50 States of Need
We can fully fund our state and local election infrastructure with more than $50 billion from federal, state, and local government over 10 years.
With this funding, we can modernize our election administration and operations, bolster cybersecurity, replace voting machines, update voter registration systems, and strengthen post-election audits.
Why Consistent Funding Matters to our Election Infrastructure
Local election officials have made it clear that philanthropic funding and federal investment was essential for the success of the 2020 election.
However, much deeper, long-term public investments are needed to modernize our systems and ensure safe, secure, and accessible elections nationwide.
Learn more about our nation’s most critical election infrastructure needs based on the lessons learned during the 2020 election.
Elections infrastructure needs upfront investment and requires ongoing maintenance.
In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security designated election infrastructure as “part of the existing Government Facilities critical infrastructure sector.”
The funding will allow election departments to make urgently-needed modernizations, including:
Patching critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Replacing outdated voting machines
Upgrading voter registration databases and websites
Investing in election management equipment, including ballot sorters, envelope openers and stuffers, and ballot verification technology
Upgrading local election management systems, including software
Investing in physical infrastructure (including real estate) to ensure secure facilities for storage of election equipment and materials
Bolstering systems to execute election audits
Hiring the staffing required to manage these systems and otherwise oversee safe, secure, and user-friendly elections