Lege TREND. Cost of a Populous State Election Security Bill

The fund allocations from California’s 2018 election security legislation:

• Federal Funds: $34.5 million
• 57.9%, $20 million, goes to voter implementation at the county level
• 11.58%, $4 million goes to VoteCal statewide system updates
• 13.16%, $4.45 million goes to county voter cyber security
• 8.69%, $3 million, goes to cybersecurity training for counties
• 4.53%, $1.56 million, polling place accessibility
• 2.98%, $1.03 million, personnel costs
• 1.16%, $400,000, election auditing

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