Desirable experience for GIS Analyst intern includes GIS (working with shapefiles, formatting, georeferencing) using tools such as ArcGIS or QGIS.
Research/data entry experience is also desired.
Some coding knowledge (Python, SQL) is a plus, but not required.
Responsibilities:
As an intern, your primary job is to research and format shapefiles for political boundaries.
Ballotpedia's sample ballot lookup app allows voters to see upcoming elections for their address, which will be powered by your work.
This will involve research to understand the legal requirements for who can vote in which types of elections, sourcing maps through online research, outreach to government offices, or georeferencing to create new shapefiles, testing and formatting the files to conform to Ballotpedia's database requirements, and working with the Ballotpedia database to add the boundaries and perform tests.
Other GIS or database-oriented activities will be assigned based on skill, interest, and need.