSeminole.org was also recently a recipient of the Golden Web Award by the International Association of Web Masters and Designers. According to IAWMD, "the Golden Web Awards is a service of the IAWMD and is presented to those sites whose web design, originality, and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition." Earlier in the year, the building and creation of Voteseminole.org was a feature of the national ElectionLine Newsletter .

Details about the International Electoral Awards

Golden Web Awards