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Grant funding helped municipalities with election expenses
The grants ranged from $50,000 to more than $260,000.
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A voter inserts a ballot into a ballot box at Tiger Gym in Biddeford on Nov. 3, 2020. Biddeford, along with several other York County communities, applied for and received grant funding to help pay election expenses during this pandemic year from the Chicago-based nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life.
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A nonprofit agency has distributed grants to 2,500 communities across the country, including several locally, to help pay for COVID-19 election related expenses like additional voting booths, outside ballot boxes, personal protective equipment, laptops, wages, cleaning, and more.