Democrats have asked for a two-year delay in the cost shift to states with SNAP payment error rates above 6%, an increase scheduled to start next year. “I think what we’re looking at is possibly a short-term extension,” Boozman told NOTUS. Only 9 states and the Virgin Islands had error rates below the 6% threshold . I think the states understand, and they are working really hard to get their error rates down,” Boozman said. West Virginia is just one of many Republican states facing high payments for their error rates.