Election administration funding and grants

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Election Funding Election Funding

Politicians know elections require steady cash, but they still aren’t providing it

Lawmakers say they want secure elections. They aren’t willing to set aside the money needed to ensure them.

By Jessica Huseman

Election Funding Election Funding

It’s a start! A federal agency is setting aside millions in election security grants.

Homeland Security allocates money for election security, but not enough to meet the need.

By Jessica Huseman

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Election Security Election Security

Secretaries of state already know what they need for the next elections

And so far, the prospects for getting it — at least from the federal government — don’t look good. Here’s what officials said at last week’s gathering of election chiefs.

By Carrie Levine

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FROM Votebeat Pennsylvania Voting Access

Ballot shortages, machine errors, voting disputes: Inside a pattern of election problems in one northeast Pennsylvania county

Luzerne County was singled out by the Department of State as the only county with significant voting problems in the 2022 midterm elections.

By Carter Walker

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Election Funding Election Funding

State lawmakers need to consider practical realities when it comes to elections

Lawmakers’ failure to understand how things work leads to laws creating new obstacles for elections.

By Jessica Huseman

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Election Funding Election Funding

Two years after Jan. 6, has Congress done enough to protect elections?

Lawmakers overhauled the Electoral Count Act, but aren’t providing enough money to shore up crumbling election infrastructure.

By Jessica Huseman

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FROM Votebeat Texas Election Security

What brought down one Texas county’s entire elections department? It was something in the water.

Aggrieved anti-fluoride activists, low pay, and understaffing eventually drove away Gillespie County’s election officials.

By Natalia Contreras

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FROM Votebeat Arizona Voting Access

Pinal’s election meltdown was years in the making

How the county’s “lean” investment in a neglected office led to an overstretched staff, ballot debacles, and disenfranchised voters.

By Rachel Leingang

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Election Funding Election Funding

Private dollars for voter-fraud probes, but not for smooth elections

States banned private money for election expenses, but a new plan to raise money for voter fraud investigations poses similar concerns.

By Carrie Levine

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Election Funding Election Funding

Unintended downsides possible under bans on private election funding

Zuckerberg’s grants prompted new laws prohibiting donated resources. Now, wary election officials wonder what they can accept.

By Carrie Levine

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