Schuylkill County has received the $473,700 state election funding it applied for in August.

The new Election Integrity Grant is through the state Department of Community and Economic Development.

Gov. Tom Wolf on July 11 signed into law a bill that sets aside $45 million for the grants, which can be used for training, paying employees, printing ballots, securing voting machines and other election related expenses.

But there are some trade-offs.

When counties accept the grants, they agree to not accept money from private sources, and to count mail-in ballots after the polls close on election night without a break until they are all tallied.

County election chief Al Gricoski said that’s been the traditional practice anyway.