Securing additional ballots ahead of an expected surge in mail-in voting for the July 14 primary runoff elections, as well as sanitizing supplies for in-person voting, were among anticipated uses of a federal CARES grant discussed by the commissioners court on June 10.

Elections Administrator Jennifer Anderson explained to the court that the grant of more than $191,000, which commissioners voted to accept on June 2, will require a 20 percent county match, and can be used through the end of Novemb...