Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) today announced funding awards to Pennsylvania counties through the Election Integrity Grant Program (EIGP).

Under Act 88 of 2022, DCED was tasked with establishing the program to provide grants to counties for the administration of elections. Funding amounts were based on the number of registered voters within the county in the previous primary election.

The following counties applied for and received EIGP grant awards:

• Adams – $365,842.48
• Allegheny – $4,753,876.92
• Armstrong – $219,628.05
• Beaver – $579,151.89
• Bedford – $167,827.57
• Berks – $1,362,003.92
• Blair – $398,913.63
• Bucks – $2,451,987.10
• Butler – $696,389.16
• Cambria – $440,358.13
• Cameron – $15,397.50
• Carbon – $224,813.76
• Centre – $540,987.73
• Chester – $1,930,264.27
• Clarion – $120,816.28
• Clearfield – $247,652.53
• Clinton – $112,442.93
• Columbia – $198,195.15
• Cumberland – $945,612.33
• Dauphin – $984,173.02
• Delaware – $2,103,627.73
• Elk – $103,425.87
• Erie – $911,742.99
• Fayette – $406,808.06
• Forest – $17,194.73
• Franklin – $507,118.38
• Fulton – $46,820.75
• Greene – $113,102.09
• Huntingdon – $144,880.67
• Indiana – $251,180.05
• Jefferson – $143,866.18
• Juniata – $71,837.82
• Lackawanna – $744,852.65
• Lancaster – $1,781,505.91
• Lawrence – $287,583.03
• Lebanon – $466,605.97
• Lehigh – $1,243,468.94
• Luzerne – $1,041,396.09
• Lycoming – $366,810.62
• McKean – $128,283.30
• Mercer – $370,348.44
• Mifflin – $135,673.07
• Monroe – $584,234.61
• Montgomery – $3,078,474.70
• Northampton – $1,136,453.76
• Northumberland – $298,551.81
• Perry – $152,167.44
• Philadelphia – $5,400,695.40
• Pike – $226,075.43
• Potter – $56,522.72
• Schuylkill – $453,700.91
• Snyder – $115,960.15
• Somerset – $249,707.24
• Sullivan – $22,529.78
• Tioga – $133,752.24
• Union – $132,160.99
• Venango – $166,447.46
• Warren – $135,358.94
• Washington – $733,755.13
• Wayne – $180,325.81
• Westmoreland – $1,267,414.88
• Wyoming – $90,592.90
• York – $1,578,567.92

Bradford, Crawford, Montour and Susquehanna counties did not seek funds.

Eligible uses of the EIGP funds include:

• Costs of county board of election duties related to processing of voter registration applications.
• Payment of staff at polling places on election day. Payment of staff needed to pre-canvass and canvass mail-in ballots and absentee ballots.
• Physical security and transparency costs for centralized pre-canvassing and canvassing.
• Secure preparation, transportation, storage and management of voting apparatuses, tabulation equipment and required polling place materials.
• The printing of ballots.
• Training costs for district election officials.

For more information about the Department of Community and Economic Development, visit the DCED website, and be sure to stay up-to-date with all of our agency news on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Penny Ickes, DCED, dcedpress@pa.gov

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