Federal Election Grants May Have Helped Democrats in 2020, Say Republicans

The U.S. flag at the dome of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on May 12, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

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.