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Abbreviation
EAC
Agencies
Election Assistance Commission
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
• 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
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
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.

Redacted Report of Investigation: Misconduct - Election Assistance Commission

2015
I-IV-EAC-01-15
Investigation
Election Assistance Commission OIG
Election Assistance Commission

The purpose of the investigation was to examine an Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation by the EAC. The investigation determined that EAC officials violated the ADA when they approved a disbursement of about $2.2 million from an expired 2008 appropriations account. The Department of Justice declined...

Audit of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's Testing and Certification Program

2023
P22HQ0018-23-05
Audit
Election Assistance Commission OIG
Election Assistance Commission

EAC OIG audited EAC’s testing and certification program. The Help America Vote Act established requirements for EAC to provide for the “testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories.”

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

2023
G22MP0005-23-04
Audit
Election Assistance Commission OIG
Election Assistance Commission
Pandemic

EAC OIG audited funds received by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the Help America Vote Act, totaling $1.2 million. This included Election Security and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grants.

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