Administration of Payments Received Under the Help America Vote Act by the Ohio Secretary of State

EAC OIG audited $137.8 million in funds received by the Ohio Secretary of State under the Help America Vote Act. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Office (1) expended HAVA payments in accordance with the Act and related administrative requirements and (2) complied with the HAVA requirements for replacing punch card or lever voting machines, for establishing an election fund, for obtaining a 5 percent match of the funds for activities financed with Section 251 requirements payments from the State, and for maintaining State expenditures for elections at a level not less than expended in fiscal year 2000.