Secretary of State Deb Markowitz announced today that 60 Vermont towns will receive grants totaling over $128,000 through the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Improved Administration of Federal Elections program. These funds will be used to improve the administration of the primary and general elections in 2010.
Towns will be able to use these funds to purchase equipment and services to ensure that our elections continue to run smoothly, said Markowitz.
The Improved Administration of Federal Elections program is intended to provide funding for services and equipment such as computers, installation of a telephone line at the polling place, signage, computer software and training. Towns were invited to submit applications for funding to the Secretary of State s Office. Since 2005, 284 grants totaling over $558,000 have been awarded to Vermont towns through this program.
For more information on the Help America Vote Act, go to the Secretary of State s website at http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/hava.html
2009 HAVA Grant Recipients and Amounts
Addison
435.99
Barre City
4,185.00
Barton
2,450.00
Berlin
760.00
Brattleboro
1,600.00
Burke
801.66
Burlington
1,172.43
Chester
1,880.00
Colchester
2,620.00
Concord
1,079.00
Danville
3,100.00
Duxbury
2,691.00
Elmore
350.00
Glover
4,000.00
Goshen
2,985.00
Granby
494.30
Grand Isle
2,200.00
Guilford
4,000.00
Holland
1,000.00
Jay
1,624.00
Johnson
1,739.64
Leicester
2,250.00
Lincoln
1,642.00
Lunenburg
550.00
Lyndon
1,007.50
Milton
2,780.00
Monkton
2,441.00
Montgomery
1,750.00
Moretown
2,586.54
Morristown
2,632.00
Newfane
5,135.50
North Hero
3,320.00
Pownal
2,630.00
Putney
5,500.00
Randolph
1,967.00
Richford
525.00
Ripton
3,341.00
Roxbury
1,953.61
Ryegate
1,868.00
Saint Johnsbury
2,700.00
Salisbury
2,770.99
Sandgate
2,395.00
Shaftsbury
2,698.75
Shoreham
731.00
Shrewsbury
264.95
South Burlington
6,525.00
Springfield
2,645.00
Sudbury
2,920.00
Waitsfield
315.00
Walden
1,200.00
Waterbury
545.60
Waterford
3,067.00
West Rutland
390.00
Westfield
1,030.00
Westminster
617.98
Wheelock
4,119.98
Wilmington
1,250.00
Wolcott
2,035.00
Woodbury
3,650.00
Worcester
1,486.00