Opportunity Information: Apply for H982102310001
Effective Absentee Systems for Elections 3.0 is a discretionary Department of Defense grant opportunity run through the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP). Its overall aim is to improve the absentee voting experience for voters covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), meaning eligible military and overseas voters. The program is looking for proposals that serve a clear public purpose: reduce the practical barriers UOCAVA voters face, increase the likelihood their ballots are successfully returned and counted, and encourage new, innovative approaches to absentee voting that election offices can actually sustain over time.
The central objective of this specific funding round is to generate solid research data that strengthens FVAP's responsibilities and decision-making around electronic support for absentee voting. In practice, this means funded projects should focus on research, development, testing, and evaluation of electronic absentee voting system components, with an emphasis on producing evidence about what works, what it costs, and how it can be deployed in a realistic and scalable way. FVAP is not only interested in building tools; it is explicitly interested in collecting and presenting data that demonstrates cost-effective approaches and measurable outcomes.
The types of system improvements highlighted include electronic tools that help election offices transmit blank ballots to voters more efficiently and reliably, tools that help track outbound ballots that are mailed to voters, and identity and document-verification solutions such as digital signature verification that could leverage established credentials like the Department of Defense Common Access Card for election-related documents. The funding is intended to support solutions that are successful in real operational conditions, sustainable beyond the grant period, and affordable for election jurisdictions to maintain.
A major performance goal is increasing the percentage of ballots successfully returned by UOCAVA voters. Closely tied to that is FVAP's focus on reducing failure rates across every stage of the absentee voting pipeline where UOCAVA voters can lose momentum or encounter administrative rejection. The opportunity calls out the full chain: voter registration, requesting an absentee ballot, delivery of the blank ballot, marking the ballot, tabulation, and verification of the returned ballot. Importantly, FVAP frames success not only as improvement over time but as narrowing the gap between UOCAVA voters and the general electorate at comparable stages of the process, including comparisons that account for similar demographic populations.
Beyond technology and metrics, the grant also aims to build an ongoing pipeline of ideas, techniques, and best practices that election officials can use to better serve UOCAVA voters. In other words, FVAP wants the field to come out of this work with a stronger playbook: approaches that can be replicated, lessons learned that can guide policy and operations, and tested practices that can be shared across jurisdictions.
One key restriction is explicit: grant funds cannot be used for the electronic return of completed ballots to election offices. The opportunity supports electronic transmission and support tools related to outbound ballots and related processes, but it draws a hard line against using the funding to enable voters to send voted ballots back electronically.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed as Effective Absentee Systems for Elections 3.0 (Funding Opportunity Number H982102310001) under CFDA 12.219. Eligible applicants are state governments and local governments (county, city, or township). The posting date is February 8, 2023, with an original closing date of March 24, 2023. FVAP anticipated making about 20 awards, with an award ceiling of $20,000,000.Apply for H982102310001
- The Department of Defense in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Effective Absentee Systems for Elections 3.0" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.219.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 08, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 24, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments.
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