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Recommendations must be developed with the full participation of 1 community organizations that work in support of civic engagement. The 2 secretary shall present their recommendations, and any barriers to 3 their implementation, to the legislature by December 1, 2022. 4 (20) $2,534,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for grants to counties to support 6 voter registration and voting within county jails. Grants may be used 7 to develop and implement a plan to increase voting amongst the jail 8 population, create voting materials specific to the jail population, 9 purchase supplies and equipment for voting in jails, and provide 10 direct staffing in jails to support voting activities. Each county 11 grantee must submit a postelection report by February 1, 2023, to the 12 secretary of state detailing the use of grant funding, evaluation of 13 the grant's overall effectiveness in achieving its objective to 14 increase voter registration and voting of the jailed population, and 15 recommendations regarding best practices and law changes, if needed. 16 Of the amounts provided in this subsection, up to $100,000 may be 17 used for the office of the secretary of state to compile the reports 18 received in this subsection into a single report. The report must 19 include an analysis of the county grant projects, including 20 recommended policies and procedures for county jails regarding inmate 21 voting. The report must be delivered to the governor and legislature 22 by June 30, 2023. 23 (21) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2023 is provided to the state library to develop a digital 25 literacy assessment tool and protocol to be used by organizations 26 that provide digital literacy support; conduct a baseline assessment 27 of digital readiness for a representative sample of Washington 28 residents; and publish the assessment tool, protocol, and baseline 29 assessment findings on the state library website for public use by 30 June 1, 2023. The office must also submit a report to the governor 31 and legislature by June 1, 2023, that describes the tool, protocol, 32 and assessment findings. 33 (22) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2022 is provided solely for the office to contract with the 35 University of Washington Evans school of public policy and governance 36 to review the data used in the 2022 state auditor's performance audit 37 titled "evaluating Washington's ballot rejection rates," which found 38 that voters from certain counties, younger voters, male voters, Black 39 p. 736 ESSB 5187.SL