1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated June 30, 2020Election Security: States Spending of FY2018 and FY2020 HAVA PaymentsState 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 A
2、ct, 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 (
3、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. It starts by summarizing how funding recipients initially proposed using the
4、funds, how the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected some of those plans, and how much of the funding recipients have reported spending to date. It then introduces some issues related to the availability of funds and the timing of spending and reporting. Information about spending of the FY201
