Members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Standards Board and Board of Advisors reviewed the next generation of Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG), discussed the intent and application process for newly appropriated HAVA funding, examined election security efforts, and tackled other timely election-related issues such as disaster recovery contingency planning during recent meetings from April 19-24 in Miami.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will host local election officials for a public forum on election security in Miami on April 18, 2018. The forum comes just weeks after the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 provided $380 million in new Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Election Security Fund grants.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has announced the availability of $380 million in 2018 HAVA Election Security Fund grants contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018. The grants, authorized under Title I Section 101 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, will support election activities to improve the administration of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election technology and make election security improvements.