The US House of Representatives has passed a spending bill which includes a $500m election security provision.
A Friday vote went mostly along party lines as reps decided by a 217-197 margin to pass the 2021 Spending Bill. The bill will now go to the Senate.
The $1.3tr spending package [PDF] is likely to be significantly altered, and possibly delayed, by the Republican-controlled Senate, but the $500m spending package is a step in the right direction, at least.
Specifically, the half-billion goes to the US Election Assistance Commission and will give states money that will be used to replace voting machines that don't provide a paper copy of election results.
The bill declares that states will "replace voting ..
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