How counties spent the first round of election grants
Last year, the Pennsylvania Legislature provided its first-ever dedicated state funding for elections, making $45 million available through the Election Integrity Grant Program created under Act 88. Here's how counties have spent that money so far.
Polling place staffing
$8,739,254
Secure transportation, storage, and management of voting equipment and polling place materials
$4,291,220
Ballot printing
$2,811,904
Security and transparency for pre-canvassing and canvassing
$1,265,695
Staff needed to pre-canvass and canvass mail ballots
$1,091,453
Cost of processing voter registration applications.
$985,054
Training costs for district election officials
$811,519
Post-election procedures such as audits and certification