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$90,104,337

Election Assistance Commission·Election Assistance Commission

to CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE

justiceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2018 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2018-03-23·LATEST ACTION2026-04-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_EAC-ELSEC18CA_525
Award description

"TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE, INCLUDING TO ENHANCE ELECTION TECHNOLOGY AND MAKE ELECTION SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS" TO THE SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES USED IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds California's election administration and security improvements for federal elections, including technology and process upgrades.

Sub-sectors
election-administrationfederal-election-securityvoting-infrastructure
Why this matters

Election infrastructure security is critical to democratic integrity; this ongoing 2018 program ensures federal election systems remain resilient against threats.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for election technology vendors, voting equipment manufacturers, and cybersecurity firms supporting state election offices.

U.S.–China competition angle

Election security directly counters foreign interference threats; robust U.S. election infrastructure protects democratic processes from state-sponsored manipulation.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-30. Cost: $0.002876.

Period of performance
Start
2018-03-23
End
2099-03-23
Status
activein 26564 days
Sources

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