One purpose of the EAC funding would be to review COVID-19-related election procedures. | stock photo
One purpose of the EAC funding would be to review COVID-19-related election procedures. | stock photo
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has signed a letter calling on congressional leaders to provide robust funding for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) this upcoming fiscal year.
“It is vital to our democracy that we ensure election workers have the resources they need to do their jobs, and that starts with allocating sufficient funding,” Benson said, according to Michigan.gov. “This letter is a bipartisan and good-faith effort to urge our congressional leaders to act.”
Benson is one of 17 secretaries of state across the country who wrote the letter, posted on Michigan.gov, on Dec. 17 requesting that the EAC receive adequate funding so it can continue to conduct fair and secure elections. Funding was requested for a variety of initiatives, such as reviewing COVID-19-related election procedures and implementing a national training program for election officials.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
| Michigan.gov
The letter was addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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