waited until May to make their requests. Oklahoma asked for half its share. Utah asked for less than half, saying it already had a strong vote-by-mail structure in place.
Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee did not ask for $20.2 million in CARES Act funding until mid-May, shortly after the state's association of county elections supervisors wrote in a widely publicized letter that,"Florida is lagging behind nearly every other state in securing funding for elections." In the meantime, the Florida Supervisors of Elections wrote,"While we wait, the goods and services we need are becoming scarce.
Congress built in its own delays. States must match 20 percent of the federal money within two years, or risk paying back the entire amount. California’s $36.4 million award, for instance, calls for it to spend $7.2 million of its own money. Mississippi’s $4.7 million requires a $945,608 match. If the match had been five percent, Slater said, a request for the full amount might have been workable."Would we have loved to be able to ask for the whole thing?" she asked."Sure, but we were lucky to be able to ask for a portion of it."The country's aging patchwork of election systems further complicates states' efforts to navigate November's election.
Online systems can allow existing voters to update information and others to register for the first time without risking in-person visits to government offices. But it is too late to create online registration systems, said Patrick and the Bipartisan Policy Center's Thomas. "Receiving one-time funds at the expense of radically changing our election system is a trade-off we are not willing to make," said Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin in June testimony before a Congressional subcommittee on elections.
All this money for presidential elections while millions are jobless or struggling right now. Way to prioritize. There should not be funding for elections that way whoever is in the runnings is actually in it for the people.
lol, what a tremendous waste of money
Do You Want To Keep Defaulting On My Money And Continue Trusting What You Are Doing On Your Own?
lol, let's delay the election for another 4 years
Liberals are going to try to steal this election with more mail in voter fraud.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Source: MSNBC - 🏆 469. / 51 Read more »
Source: Forbes - 🏆 394. / 53 Read more »
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »