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Institute of Public Policy Awarded EAC Grant
Posted: 9/23/2009For the second straight year the Institute of Public Policy in the Truman School of Public Affairs has been awarded the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Help America Vote Act College Poll Worker Grant. The EAC has awarded a total of $750,000 in grants to 11 colleges and universities and two nonprofit organizations to recruit college students to serve as poll workers during the 2009 and 2010 elections. Competition for the 2009 Help America Vote College Program grant was stiff, with 71 organizations requesting over five times more funding than was available.
The Institute of Public Policy was awarded $20,000 to work with the MU Office of Disability Services and the Boone County Clerk, Wendy Noren, to recruit students with disabilities to serve as poll workers in upcoming elections. In addition to recruiting students, the Institute will also provide training for poll workers and supervisory judges about serving voters with disabilities.
The College Program grants are authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Since 2004, EAC has awarded 74 grants, totaling $2.4 million, to colleges and nonprofits to recruit, train and support college students serving as poll workers on Election Day.