Department of Elections [132]
Secretarial Area: Administration
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $8,518,343 $4,593,260 $13,111,603
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $8,205,958 $4,344,570 $12,550,528
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $8,666,870 $5,519,399 $14,186,269
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $8,767,003 $7,316,560 $16,083,563
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $9,303,177 $7,448,980 $16,752,157
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $12,927,364 $7,232,764 $20,160,128
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly $18,022,372 $52,250 $18,074,622
2018-2020 2019 Previous Legislative Appropriation $18,022,372 $52,250 $18,074,622
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly $19,019,759 $3,052,250 $22,072,009
2018-2020 2020 Previous Legislative Appropriation $17,802,372 $52,250 $17,854,622
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments $1,171,584 $3,000,000 $4,171,584
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments $45,803 $0 $45,803
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 30.00 7.00 37.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 30.00 7.00 37.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 30.00 7.00 37.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 30.00 7.00 37.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 30.00 10.00 40.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 31.00 12.00 43.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly 43.00 0.00 43.00
2018-2020 2019 Previous Legislative Appropriation 43.00 0.00 43.00
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly 49.00 0.00 49.00
2018-2020 2020 Previous Legislative Appropriation 43.00 0.00 43.00
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments 6.00 0.00 6.00
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Provide appropriation for federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) election security grant Decision Package
  Facilitates use of new HAVA grant funds awarded to the Commonwealth. Funds will be used to enhance the security of the state's election infrastructure, including the Virginia Election and Registration Information System (VERIS).
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $3,000,000
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Enhance training program for election officials Decision Package
  Provides three full-time equivalent positions and resources to develop and maintain expanded curriculum and availability of training programs for local election officials across the Commonwealth. Robust and comprehensive training programs for local election officials support uniformity and integrity of election administration in the state.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $607,500
Positions 0.00 3.00
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Provide two voter list maintenance positions Decision Package
  Provides two full-time equivalent positions to enhance voter list maintenance auditing processes and implement standard list maintenance practices amongst general registrars. These duties are consistent with multiple recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission in the September 2018 Operations and Performance of Virginia’s Department of Elections Report.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $297,433
Positions 0.00 2.00
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Advertise voter referendum for Equal Rights Amendment Decision Package
  Funds the cost of providing public notice of a statewide voter referendum. Section 30-19.10, Code of Virginia, requires the State Board of Elections to run advertisements in state newspapers and prepare posters and pamphlets providing public notice about statewide referendums.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $160,000
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Provide additional fiscal administrative position Decision Package
  Funds one additional full-time equivalent position to support and provide a backup for fiscal and administrative functions. The position will address recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission in the September 2018 Operations and Performance of Virginia’s Department of Elections Report.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $106,651
Positions 0.00 1.00
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Support GIS analysis for redistricting boundaries for local elections General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding of $261,265 from the general fund the second year, and 1.0 FTE, pursuant to House Bill 2760 and Senate Bill 1018, which require the use of Geographic Information System maps when redrawing boundaries for local elections. The Department of Elections is required to review all maps, and the estimated impact includes one full-time GIS coordinator in addition to hardware, licensing and data storage cost.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $261,265
Positions 0.00 1.00
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Reduce funding and positions for local registrar training General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment modifies a proposal in the Introduced Budget and provides $405,500 from the general fund and 2.0 FTEs in the second year for the development and expansion of local election official training programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($202,500)
Positions 0.00 (1.00)
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Remove funding to advertise for a voter referendum General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates $160,000 from the general fund in the second year that was provided to advertise for a voter referendum on the Equal Rights Amendment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($160,000)
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Fund presidential primary costs of the Department of Elections General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding of $147,308 from the general fund the second year to fund the cost the Department will incur pursuant to the 2020 presidential primary. Funding for the Department was included in the introduced budget in Central Appropriations.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $147,038
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Explore Replacement of VERIS System General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides that, prior to expending funds for a substantial rebuild or replacement of the Virginia Election and Registration Information System, that the Department of Elections, in consultation with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, has met certain requirements, and has submitted those requirements in a report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by December 1, 2019.
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Registrar and Other Constitutional Officers' Salaries Analysis General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language to the Appropriation Act directing the Department of Elections, in collaboration with the Compensation Board, to conduct a study of General Registrars' salaries, in relation to other local constitutional officers' salaries, from the years 1981 through 2018.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 06-07-2025 20:10:47