\ Tennessee Secretary of State Division of } ate Te Hargett ak Goins Coordinator of 2018 HAVA Election Security Grant Program Narrative Award and Match ‘The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 provided additional Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Section 404 funds to “improve le adminisvation of elections for Fecleral office, including to enhance election technology and make election security improversents-" ‘Tennessee has received $7,565418 from the Election Assistance Commission {EAC}. We understand that a $878,271 (586) state match is required by March 22, 2020, Rather than seekan appropriation during the upcoming state budget. tnese funds will be provides by departmental ost savings in the 2017-2048 state fiscal year. We acknowledge thatthe funds must be used by March 22, 2023, Voting Equipment Replacement and Upgrades In Tennessee, county election commissons decide which voting system :0use in thei jureetion Counties may purchase any sytem that has been approved for use inthe state by the Sate Election Commision and Coordinator of lectins, We have used and will continue touse existing HAVA dolars to provide subgrants to asset counties inte purchate of approved voting systems These new funds wl supptement tat orgo'ng effort ‘We anticipate continuing to distbute funds based on the number of precincts and early voring sites in each county ane have budgeted 54,312,000 to acdlress naeds inthis catagory. Voting Registration Systems and Management The Division of Elections oversees the statenide voter registration database, which s managed by fone system aciministratr. In 2017. we implemented an enline voter registration system, and with four continued focus on securing eur system and systems al the county level, t may become necessary to emplay an acciional staff member to assist providing techniesl support to county ‘lection cornmissions, ‘Additionally, we are considering upgvading our current statewide voter registration system, which ‘would require new software and infrastructure. ‘We have budgeted $2,000,000 to actress ne osm this category Cyber Vulnerabilities & Training “The Division of Elections has engaged with a leading cybersecurity venir to offer on site scans ‘te gach county election commission office prior tothe November 2018 general clectian ata cost tf approximately $260,000. The Division of Elections wil use the results of these scans to determine if further mitigation measures are aceded and will use these funds as necessary to make improvernents ‘We plan Lo explore offering remote scans ona regular bass going forward. Based on one estimate, quarterly scans of each af Tennessee's 95 county electon carnmissions would cost $744,000 annually ‘The Division of Elections wil alse provide state and county election officials with online security training curricular on sn anwal basis and will pravide additional in-gerson and online taining, ‘opoortunitias regarding Umely subjects We have budgeted $1,601,689 toward needs inthis category. Summary {As detailed on the attached Budget Narrative, ur propose buriges to implement the goals stated above is as follows: Category Federal State Total Voting Equioment s4124900| $217.00 | $4,342,000) Voter Registration Systems | $2900.09] $100,000 | $2,000,000 Cyber Security | sascosts ‘$61,718 | $1,601,687 Total $7,565,418 | sa7a.271/ $7,943.689 [Buagetiatormaton fee ee 2618 HAVA ELECTION CURITY GRANT ers 10000 aamate T