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Funding cuts threaten future elections

Federal grant funding of election infrastructure between 2019 and 2021 was about $400 million each year It was cut to $75M for 2022 and 2023, then $55M in 2024, and now $15M for 2025. A delegation of Illinois County Clerks requested a return to the $400M level and stressed the need for stability in fundingfrom year to year.

League of Women Voters calls for ‘All hands on deck’

Contact federal officials to reject additional Proof of Citizenship requirements to cast ballots ‘An estimated 21 million Americans could be shut out from the ballot box, particularly rural voters, students, women, communities of color, and members of the military.’