Help America Vote Mock Election Program

The US Election Assistance Commission funded Help America Vote Mock Election Program (CFDA 90.402) through Project Grants that supported simulated federal elections for secondary education students, with the most recent grant award issued on May 13, 2010, over sixteen years ago.

This program is inactive. The funding history spans 2008 through 2010 only, with 25 total awards distributed across three years: 10 awards in 2008, 7 in 2009, and 8 in 2010. No grant awards have been issued since May 2010, and no recent grant opportunities are posted. The program obligated $782 thousand in federal dollars across a non-federal cost-share totaling $1.2 million combined.

The funded activities centered on mock election programs operated by schools, election authorities, and voter education nonprofits. Representative awards included the Washington State Mock Election ($111,000), the 2010 MGTV Michigan Mock Election Project ($42,000), the Oregon Student Mock Election 2010 ($50,713), Kids Voting North Carolina Voice Your Choice ($207,684), Miami-Dade County Election Department High School Mock Election Program ($92,611), and the Nevada Help America Vote Act Mock Election Program ($90,800). Awards ranged from approximately $13,000 to $207,000 per project, with typical awards in the $30,000 to $90,000 range. Many programs incorporated real ballots and actual voting equipment to simulate authentic election procedures.

All 25 awards were Project Grants; no other assistance types were used. The US Election Assistance Commission was the sole funder across the entire portfolio, accounting for 100 percent of awards and federal dollars obligated.

Unless the commission has reactivated or repurposed this program under different funding mechanisms, pursuit is not warranted. Verify current program status with the US Election Assistance Commission directly before allocating business development resources.