diff --git a/settings.py.sample b/settings.py.sample
index 97104172af7914a34f90f8c2c196c3a37567d85a..02bac160093b42d28f31b9ee3fc6a8ee1ce2f7c6 100644
--- a/settings.py.sample
+++ b/settings.py.sample
@@ -144,3 +144,6 @@ SINGLE_ELECTION_PARAMS = {
   'use_voter_aliases': True
 }
 
+# FOOTER links
+FOOTER_LINKS = [{'url':'http://usg.princeton.edu/elections', 'text':'USG Elections Center'}]
+
diff --git a/single-election/media/.gitignore b/single-election/media/.gitignore
index 94a12010e109afd946e2aca452783eafba4ac5db..66af6b394a91ca5f5294f9f9349b1efc076f9e60 100644
--- a/single-election/media/.gitignore
+++ b/single-election/media/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-logo.gif
\ No newline at end of file
+logo.gif
+footer-logo.gif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/single-election/media/footer-logo.gif.sample b/single-election/media/footer-logo.gif.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6fc400b830bc2b4d973bd08ee26697eb7f9757a8
Binary files /dev/null and b/single-election/media/footer-logo.gif.sample differ
diff --git a/single-election/media/main.css b/single-election/media/main.css
index e4ef232b2b01f42313727e0e600a2e315ce35d7e..3dd422d97c9762967406f5cd3d61b9339c60b47e 100644
--- a/single-election/media/main.css
+++ b/single-election/media/main.css
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 #header {
-  padding-top: 0px;
+  padding-top: 20px;
   text-align: center;
   padding-bottom: 20px;
 }
diff --git a/single-election/templates/base.html b/single-election/templates/base.html
index b088b65c09d8df511b49fa130deaa16c0bfd0393..5704cb1b87acb1bd0c9dcbc1aea605e48fd8745d 100644
--- a/single-election/templates/base.html
+++ b/single-election/templates/base.html
@@ -45,12 +45,16 @@
         </div>
       <div id="footer">
 <span style="float:right;">
+<img src="/static/footer-logo.gif" />
+</span>
 {% if user %}
-logged in as {{user.user_id}}@{{user.user_type}}  [<a href="{% url auth.views.logout %}">logout</a>]
+logged in as {{user.user_id}}  [<a href="{% url auth.views.logout %}">logout</a>]<br />
 {% else %}
 {% endif %}
-</span>
-<a href="http://heliosvoting.org">About Helios</a> |
+<a href="http://heliosvoting.org">About Helios</a>
+{% for footer_link in settings.FOOTER_LINKS %}
+| <a href="{{ footer_link.url }}">{{footer_link.text}}</a>
+{% endfor %}
 
 <br clear="right" />
       </div>
diff --git a/single-election/templates/index.html b/single-election/templates/index.html
index 713d20c041f7f80c7eb912a5e96ec5514030db61..276dd15d51d1100495d7574e76d07fbf842dcb14 100644
--- a/single-election/templates/index.html
+++ b/single-election/templates/index.html
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@
 {% block content %}
 
 <p>
-    Welcome to the {{settings.SITE_TITLE}} Server.
+    Welcome to the {{settings.SITE_TITLE}} system!
 </p>
 
 <p>
-    This site uses the <a href="http://heliosvoting.org">Helios Voting System</a> to enable individual voters
-    to verify that their vote was correctly captured and tallied. Helios is a type of open-audit voting system,
-    also called an end-to-end voting system.
+    Helios is a revolutionary voting system that empowers voters to verify that their votes were correctly tallied.<br />
+    Learn more about Helios, and why secure voting matters, <a href="http://heliosvoting.org">here</a>.
 </p>
 
 <p style="font-size: 1.4em;">