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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$90,104,337

Election Assistance Commission·Election Assistance Commission

to CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE

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ACTION DATE2026-04-03·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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Grants to states for improving federal election administration, technology, and security systems.

Sub-sectors
election-administrationfederal-electionselection-security
Why this matters

Strengthens election infrastructure resilience and security across states, critical for democratic integrity and federal election reliability.

Supply-chain signal

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

U.S.–China competition angle

Protects U.S. election systems from foreign interference and ensures election infrastructure independence from adversarial supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002113.

Period of performance
Start
2018-03-23
End
2099-03-23
Status
activein 26610 days
Sources

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