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Secretary of State briefs budget committee on election-system modernization, library funding and cyber threats
Summary
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins presented the office's FY2026 budget request and told lawmakers the office is within current-year spending but is seeking modest increases mainly for library networking and to keep IT capacity, while flagging daily cyberattacks on voter registration and business filing systems.
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins presented the office’s fiscal year 2026 budget to the House Budget Committee on Feb. 26, describing the office’s priorities on election administration, business services and the state library.
“We currently have about 204 employees and a $70,156,450 budget request,” Hoskins told the committee. He contrasted the office’s request with the governor’s recommendation of $68,191,000, noting the primary difference was a proposed $1.2 million non‑discretionary increase (NDI) for the state library networking fund.
Hoskins said the office plans a multi‑year modernization of Missouri’s voter registration system. “Our voter registration system is very, very old,” he said, and said…
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