1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov November 3, 2021Elections Grant Programs: Policy OptionsRecent congressional activity on elections issues has often featured grant programs. Congress responded to foreign interference in the 2016 elections and the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pan
2、demic on administration of the 2020 elections, in part, with funding for a grant program established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA; P.L. 107-252). Multiple bills introduced in the 117th Congressfrom the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 2747) to the Protecting the Right to Organized, Transparent
3、Elections through a Constitutionally Trustworthy Electoral College (PROTECT Electoral College) Act (H.R. 4789/S. 519) to the House-reported Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill (H.R. 4345)would authorize, fund, or set conditions for elections grant programs. This In Focus ex
4、plores some issues that may be of interest to Members who are considering offering, supporting, opposing, or amending proposals to authorize, fund, or set conditions for elections grant programs. It starts by summarizing some general arguments for and against federal elections grant programs then in
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