"The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announces the availability of $16,200,000 in federal funds to support research of electronic absentee voting technology to make the absentee voting process easier and more efficient for absent military and overseas citizens to request, receive or return their ballots.
The program, known as the Electronic Absentee Systems for Elections (EASE), is authorized by the Military and Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE), an amendment to Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 (UOCAVA), and, for the first time, will allow the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) of the Department of Defense to competitively offer grant assistance to election officials."
$ Available to support research of electronic absentee voting technology
Federal Voting Assistance Program - For Election Officials:
