Minnesota is the only state not to be making use of federal election security funding.
The security of U.S. elections in 2020 is under the microscope in the wake of Russian interference in 2016, so how come Minnesota is yet to approve federal funding to protect its voting systems?
Maintaining the integrity of Minnesota’s 2020 elections is considered to be of paramount importance by DFL Secretary of State Steve Simon, and there is $6.6 million available to the state via The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to do so.
The HAVA allocates federal funding to states for election security, voter registration privacy, accessibility improvements and election training. Minnesota is the only state in the nation that has yet to allocate 2018 HAVA dollars, in part because it is one of the only states that requires the Legislature to approve these funds.
View the complete May 14 article by Madeline Deninger on the Bring Me the News website here.