MKUltra Subproject 127

MKUltra Subproject 127 was a research project approved in 1960 to study the voting records of registered voters over a fifty-year period. The surviving paperwork shows financial records and administrative memos from October 1960 through March 1962. The project cost $7,490.00. A memo from October 6, 1960 states the study aimed to examine factors affecting voting behavior and would contribute data on fundamental behavioral characteristics of people. The project was funded through an unnamed organization for security and cover purposes. Accounting records from March 6, 1962 show expenditures of $5,707.13 for coding assistant salaries, $26.75 for travel, $1,194.64 for IBM cards, and $591.85 for office supplies, totaling $7,520.27 against a grant of $7,490.00, leaving a small deficit.