Congress weighs cuts to states’ already ‘insufficient’ election security dollars
The bill would trim grant funding to $15 million and cut agency operating funds below $20 million for the first time in four years.
- The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill in April cutting the Election Assistance Commission budget from $23.86 million to $17 million and slashing election security grants from $45 million to $15 million.
- Election officials argue current federal support is inadequate, with advocates like Gideon Cohn-Postar, director of federal affairs at the Institute for Responsive Government, noting states require about $400 million annually to modernize infrastructure.
- House Democrats led by Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, criticized the proposed cuts, while Rep. Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican and Appropriations Committee chairman, emphasized the party's focus on citizenship voting requirements.
- Election Assistance Commissioner Christy McCormick warned that unstable funding harms long-term planning, though some officials, including Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, expressed skepticism toward accepting federal grants with attached conditions.
- Aging voting equipment will average 9.3 years old by 2028, up from 4.9 years in 2020, and experts warn unpredictable funding hinders states from adopting updated security guidelines and necessary technology.
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