Help America Vote Act Election Reform

Official name: SOS - Help America Vote Act Election Reform

Help America Vote Act Election Reform spent $12.9 million in FY2026 — 39% of a $32.8 million budget. It ranks 146 of the state's 587 budget accounts, less than 1% of all state spending.

That is 29% less than in FY2025 ($18.1 million), not adjusted for inflation.

Spent FY2026: $12.9 million$12,879,657
Budget FY2026: $32.8 millionplus $4.42 million held in reserve
Share of budget spent: 39%Spent ÷ budget
Change from FY2025: −28.7%FY2025: $18.1 million

29.7% of Secretary of State's Office spending.

Spent each year, FY2006 onwards · dashed line: budgetBudget account 1051, looked up by its code in every year.

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Where the money went

Explore Help America Vote Act Election Reform by category: select a block to go a level deeper, or switch views. Totals leave out reserves, pass-through accounts and money paid on to other state accounts.

Budget vs spent, by category

8 categories. The largest, Vrems Project Sb484, accounts for 86% of the total.

Categories of Help America Vote Act Election Reform, FY2026
Category	Spent FY2026	Budget FY2026	% of budget spent	Share
Vrems Project Sb48431

Spent and budget each fiscal year
Fiscal year	Spent	Budget
FY2006	$1.18 million	Not available
FY2007	$1.95 million	Not available
FY2008	$2.10 million	Not available
FY2009	$799 thousand	Not available
FY2010	$1.46 million	$3.86 million
FY2011	$627 thousand	$2.05 million
FY2012	$988 thousand	$2.17 million
FY2013	$2.02 million	$2.93 million
FY2014	$982 thousand	$1.27 million
FY2015	$927 thousand	$1.13 million
FY2016	$719 thousand	$862 thousand
FY2017	$797 thousand	$880 thousand
FY2018	$8.21 million	$8.31 million
FY2019	$705 thousand	$1.21 million
FY2020	$4.90 million	$8.05 million
FY2021	$3.86 million	$4.49 million
FY2022	$1.81 million	$2.48 million
FY2023	$1.56 million	$4.30 million
FY2024	$7.03 million	$32.1 million
FY2025	$18.1 million	$18.1 million
FY2026	$12.9 million	$32.8 million
FY2027	See note	$21.4 million

Voting Machine Replacement11	$850 thousandof $885 thousand	$885 thousand	96%	6.6%

Personnel Services01	$493 thousandof $504 thousand	$504 thousand	98%	3.8%

Automatic Voter Registration32	$307 thousandof $3.49 million	$3.49 million	9%	2.4%

Homeland Security Grant14	$130 thousandof $141 thousand	$141 thousand	92%	1.0%

Administration of Elections16	None recordedof $43.9 thousand	$43.9 thousand	—	—

Information Services26	$2.5 thousandof $2.7 thousand	$2.7 thousand	93%	0.0%

Operating04	$1.3 thousandof $1.6 thousand	$1.6 thousand	82%	0.0%

Spent each year by categories
Fiscal year	Vrems Project Sb484	Voting Machine Replacement	Personnel Services	Automatic Voter Registration	Homeland Security Grant	Other (3)	Budget
FY2006	—	$500 thousand	$119 thousand	—	—	$57.3 thousand	—
FY2007	—	$1.50 million	$109 thousand	—	—	$124 thousand	—
FY2008	—	$1.66 million	$114 thousand	—	—

Funding sources by group and revenue ledger code, FY2026 budget
Group	Revenue ledger	Legislature approved	Current budget
General Fund	$1.37 million	$32.6 million
GF	2501 General Fund Appropriation	$1.37 million	$32.6 million
Federal funds	$0	$1.09 million
FF	3580 Federal Grant	$0	$1.09 million
Interim Finance allocations	$0	$236 thousand
IF	4654 Transfer From Interim Finance

Budget journey for FY2026: each step and the running total
Step	Amount	Running total
Governor recommended	$1.55 million	$1.55 million
Changes made by the Legislature	−$5.0 thousand= $1.55M	$1.55 million
Legislature approved	$1.55 million	$1.55 million
Federal money added after the session	+$1.09 million= $2.64M	$2.64 million
Money carried over from earlier years	+$104 thousand= $2.74M	$2.74 million
Other changes after the session	+$30.1 million= $32.8M	$32.8 million
Current budget	$32.8 million	$32.8 million

FY2009	—	$413 thousand	$141 thousand	—	—	$194 thousand	—

FY2010	—	$1.08 million	$130 thousand	—	—	$152 thousand	$3.86 million

FY2011	—	$345 thousand	$133 thousand	—	—	$54.0 thousand	$2.05 million

FY2012	—	$713 thousand	$121 thousand	—	—	$33.4 thousand	$2.17 million

FY2013	—	$749 thousand	$136 thousand	—	—	$798 thousand	$2.93 million

FY2014	—	$671 thousand	$169 thousand	—	—	$56.7 thousand	$1.27 million

FY2015	—	$643 thousand	$166 thousand	—	—	$19.0 thousand	$1.13 million

FY2016	—	$511 thousand	$181 thousand	—	—	$17.1 thousand	$862 thousand

FY2017	—	$561 thousand	$160 thousand	—	—	$61.0 thousand	$880 thousand

FY2018	—	$5.6 thousand	$176 thousand	—	—	$2.5 thousand	$8.31 million

FY2019	—	$61.8 thousand	$249 thousand	—	$75.1 thousand	$319 thousand	$1.21 million

FY2020	—	$765 thousand	$321 thousand	—	$92.0 thousand	$874 thousand	$8.05 million

FY2021	—	$746 thousand	$379 thousand	—	$73.9 thousand	$1.02 million	$4.49 million

FY2022	—	$760 thousand	$446 thousand	—	$60.5 thousand	$523 thousand	$2.48 million

FY2023	—	$779 thousand	$286 thousand	—	$128 thousand	$368 thousand	$4.30 million

FY2024	$2.26 million	$620 thousand	$247 thousand	—	$10.7 thousand	$3.68 million	$32.1 million

FY2025	$16.6 million	$805 thousand	$454 thousand	—	$145 thousand	$20.7 thousand	$18.1 million

FY2026	$11.1 million	$850 thousand	$493 thousand	$307 thousand	$130 thousand	$3.8 thousand	$32.8 million

FY2027	—	—	—	—	—	—	$21.4 million

Everything else	$200 thousand	$200 thousand
OF	4326 Treasurer's Interest Distrib	$200 thousand	$200 thousand

Everything else

4326 Treasurer's Interest Distrib

Moved between state accounts · not new money	$141 thousand	$165 thousand
IA	4661 Transfer From Emergency MGMT	$141 thousand	$141 thousand
IA	2516 Budgetary Transfers	$0	$23.8 thousand

Moved between state accounts · not new money

4661 Transfer From Emergency MGMT

2516 Budgetary Transfers

Carried over from last year · not new money	$2.84 million	$2.94 million
BF	2520 Federal Funds From Previous Year	$2.84 million	$2.94 million

Carried over from last year · not new money

2520 Federal Funds From Previous Year

Help America Vote Act Election Reform

Where the money went

Budget vs spent, by category

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Who pays for it

How the FY2026 budget got here

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