STEUBEN COUNTY—Secretary of State Diego Morales is continuing to visit several counties, hand-delivering local Election Improvement Grants. On Thursday, he stopped in Clinton County. Today, he made stops in Steuben County, DeKalb County, and Noble County. More stops are planned.
Since the start of the year, Secretary Morales has delivered grant checks to more than 85 Indiana counties for local election security, safety, and voter outreach projects. The counties are receiving grant dollars from the Federal Help America Vote Act to go towards local election improvement and security efforts. This new round of statewide grants is valued at approximately $1 million.
Previous funding has been utilized for a wide variety of improvements, such as voter outreach efforts, additional signage, security upgrades, and more. Many counties implemented election improvements for the Primary Election.
“We’re committed to equipping our local county clerks with the tools and resources they need to run safe and secure elections. Delivering these election improvement grants ahead of Election Day is key to furthering the safety of our elections. Through my office’s continued partnership with our county clerks, we can ensure that the election process is handled with the utmost integrity, which Hoosier voters expect and deserve,” said Diego Morales, Indiana Secretary of State. Secretary Morales strongly encourages every eligible Hoosier to register to vote prior to the upcoming October 7th registration deadline and vote in the November 5th General Election.
Secretary Morales visited with county clerks and their teams in Clinton, Steuben, DeKalb, and Noble Counties to thank them and offer assistance for the upcoming General Election.