Election Security: States' Spending of FY2018 and FY2020 HAVA Payments [Updated June 30, 2020]   [open pdf - 606KB]

From the Document: "State and local systems have been targeted as part of efforts to interfere with U.S. elections, and Congress has responded in part with funding. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-141) provided $380 million for payments to the 50 states, the District of Columbia (DC), American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA; 52 U.S.C. §§20901-21145), and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-93) included $425 million for HAVA payments to those jurisdictions and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This In Focus offers an overview of spending of the FY2018 and FY2020 HAVA payments to date."