• 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Application

    Thank you for your interest in CTCL’s nonpartisan 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program! After submitting this information, CTCL may ask for additional public, non-confidential information to help determine your jurisdiction’s eligibility for a grant. We will never ask you for non-public information about your voters or election operations. CTCL reserves the right to verify any information you provide with third party sources. By submitting this application, you consent to the collection of the information you submit, which may be used for the purposes described in CTCL’s Privacy Policy. You also represent that you are authorized to do so on behalf of your election office.

  • ⚠️ Thank you for your interest in CTCL’s nonpartisan 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program. The application period is closed. If you’d like to be notified of future grant opportunities, please join our waitlist.

  • Jurisdiction Selection and Grant Eligibility

    CTCL has provided prepopulated information regarding eligibility as a convenience. Nothing in the application is intended as a legal determination or legal advice. We encourage you to check with your state, county, or city attorney to verify whether your office can apply for and/or receive grant funds.

  • 🚫 Rural and nonmetro election jurisdictions in {state_territory_select} are ineligible to apply for this grant program because state law appears to prohibit the private funding of elections.
  • 🚫 Jurisdictions in {state_territory_select} are ineligible to apply for this grant program because no jurisdiction in the state meets the definition of rural and nonmetro. For this grant opportunity, CTCL is using the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes 4-9 to define rural and nonmetro. Learn more about the codes, including a link to download the data. For more information about the program please see the FAQ.
  • ⚠️ We’re unable to determine your office’s eligibility to apply for this grant program at this time, but we invite you to complete the grant application. We’ll review the information you provide. If we determine your office is eligible to apply for the grant program, we’ll consider your application. If we determine your office is ineligible to apply for the grant program, we’ll contact your office and let you know.
  • ✅ Rural and nonmetro election jurisdictions in {state_territory_select} are eligible to apply for this grant program.
  • 🚫 {leo_human_readable_capitalized} is ineligible to apply for this grant program because it does not meet the definition of rural and nonmetro. For this grant opportunity, CTCL is using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes 4-9 to define rural and nonmetro. Learn more about the codes, including a link to download the data. For more information about the program please see the FAQ.

    If you believe this is incorrect, email grants2024@techandciviclife.org.
  • ⚠️ We’re unable to determine your office’s eligibility to apply for this grant program at this time, but we invite you to complete the grant application. We’ll review the information you provide. If we determine your office is eligible to apply for the grant program, we’ll consider your application. If we determine your office is ineligible to apply for the grant program, we’ll contact your office and let you know.

    If you have questions, please email grants2024@techandciviclife.org.
  • ✅ {leo_human_readable_capitalized} is eligible to apply for this grant program.

    This application is eligible to apply for up to {formatted_grant_max}. Learn more about how grant amounts are determined.

  • 🔍 Development Mode: Visible Testing Fields

  • "EZ Select", "EZ Offices", and "EZ States" are used to select one of four known offices that meet the eligibility requirements. This is a feature used by form testers to quickly pass the eligibility checker and move on to other parts of the form.

  • 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Application

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  • Office Information

    This application is for {leo_human_readable_no_state} in {jurisdiction_or_state}.

  • Office Physical Address  *

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    Provide information on the individual applying on behalf of {leo_human_readable_no_state}.

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  • Grant Information

    Eligible election offices can use the funds to cover expenses incurred between July 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024 that are necessary to ensure that elections are conducted reliably and securely. Examples of covered expenses include, but are not limited to, key human, physical, and technological assets necessary to conduct elections. Learn more about eligible expenses.

  • This application is eligible for up to {formatted_grant_max}. Learn more about how grant amounts are determined.

  • You are applying for {formatted_amount} in funding through this grant program.

  • ⚠️ The amount entered exceeds the amount your jurisdiction is eligible to apply for.

    Please enter an amount less than or equal to {formatted_grant_max}.

     

  • Intended Use of Grant Funds

    Grant funds must be used exclusively for the public purpose of planning and operationalizing reliable and secure election administration in 2024. Please indicate your intended use of grant funds. Select all that apply.

    Grant funds may be used for any purpose that falls under the categories listed below. After you receive your grant, if you need to reallocate grant funds between those purposes you are permitted to do so consistent with the terms and conditions of the grant agreement.

  • {chk_exp_human}Human – Personnel with specialized training, certification, knowledge, skills, authorities, or roles whose absence could cause undesirable consequences or hamper election security.

  • {chk_exp_physical}Physical – Equipment and materials*, facilities, and records that support or provide protection. *includes basic election administration supplies like pens, postage, stickers, paper, envelopes

  • {chk_exp_tech}Technological – Hardware and software components critical to supporting election, including computers, servers, databases, and other IT systems and assets used to fulfill one of the following functions:

  • ⚠️ Incomplete information.

    Select at least one category on how you intend to use grant funds.

  • Provide the full name and title of the government official authorized to sign a grant agreement, if awarded. This is who the grant agreement will be addressed to. The signatory could be, for example, the head of the election department or chair of the board of elections, the city or county attorney, the mayor or county executive, or chair of the county commission. There may be multiple officials who could fill this role, in which case we encourage you to select one who can be available to sign the agreement quickly.

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  • Optional questions

    Here at CTCL, we believe in robust and sustainable public funding of local election offices. To help us better understand the need for public funding, we’re researching why offices apply for grants and the impact grant funds have on your election operations. We’d appreciate your responses to the following optional questions to help us with our research. Your responses will not affect your grant application.

  • 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Application

  • Application Summary

    Please review the application summary below. To make a change, use the “Back” button at the bottom of this page.

  • Office Information

    • Office: {leo_human_readable_no_state}
    • State: {state}
    • Jurisdiction: {jurisdictionsFormatted}
    • Office Website: {office_website} {no_office_website}
    • Physical Address: {physical_address_line1} {physical_address_line2}, {physical_address_city}, {physical_address_state} {physical_address_zip}
    • Mailing Address: {mailingAddressDisplay}
    • How many active registered voters does your jurisdiction have as of July 1, 2024?: {num_registered_voters}
    • Approximately how many full time staff (or equivalent) do you have on your election team?: {num_fte_staff}
    • Jurisdiction's total one-year budget allocated to elections for the fiscal year that includes July 1st, 2024?: {office_budget}
    • Please upload a copy of your elections budget for the fiscal year that includes July 1, 2024. {pleaseUpload}

    Applicant Information

    • Applicant Name: {applicant_name}
    • Applicant Job Title: {applicant_job_title}
    • Applicant Email: {applicant_email}
    • Share a link to an official government page that contains your bio or lists you in a staff directory: {applicant_webpage} {no_applicant_webpage}
    • Phone Number - Desk: {applicant_phone_desk} {applicant_phone_desk_extension}
    • Phone Number - Work Mobile: {applicant_phone_mobile}

    Grant Information

    • {amount_title_switcher}: {amount_switcher}
    • Human Expenses: {expenses_human} {otherHuman}
    • Physical Expenses: {expenses_physical} {otherPhysical}
    • Technological Expenses: {expenses_technological} {otherTech}
    • Other Expenses: {expenses_other}
    • Briefly describe how you anticipate using the grant funds: {grant_brief_description}
    • Title of Individual Signatory Authorized to Sign a Grant Agreement: {signatory_title}
    • Name of Individual Signatory (if applicable): {signatory_name}

    Optional Questions

    • Why are you seeking this additional source of funding? {learning_questions} {other_learning_questions}
    • In the context of your annual elections budget, what impact will this funding have on your election operations? {impact_question}

  • Cerification

  • I understand that I will be emailed a copy of this application for my records. *

  • I certify that I am permitted to submit this grant application on behalf of {leo_human_readable_no_state} in {jurisdiction_or_state}. *

  • If you are unsure who is permitted to make grant requests on behalf of your jurisdiction, we encourage you to consult your county or city attorney.

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