(ELKHART COUNTY) – Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales made stops in Northern Indiana Wednesday.

Morales is continuing his visit around the Hoosier State, to hand deliver local Election Improvement Grants with stops in Elkhart County and LaPorte County yesterday.

Since the beginning of the year, Morales has delivered grant checks to more than 85 Indiana counties for local election security, safety, and voter outreach projects. The counties are receiving grant dollars from the Federal Help America Vote Act to go towards local election improvement and security efforts. This new round of statewide grants is valued at approximately $1 million.

Previous funding has been utilized for a wide variety of improvements such as voter outreach efforts, additional signage, security upgrades, and more. Many counties implemented election improvements for the Primary Election.