Read this before delivering it
This curriculum is a credibility instrument first and a sales instrument second — and it only works in that order. Election officials can tell within ninety seconds whether they are in a training session or a pitch. The design rule: a participant must leave with knowledge that is useful even if they never buy anything.
At a glance
| # | Module | Duration | Format | Prereq |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Custody Problem | 60 min | Lecture + discussion | None |
| 2 | Chain of Custody as Evidence | 90 min | Lecture + case study | M1 |
| 3 | Cryptographic Foundations Without the Math | 90 min | Lecture + hands-on | M1 |
| 4 | Append-Only Logs and What They Guarantee | 90 min | Lecture + exercise | M3 |
| 5 | Inclusion Proofs and the Voter-Facing Promise | 90 min | Lecture + demo | M4 |
| 6 | Retention, Records Law, and Personal Liability | 60 min | Lecture + statute review | M2 |
| 7 | Procuring and Evaluating Custody Systems | 90 min | Workshop | M1–M6 |
| 8 | Communicating Verifiability to the Public | 60 min | Workshop + roleplay | M1–M7 |
| 9 | MBLTS Implementation vendor-specific | 60 min | Vendor-specific — labeled | M1–M8 |
Core sequence: 10.5 contact hours across 8 modules. Half-day executive version: Modules 1, 2, 5 and 8.
The exercises actually run
Seven of the modules ship a working instrument rather than a worksheet. Every one of them runs in your own browser, holds nothing on a server, and can be handed to a class without an installation step.
Module 1
Map your own custody chain
Module 3
Hashing, and the chain built out of it
Module 3
The vendor claim decoder
Module 4
An append-only log, with its refusals showing
Module 5
The tree and the receipt
Module 5
Check it yourself
Module 6
When must this record still exist?
Module 7
The question bank as a requirements section
Module 7
What this costs
Accreditation paths
- Election Center Professional Education Program — submit as a candidate elective session
- State-level Recognized Election Official (REO) programs, delivered with state associations
- State clerk association annual training
Delivery notes
- Never deliver Module 9 without Modules 1–8. The credibility of the whole depends on the core being genuinely vendor-neutral.
- Bring a practitioner. Once you have a pilot customer, co-deliver with their election director. A vendor teaching officials is tolerated; an official teaching officials with a vendor assisting is welcomed.
- Materials to build: participant workbook, lifecycle mapping worksheet, browser-based hashing exercise, three anonymized vendor claim samples, case study packet, roleplay cards, one-page voter explainer template.
- Feedback instrument: ask specifically whether the session felt like training or like a pitch. Act on the answer.