A 2002 federal election law and the agency it created may have played a role in turning out votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 election, according to House Republicans.
The stated mission of the two taxpayer-funded federal initiatives—the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the Election Assistance Commission (EAC)—is to improve voting.
Both came under fire from House Republicans last week for what happened in California just before the 2020 election.
On Aug. 27, 2020, the Associated Press reported that Golden State election officials signed a $35 million contract with a Washington-based public affairs firm for the purpose of getting people to vote during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic….