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• Waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement in EAC programs • Irregularities involving a recipient of funds distributed by EAC • Serious wrongdoing or gross mismanagement at EAC • Retaliation or whistleblower reprisal due to disclosure of wrongdoing by an EAC supervisor or EAC management
The EAC OIG generally does NOT investigate the following matters: • Voter fraud (for example, ineligible persons voting, eligible persons voting more than once, persons voting under a false identity, etc.) • Voter registration abnormalities • Election irregularities (for example, vote tampering, voter suppression, mishandling of ballots, etc.) • Campaign financing issues (report such issues to the Federal Election Commission, https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/enforcement/complaints-process/) • 911 Emergencies • Equal Employment Opportunity complaints Under the U.S. Constitution, the responsibility for administering elections is reserved specifically to the states. Any problems concerning administration of elections should generally be reported to your local election board, state election official (see https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state/ for an interactive map with links to your state election official), or, if you suspect criminal behavior, your State Police or state Attorney General. The only Federal agency with jurisdiction to investigate election-related crime is the Department of Justice, which you may contact via your local Assistant United States Attorney (https://www.justice.gov/usao/find-your-united-states-attorney ) or your local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This report includes EAC OIG’s independent assessment of the top management challenges facing the EAC in fiscal year 2026.
The independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, under contract with the Office of Inspector General, audited Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants administered by the Oregon Secretary of State, totaling almost $22.1 million. This included federal funds, state matching funds...
The independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, under contract with the Office of Inspector General, audited Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants administered by the Wyoming Secretary of State, totaling just under $12 million. This included federal funds, state matching...
The independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, under contract with the Office of Inspector General, audited Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants administered by the Montana Secretary of State, totaling $10.83 million. This included federal funds, state matching funds, and...
This report summarizes the oversight work performed by EAC OIG during the 6-month period ended September 30, 2025.
This document discusses EAC OIG's planned oversight activities for fiscal year 2026.
The independent public accounting firm of RMA Associates, LLC, under contract with the Office of Inspector General, audited the EAC’s information security program for fiscal year 2025 in support of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The objective was to determine...
OIG conducted this review to describe the factors that affect territories' administration of HAVA grants and assess the effectiveness of the EAC’s management of HAVA grants awarded to territories.
This report summarizes the oversight work performed by EAC OIG during the 6-month period ended March 31, 2025.
EAC OIG performed this review to determine whether the EAC complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 reporting requirements for fiscal year 2024.
