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THE U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

 

 

 

GRANT EXPENDITURE REPORT 

FISCAL YEAR 2018 

 

 

 

 

 

April 4, 2019 

 
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Overview 

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was created by Congress in 2002 to improve the 

administration of elections for federal offices through funding, guidance and policy development under 

the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA).

HAVA provides funding to state and local election districts to support upgrading systems for casting 

votes, registering voters in statewide voter registration databases, providing provisional voting options, 

and implementing other improvements to the administration of federal elections, such as training for 

election officials and poll workers, polling place accessibility improvements, and disseminating 

information on how and where to vote.

Through September 30, 2018, a total of $3,628,946,2311 in federal funds has been awarded to 50 states, 

the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

Guam and the United States Virgin Islands) hereinafter referred to as the “States.” This total includes 

$380 million appropriated by Congress in 2018 to support equipment purchases and security 

enhancements to election systems. This 2018 appropriation was the first time since FY10 that the 

federal government made resources available through HAVA to support federal election improvements 

to the administration of federal elections. 

 

States have reported total expenditures of $3,400,037,361, or 85 percent of total federal funds and 

accrued interest, available under Sections 101, 102 and 251 of HAVA. This total includes $30,881,027 in 

spending associated with the 2018 awards, which took place between April 17 and September 30, 2018 

in the run-up to the 2018 election. Chart 4 shows total funds expended excluding the 2018 HAVA Funds. 

 

1 This includes $300.3 million in Section 102 funds that were appropriated for the replacement of punch card or lever voting machines in 

30 eligible states and $380 million appropriated in 2018 under Section 101 of HAVA.
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HAVA SECTION 101 Funds 

In 2003, EAC disbursed $349,182,267 to states under Section 101 of HAVA for activities to improve the 

administration of federal elections (see Table 1). As of September 30, 2018, States reported total 

expenditures of $359,725,678, which reflects expenditures of federal funds and accumulated interest 

over the course of the award. Twenty-seven (27) States have spent all of the Section 101 funds and 

interest and another fourteen (14) States have spent at least 90 percent of the funds. Table 1 provides a 

full accounting of expenditures by States.

Table 1 Section 101 HAVA Funds as of September 30, 2018 (1,000s)

State Funds Received Interest Earned Expenditures Balance

ALABAMA $4,989,605 $362,297 $4,821,432 $530,471 

ALASKA 5,000,000 766,742 5,452,122 314,620 

AMERICAN SAMOA 1,000,000 66,224 1,000,000 66,224 

ARIZONA 5,451,369 1,010,134 2,095,600 4,365,903 

ARKANSAS 3,593,165 226,288 3,819,453 0

CALIFORNIA 26,804,708 2,688,888 27,282,272 2,211,324 

COLORADO 4,860,306 1,056,513 5,902,689 14,130 

CONNECTICUT 5,000,000 682,868 5,682,868 0 

DELAWARE 

5,000,000 472,080 5,467,766 4,314 

DIST. OF COLUMBIA 5,000,000 408,108 5,000,000 408,108 

FLORIDA 14,447,580 1,843,679 14,183,307 2,107,953 

GEORGIA 7,816,328 698,741 7,816,328 698,741 

GUAM 1,000,000 12,773 1,012,773 0

HAWAII 5,000,000 1,369,777 1,687,087 4,682,690 

IDAHO 5,000,000 1,807,418 6,807,418 0

ILLINOIS 11,129,030 1,264,381 12,102,242 291,169 

INDIANA 6,230,481 938,781 7,196,262 0

IOWA 5,000,000 684,225 5,449,329 234,896 

KANSAS 5,000,000 1,310,653 2,916,433 3,394,220 

KENTUCKY 4,699,196 1,024,965 4,699,196 1,024,965 

LOUISIANA 4,911,421 935,421 5,846,842 0

MAINE 5,000,000 611,679 5,606,021 5,658 

MARYLAND 5,636,731 551,709 5,544,137 644,303 

MASSACHUSETTS 6,590,381 904,363 7,494,744 0
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Table 1 Cont. Section 101 HAVA Funds as of September 30, 2018

State

Total Section 101

Funds Received Interest Earned Expenditures Balance

MICHIGAN $ 9,207,323 $ 1,662,608 $9,884,787 $985,145 

MINNESOTA 5,313,786 64,724 5,378,510 0

MISSISSIPPI 3,673,384 443,500 4,116,884 0

MISSOURI 5,875,170 954,107 6,829,277 0

MONTANA 5,000,000 396,018 5,201,133 194,885 

NEBRASKA 5,000,000 998,292 5,998,292 0

NEVADA 5,000,000 452,843 5,452,843 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE 5,000,000 1,193,153 2,460,200 3,732,953 

NEW JERSEY 8,141,208 650,000 8,167,547 623,661 

NEW MEXICO 5,000,000 292,244 5,292,244 0

NEW YORK 16,494,325 3,669,945 15,847,784 4,316,486 

NORTH CAROLINA 7,887,740 719,637 9,495,453 0

NORTH DAKOTA 5,000,000 63,997 5,063,997 0

OHIO 10,384,931 426,837 10,811,768 0 

OKLAHOMA 5,000,000 353,656 5,353,656 0

OREGON 4,203,776 59,199 4,262,975 0

PENNSYLVANIA 11,323,168 1,301,492 12,624,660 0

PUERTO RICO 3,151,144 324,191 3,467,760 7,575 

RHODE ISLAND 5,000,000 140,275 5,140,275 0

SOUTH CAROLINA 4,652,412 886,692 5,300,905 238,198 

SOUTH DAKOTA 5,000,000 2,385,195 4,796,646 2,588,549 

TENNESSEE 6,004,507 1,047,014 6,279,290 772,232 

TEXAS 17,206,595 3,727,371 18,469,359 2,464,607 

UTAH 3,090,943 560,156 3,651,099 0

VERMONT 5,000,000 580,051 5,580,051 0

VIRGIN ISLANDS 1,000,000 21,806 1,000,000 21,806 

VIRGINIA 7,105,890 1,130,578 7,637,378 599,090 

WASHINGTON 6,098,449 259,047 6,357,496 0

WEST VIRGINIA 2,977,057 104,747 3,081,804 0

WISCONSIN 5,694,036 1,796,103 6,426,085 1,064,055 

WYOMING 5,000,000 1,628,931 5,409,203 1,219,728 

 TOTAL* 348,646,145 49,993,116 359,725,678 39,913,583

*Reflects a deobligation of $536,122 as a result of an audit finding. Total awarded was 349,182,267.
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In March of 2018, the Congress provided an additional $380,000,000 through the Omnibus 

Appropriations Act of 2018. The EAC awarded these funds to the 50 states, the District of Columbia and 

four U.S. Territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) eligible to receive 

them through a formula described in Sections 101 and 104 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (P.L. 

107-252) (HAVA). To access the funds, States provided a budget and a state narrative for how the funds

were to be used.

While States could technically begin spending funds once they received their notice of grant award on 

April 17, 2018, most States waited until funds had been transferred to their state election account and 

many States had to first get state legislative approval before spending funds. 

As a result, the expenditures for this initiative for the period ending September 30, 2018 are limited in 

scope (See Table 2 below). Further detail on the activities undertaken by each state and territory with 

the new funds prior to September 30, 2018 can be found beginning on page 10. 

Table 2 2018 HAVA Grants (Section 101 funds) 

as of September 30, 2018 (1,000’s)

State Funds Received

Interest 

Earned Expenditures Balance

ALABAMA $6,160,393 $0 $0 $6,160,393

ALASKA $3,000,000 10,578 $0 3,010,578

AMERICAN SAMOA* $600,000 600,000

ARIZONA* $7,463,675 7,463,675

ARKANSAS $4,475,015 25,459 $4,475,015 25,459

CALIFORNIA $34,558,874 $0 $0 34,558,874

COLORADO $6,342,979 21,358 $20,337 6,344,000

CONNECTICUT $5,120,554 19,512 $1,200 5,138,866

DELAWARE $3,000,000 3,000,000

DIST. OF COLUMBIA $3,000,000 14,350 $399,400 2,614,950

FLORIDA $19,187,003 $0 $14,659,908 4,527,095

GEORGIA $10,305,783 $0 $0 10,305,783

GUAM $600,000 269 $3,276 596,993

HAWAII $3,134,080 $0 $0 3,134,080

IDAHO $3,229,896 14,376 $498,689 2,745,583

ILLINOIS $13,232,290 57,266 $9,402 13,280,154

INDIANA $7,595,088 29,819 $218,953 7,405,954

IOWA $4,608,084 7,200 $194,179 4,421,104

KANSAS* $4,383,595 4,383,595

KENTUCKY $5,773,423 23,722 $626,554 5,170,592

LOUISIANA $5,889,487 11,726 $0 5,901,213

MAINE $3,130,979 $0 $0 3,130,979

MARYLAND $7,063,699 3,380 $1,565 7,065,514

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MASSACHUSETTS $7,890,854 36,111 $1,057,216 6,869,749

MICHIGAN $10,706,992 54,033 $0 10,761,025

MINNESOTA $6,595,610 36,883 $0 6,632,493

MISSISSIPPI $4,483,541 11,096 $241,851 4,252,786

MISSOURI $7,230,625 31,582 $224,922 7,037,285

MONTANA $3,000,000 16,980 $0 3,016,980

NEBRASKA $3,496,936 19,112 $23,207 3,492,841

NEVADA $4,277,723 $0 $13,554 4,264,169

NEW HAMPSHIRE $3,102,253 643 $129,426 2,973,470

NEW JERSEY $9,757,450 $0 $909 9,756,541

NEW MEXICO $3,699,470 9,868 $807,496 2,901,841

NEW YORK $19,483,647 $0 $1,702,376 17,781,271

NORTH CAROLINA 10,373,237 $0 $0 10,373,237

NORTH DAKOTA $3,000,000 1,282 $0 3,001,282

OHIO $12,186,021 54,878 $129,589 12,111,310

OKLAHOMA $5,196,017 19,028 $0 5,215,045

OREGON $5,362,981 39,704 $2,290 5,400,395

PENNSYLVANIA $13,476,156 24,077 $0 13,500,233

PUERTO RICO $3,676,962 $0 $0 3,676,962

RHODE ISLAND $3,000,000 $0 $584,127 2,415,873

SOUTH CAROLINA $6,040,794 7,886 $0 6,048,680

SOUTH DAKOTA $3,000,000 30,649 $0 3,030,649

TENNESSEE $7,565,418 0 $0 7,565,418

TEXAS $23,252,604 123,240 $219,447 23,156,396

UTAH $4,111,052 $0 $0 $4,111,052

VERMONT $3,000,000 $30,823 $843,912 $2,186,911

VIRGIN ISLANDS $600,000 $0 $18,775 $581,225

VIRGINIA $9,080,731 $0 $0 $9,080,731

WASHINGTON $7,907,768 $40,504 $512,533 $7,435,739

WEST VIRGINIA $3,611,943 $32,157 $3,611,943 $32,157

WISCONSIN $6,978,318 $37,118 $180,090 $6,835,346

WYOMING $3,000,000 $10,059 $0 $3,010,059

 TOTAL $380,000,000 $906,728 $31,412,144 349,494,584 
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HAVA SECTION 251 Funds 

Section 251 funds, known as Requirements Payments, were distributed to States using a formula found 

in HAVA that is based on a percentage equal to the quotient of the voting age population of each State 

and the total voting age population of all States. States are required to deposit Section 251 money in 

interest bearing state election accounts and the funds are available until expended. 

As of the September 30, 2018, twenty-eight (28) States reported using 100 percent2 of their HAVA 

Requirements Payment funds (including interest) and another 14 states reported using 90 percent or 

more of their funds and interest. States reported cumulative expenditures of $2,698,508,681 (See Table 

3). 

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 States that have over 99% of funds and interest spent are counted as 100% expended for purposes of this report. Actual funds 

remaining are shown for each state on the chart. 

Table 3 Section 251 HAVA Funds as of September 30, 2018

State

Total Section 251 

Funds Received Interest Earned Total Expenditures

Balance of Funds 

and Interest

ALABAMA $40,227,863 $2,369,451 $40,436,616 $2,160,698

ALASKA $13,021,803 $2,650,959 $13,843,301 $1,829,461

AMERICAN SAMOA $2,490,652 $292,118 $2,782,770 $0

ARIZONA $45,516,688 $4,353,350 $47,508,539 $2,361,498

ARKANSAS $24,233,666 $2,542,154 $26,775,820 $0

CALIFORNIA $296,305,593 $44,631,006 $303,422,823 $37,513,776

COLORADO $38,767,048 $4,719,210 $42,972,582 $513,677

CONNECTICUT $31,095,158 $4,392,980 $35,488,138 $0

DELAWARE $13,021,803 $1,930,256 $13,004,721 $1,947,338

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $13,028,257 $1,922,983 $14,746,048 $205,191

FLORIDA $148,633,048 $24,310,937 $162,028,349 $10,915,636

GEORGIA $72,641,827 $761,687 $67,906,200 $5,497,314

GUAM $2,319,361 $48,049 $2,367,410 $0

HAWAII $13,028,257 $977,446 $12,499,108 $1,506,595

IDAHO $13,021,803 $1,267,652 $14,289,455 $0

ILLINOIS $110,593,988 $9,297,474 $118,549,567 $1,341,896

INDIANA $54,440,282 $2,280,602 $56,676,561 $44,322

IOWA $26,645,880 $1,464,690 $28,083,331 $27,240

KANSAS $24,033,426 $2,222,954 $30,853,941 $0

KENTUCKY $36,901,642 $4,794,078 $34,404,580 $7,291,139
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LOUISIANA $39,350,512 $3,552,964 $42,903,476 $0

MAINE $13,021,803 $1,522,719 $14,537,278 $7,244

MARYLAND $47,663,156 $3,888,041 $51,527,784 $23,413

MASSACHUSETTS $58,589,549 $11,498,511 $28,222,757 $41,865,303

MICHIGAN $88,535,685 $7,641,697 $92,435,575 $3,741,807

MINNESOTA $43,962,194 $3,758,390 $47,501,444 $0

MISSISSIPPI $25,152,465 $1,588,892 $26,741,357 $0

MISSOURI $50,394,880 $4,255,352 $54,177,399 $472,833

MONTANA $13,028,257 $618,633 $13,979,996 $0

NEBRASKA $15,442,405 $1,046,168 $16,488,573 $0

NEVADA $18,155,632 $1,272,294 $19,427,926 $0

NEW HAMPSHIRE $13,021,803 $2,292,595 $10,173,179 $5,141,219

NEW JERSEY $76,360,392 $5,808,946 $81,696,605 $472,733

NEW MEXICO $15,599,671 $271,854 $15,871,525 $0

NEW YORK $172,076,865 $33,085,355 $193,587,917 $11,574,303

NORTH CAROLINA $73,421,775 $7,370,242 $77,418,650 $3,373,367

NORTH DAKOTA $13,028,257 $1,355,754 $14,258,148 $125,863

OHIO $102,069,874 $6,307,853 $108,377,697 $0

OKLAHOMA $30,200,723 $4,101,437 $29,420,654 $4,881,506

OREGON $31,243,106 $3,988,360 $31,243,105 $3,988,360

PENNSYLVANIA $112,821,809 $16,861,352 $126,737,641 $2,945,520

PUERTO RICO $5,868,252 $222,622 $4,503,921 $1,586,952

RHODE ISLAND $13,021,803 $485,182 $13,506,985 $0

SOUTH CAROLINA $36,384,617 $910,483 $37,121,805 $173,295

SOUTH DAKOTA $13,028,257 $5,107,330 $11,373,403 $6,762,184

TENNESSEE $51,877,745 $6,914,050 $32,108,378 $26,683,417

TEXAS $180,251,805 $12,381,621 $192,633,426 $0

UTAH $18,481,440 $705,044 $18,549,134 $637,350

VERMONT $12,453,257 $2,673,691 $7,604,787 $7,522,161

VIRGIN ISLANDS $2,319,361 $2,179 $2,319,361 $2,179

VIRGINIA $64,449,288 $9,562,569 $74,011,857 $0

WASHINGTON $52,995,253 $6,550,527 $56,052,533 $3,493,247

WEST VIRGINIA $17,184,961 $1,183,796 $17,520,296 $848,461

WISCONSIN $48,296,088 $3,566,337 $51,862,425 $0

WYOMING $13,028,257 $1,079,409 $13,971,822 $135,843

Total $2,602,749,240 290,662,283 2,698,508,681 194,464,562 

State

Total Section 251 

Funds Received Interest Earned

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MASSACHUSETTS

NEW HAMPSHIRE

TENNESSEE

SOUTH DAKOTA

VERMONT

HAWAII

KENTUCKY

PUERTO RICO

OKLAHOMA

ARIZONA*

ALASKA

OREGON

DELAWARE*

CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK STATE

ILLINOIS

GEORGIA

WYOMING

FLORIDA

WASHINGTON

ALABAMA

MICHIGAN

WEST VIRGINIA

DIST. OF COLUMBIA

NORTH CAROLINA

WISCONSIN

UTAH

PENNSYLVANIA

AMERICAN SAMOA

SOUTH CAROLINA

TEXAS

MARYLAND*

NEW JERSEY

COLORADO

IOWA

VIRGIN ISLANDS

VIRGINIA

NORTH DAKOTA

MISSOURI

MAINE

INDIANA

OHIO

IDAHO

KANSAS

LOUISIANA

MINNESOTA

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

RHODE ISLAND

NEW MEXICO

MISSISSIPPI

CONNECTICUT

ARKANSAS

GUAM

Remaining HAVA Funds as of September 30, 2018

(Excluding New 2018 Grants) 
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State Plans and Expenditures of 2018 HAVA Funds 

 

Reported Spending as of September 30, 2018

Category Amount

Percentage of 

Total Spent

Cybersecurity 18,283,414 58.2%

Voting Equipment $10,658,794 33.9%

Voter Registration System 2,107,074 6.7%

Other 312,093 1.0%

Election Auditing 19,881 0.1%

Communication 27,747 0.1%

Total $31,409,003 100%

As noted earlier, on Friday, March 23, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2018 into law. The Act included $380 million in Help America Vote Act (HAVA) 

funds to improve the administration of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election 

technology and to make election security improvements, marking the first new appropriation for 

HAVA funds since FY2010. 

The funding provided states with additional resources to secure and improve election systems. States 

could begin spending funds once they received their notice of grant award on April 17, 2018. However, 

most states waited until funds were transferred to their state election accounts and many states had to 

get state legislative approval before spending funds. 

States and territories eligible to receive the funds were required to provide a budget and state 

narrative for how they would be used. The EAC published the narratives and budgets for 48 out of 55 

eligible states and territories public on August 21, 2018. Seven remaining states and territories were 

granted extensions and had their budgets and narratives into the EAC by mid-September 2018. By 

September 20, 2018, 100 percent of funds had been disbursed to states. 

According to these narratives and budgets, the vast majority of states and territories plan to spend 

their allotted funds within the next two or three years. Each funding recipient was required to file a 

standard Federal Financial Report and updated program narrative to the EAC by December 31, 2018. 

The following is a summary of how states were able to utilize the 2018 HAVA Funds within the first six 

months of them being made available, based on these Progress and Financial Reports:

 Alabama expects to expend the $6.1 million the state received in 2018 HAVA funds, and the 

required state match of $308,020, in FY2019 to make upgrades to and replace voting 

equipment, mitigate cyber vulnerabilities, establish post-election auditing protocols statewide, 

continue the provision of the computerized statewide voter registration list for the entire state.

 Alaska plans to use its $3.15 million to replace the state’s 20-year old voting system.

 American Samoa used a portion of its HAVA funding to repair and restore equipment and 

election offices damaged during Tropical Cyclone Gita so they would be functional ahead of the 

2018 election. Going forward, the territory is planning a complete upgrade of its voter 

registration system, continuing to provide special needs services to voters with disabilities and 

increasing its voter outreach efforts.

 Arizona funded a comprehensive security assessment of its election systems and provided 

training to help each of the state’s fifteen counties understand the different types of existing 
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security threats and what support is available. Long-term, the state plans to award election 

security sub-grants to counties and create an election security position within the Secretary of 

State’s office.

 Arkansas established cost-sharing agreements with the counties to replace aging voting 

equipment. New acquisitions ensure that a paper trail for ballots cast is present in all Arkansas 

counties and almost 70 percent of Arkansas voters voted on the newly integrated election 

equipment system in the 2018 Midterm Election. Of the initial $4,724,225 in funds available 

through HAVA, Arkansas had only $44,305 in funds remaining. 

 California is funding cybersecurity support and training, polling place accessibility, election 

auditing and vote center implementation through FY2021 at the county level. The state is also 

using funds to make security enhancements to its centralized voter registration system and 

personnel costs.

 Colorado will use its 2018 HAVA Funds to enhance technology and security in the state’s 

election process, including improving risk-limiting audits and other audits of election-related 

systems in 2019 and beyond. From April 17, 2018 to September 30, 2018, Colorado expended 

$211,124.82 (including $109,899.80 in 2018 HAVA Funds and earned interest) on Colorado 

Voting Systems (COVS) training that was necessary to implement a ballot level comparison 

Risk-Limiting Audit (RLA). An additional $99,064 was used for Election Preparedness for 

Infrastructure and Cybersecurity (EPIC) tabletop exercises with county election and IT officials. 

 Connecticut is purchasing voting equipment, making security enhancements to address cyber 

vulnerabilities, improving post-election audits and voter registration systems and management, 

enhancing security training for election officials and improving voting accessibility.

 Delaware plans to purchase new voting equipment, including a new voting system with a voter 

verifiable paper audit trail, an absentee system and an Election Management/Voter 

Registration system which will move elections from the state's aging mainframe.

 Florida plans to use the $19,187,003 the state received in 2018 HAVA funds for three primary 

projects. $15,450,000 will be used to establish an online grant program for 67 county 

supervisors of elections to enhance election security. $1,987,003 will be used to establish an 

online grant program for county supervisors of elections to improve voting accessibility. The 

remaining $1,750,000 will be earmarked by the Florida Department of State to implement 

security enhancements to the state voter registration system, contract a team of cybersecurity 

specialists to provide support to the state and county supervisor of elections offices, and to 

fund a voter education campaign to educate voters on how to get ready to register and vote in 

an election. As of September 30, 2018, $95,688.91 had already been expended.

 Georgia plans to increase election security, simplicity and accessibility by purchasing secure 

voting devices that produce a voter-verifiable paper ballot. The state will also provide an online 

sample ballot for all voters, improve its voter registration database, conduct election auditing 

and testing, and purchase ALBERT sensors, cybersecurity services and new e-poll books.

 Guam will use its funds to replace and upgrade voting equipment, perform election auditing, 

make improvements to its voter registration system, upgrade cybersecurity equipment and 

provide training.

 Hawaii will be utilizing its $3.1 million in funds to enhance the election cybersecurity 

infrastructure and update equipment related to the statewide voter registration system, voting 

equipment and vote counting system. As of September 30, 2018, $4,310.56 was used to 

establish telecommunications and network services at Counting and Control Centers during the 

2018 Elections and an additional $77,486.93 was used to hire an Election Information 

Specialist responsible for enhancing accessibility to elections for voters with disabilities and 

additional staff to perform duties required to administer elections for federal office. 
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 Idaho plans to use its new HAVA appropriation to hire staff, award sub-grants to voting 

districts, secure new voting equipment, perform election auditing, acquire a new voter 

registration system, make cybersecurity improvements and software updates, and provide staff 

trainings. Thus far, the state has expended $513,064.10 of both federal funds and interest for 

acquiring software to deploy security patches across the state network, initial voter 

registration system upgrades and personnel.

 Illinois will use its funding for a cybersecurity information sharing program, hiring a Cyber 

Navigator/Advisor, providing cybersecurity resources for local election authorities and 

implementing a statewide network to provide centralized monitoring, mitigation and security 

services. Thus far, the State Board of Elections has used the funds for relevant equipment and 

software, Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) Association dues and relevant 

conference and information sharing costs.

 Indiana helped counties implement multi-factor authentication systems for accessing voting 

equipment and conducted cybersecurity training for all county officials during the state’s 

annual election administrators conference. Going forward, the state plans to acquire additional 

election technology, implement e-poll book vendor network security enhancements, deploy 

auditable voting systems and perform election night reporting security enhancements.

 Iowa conducted cybersecurity training seminars for county auditors and staff and participated 

in a pilot program for a self-assessment cybersecurity tool. The Secretary of State’s Office also 

implemented two-factor authentication for access to the statewide voter registration system, 

purchased additional security protections for the state’s election night reporting system and 

partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to conduct two tabletop exercises. 

Finally, Iowa was able to purchase additional security protections for the state’s election night 

reporting system.

 Kansas will use its funds to ensure every voting machine has a voter verifiable paper audit trail, 

conduct post-election audits after every election, improve the security of the statewide voter 

registration system, increase cybersecurity efforts at all levels of election administration and 

create, maintain and train local election officials on a comprehensive security communications 

plan.

 Kentucky used some of its funds during the FY2018 reporting period to acquire Trustwave, 

cloud-based and managed security services designed to protect data and reduce security risk. 

The State Board of Elections is in the process of working with Trustwave to install and set up 

the equipment. 

 Louisiana will use 2018 HAVA funds and the state match for a new electronic voting system.

 Maine plans to upgrade its voting equipment and Central Voter Registration (CVR) system 

hardware and software, implement election night reporting, cybersecurity software 

improvements, monitoring and training, and improve ballot security and online training.

 Maryland will replace and upgrade voting equipment, perform election audits, upgrade voter 

registration system servers and software in off-election years and enhance system monitoring 

activities, mitigating cyber vulnerabilities, refining an incident management plan and providing 

training. Thus far, the state has spent $1,302 of its allocated federal funds on statewide tabletop 

exercises and $176,139.50 of its state match on Voted Ballot Audits following the 2018 Primary 

Elections and implementing two-factor authentication and enhancing its virtual private 

network (VPN) security monitoring. 

 Massachusetts made network security upgrades for its voter registration system, hired a 

network security engineer and conducted security training for election staff. The Secretary of 

State’s Office also plans to use funds to acquire new voting equipment, upgrade the state's voter 

registration system and improve the cybersecurity of its election system.
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 Michigan is focusing on cybersecurity, information and physical security and providing funding 

and resources statewide to allow for the completion of detailed election system security 

assessments at the state, county and local level.

 Minnesota is using $6,925,391 in 2018 HAVA Funds and required state match to strengthen, 

secure and modernize Minnesota's Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS); assess the 

state's data sharing and post-election review/audit process; improve secure information 

sharing with counties; enhance website security and accessibility and recruit and train election 

officials. The Secretary of State's Office will also use funds to invest in cybersecurity and 

information technology upgrades, expand absentee and mail-voting for voters with disabilities 

and provide sub-grants to local jurisdictions for improved election security and accessibility.

 Mississippi is using its funds to upgrade its Statewide Elections Management System, 

addressing cyber vulnerabilities, implementing post-election auditing and funding certain 

permissible county expenditures. 

 Missouri spent most of its allocated 2018 HAVA Funds to implement cybersecurity 

enhancements that protect against attempts to penetrate the Missouri Centralized Voter 

Registration System. In September, the state also hosted the National Election Security Summit 

attended by federal, state and local election authorities to discuss practical ways to mitigate 

threats and vulnerabilities.

 Montana is replacing its statewide voter registration system and funding a 50 percent cost 

match with counties to purchase new voting equipment. They are also undertaking a major 

cybersecurity upgrade and hiring election and voter security IT personnel.

 Nebraska is using 2018 HAVA Funds to replace voting equipment, implement security upgrades 

and system enhancements to its voter registration system, install and maintain ALBERT 

sensors and perform cybersecurity scans and testing. The state is also using this federal funding 

to train election division staff and county election officials, provide resources for voters with 

disabilities and put additional security measures in place for election night reporting.

 Nevada will use the funds to upgrade voting equipment, provide sub-grants to jurisdictions, 

evaluate the state's cyber vulnerabilities, expand upon current election auditing practices and 

procedures, increase voter outreach and training.

 New Hampshire is enhancing election technology and making security improvements, 

improving voting systems and technology, educating voters, training election officials and 

election workers and improving access for voters with disabilities.

 New Jersey plans to make improvements to its cyber and physical security, voter registration 

system, voting equipment, election auditing, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance and 

training for election officials. Thus far, the state has expended its 2018 HAVA Funds on a 

Department of Homeland Security-administered tabletop security training session for county 

election officials. 

 New Mexico hired a full-time IT security and compliance administrator whose responsibilities 

include implementing additional security practices to safeguard sensitive data and election 

systems and protect against cyber vulnerabilities. The state also purchased scan tabulation 

systems that feature ballot image capture and audit capabilities.

 New York spent approximately $1.7 million in 2018 on several security initiatives, including a 

contract with Grant Thornton to conduct a uniform comprehensive risk assessment of every 

county board of elections. As of September 30, 2018, 22 of 58 assessments were complete. The 

state contracted another security firm to provide intrusion detection and log monitoring 

services for all county boards of elections. Additionally, 712 state and county election officials 

and election vendors have attended security awareness training and all county board of 

elections officials have attended at least one cybersecurity tabletop exercise training.
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 North Carolina plans to use its 2018 HAVA funds to modernize their statewide elections 

information management system, perform election auditing, undergo security assessments, 

hire a Chief Information Security Officer and implement a Cyber Advisory Panel.

 North Dakota is spending its entire 2018 HAVA award and required five percent state match on 

procuring a paper-based, HAVA-compliant voting system.

 Ohio is using its funds to make enhancements to its statewide voter registration system 

database, provide enhanced cybersecurity for election email accounts, conduct tabletop 

exercises and training, launch an IT and email support pilot project and conduct post-election 

audits through 2020.

 Oklahoma is purchasing e-poll books and document scanners for local election offices, 

upgrading its online voter registration system by 2020, providing training for county and state 

election boards, and ensuring there is a robust plan in place for cyber and physical security.

 Oregon is making improvements to the Oregon Elections System for Tracking and Reporting, 

securing state and local election systems and increasing IT security capacity and voter 

registration efficiency. The state also plans to build a feature so voters can track their ballot at 

all stages of the election process, provide public access to campaign finance reports and expand 

capacity and public visibility.

 Pennsylvania is replacing aging voting equipment that is reaching the end of its usable life with 

new equipment that has a voter verifiable paper audit trail.

 Puerto Rico plans to use its 2018 HAVA funds to enhance election cybersecurity and network 

infrastructure and upgrade Election Day voter registration.

 Rhode Island purchased a platform for the Centralized Voter Registration system that encrypts 

all data within it. The state also purchased another system that monitors for and protects the 

Centralized Voter Registration System from ransomware. In addition, the state purchased a 

system that provides real-time analysis of security threats, sends alerts if issues are detected 

and quarantines devices if there is abnormal activity.

 South Carolina is using its $6 million in 2018 HAVA Funds to harden its security posture and 

enhance the resilience of its elections.

 South Dakota is replacing aging voting equipment, including ballot marking devices and ballot 

tabulators purchased in 2005, and making cybersecurity upgrades to the statewide voter 

registration file and election night reporting page.

 Tennessee is providing sub-grants to assist counties in the purchase of approved voting 

systems, making improvements to its voter registration system and providing cybersecurity 

scans and training for each county election commission office.

 Texas worked with its Voter Registration system vendor in 2018 to make security updates to its 

system, including integration of a standalone portal and data encryption. The state also 

acquired cybersecurity training and made it available free of charge to all 254 counties in 

advance of the 2018 election. Prior to the 2018 election, 150 officials attended the training.

 The U.S. Virgin Islands is conducting a risk assessment and upgrades to its voting equipment, 

updating its voter registration system, developing and implementing a cybersecurity plan, and 

providing cyber risk management training for Board of Elections leadership, staff and vendors.

 Utah will purchase new voting equipment, replace the state's voter registration database and 

implement additional security measures and training for both counties and the state.

 Vermont used its 2018 HAVA Funds to replace and upgrade voting equipment, implement postelection audits, mitigate cyber vulnerabilities and provide required cybersecurity training for 

all town and city clerks in the spring of 2018, prior to the 2018 Midterm Elections. Of the initial 

$3,150,000 available through federal appropriations, the required state match and interest, as 

of September 30, 2018, Vermont had expended $843,912.28. 
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 Virginia is securing the Department of Elections' infrastructure and developing and 

implementing security and continuity of operations plans.

 Washington has implemented advanced firewall protection for the state’s centralized election 

system and installed an advanced threat detection and prevention appliance. The state also 

acquired a database storage device on the Voter Registration system that has back-up and 

recovery capabilities. All equipment and software, with the exception of the database storage 

device, was in place prior to the 2018 Midterm Election. The state also held cybersecurity 

training for election officials that is a precursor for a cybersecurity training program 

individually tailored for each county in the state.

 Washington, D.C. has used $399,400 of its funds to purchase new voting equipment and hire 

additional staff to increase the number of early voting centers across the District of Columbia, 

to train election officials and to produce voter education materials. The District of Columbia 

plans to use its remaining 2018 HAVA Funds to acquire additional equipment, increase 

maintenance and support, hire a full time cybersecurity expert, hire and train additional poll 

workers, continue voter education and outreach, and invest in technology to improve all 

aspects of voter registration and election administration.

 West Virginia used its 2018 HAVA funds to establish a grant program available for counties to 

be awarded funding for election equipment, physical security, cybersecurity and e-poll books.

 Wisconsin will address the immediate security needs of the state such as purchasing software, 

implementing additional security measures to protect the statewide voter registration system, 

creating federally funded staff positions and hiring additional IT developers. Wisconsin will 

also collect feedback from local election officials, voters and election partners to determine 

long-term election security needs.

 Wyoming will use the 2018 HAVA funds to replace outdated voting equipment originally 

purchased in 2005 and enhance the state and county cybersecurity infrastructure.