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But the bans on private funding have highlighted a problem known long before the pandemic: Election administration faces financial strains. Even with the CARES Act including $400 million in election funding, that wasn’t enough to fund pandemic-related election expenses. — PolitiTweet.org

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Independent election experts generally agree it’s best for the government to pay for elections expenses. Some election officials said it’s a better policy, and nonpartisan election experts raised concerns about the concept of private funding for elections. — PolitiTweet.org

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But it also means that election funding is largely reliant on local budgets, competing for dollars with other services like parks, libraries and public safety. State reimbursement varies and never covers the cost of any election, political scientist Kathleen Hale said. — PolitiTweet.org

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