3.0.0 3722 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z Senate S S 2008-12-08 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-12-08T22:36:13Z Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 110 3212 S 2008-07-30 Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2008-12-08 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2008-12-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2008-12-08 True Government Operations and Politics Absentee voting Administrative procedure Ballots Computer software Congress Congressional elections Economics and Public Finance Election administration Federal Election Commission Federal advisory bodies Grants-in-aid Laboratories Law Presidential elections Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Standards Test facilities Voter registration Voting Voting machines Government Operations and Politics 00 2008-12-08 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-14T14:53:16Z Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any voting system other than one using paper ballots personally marked by the voter to permit independent verification of cast ballots by various specified means, including paper or electronic.

Requires each state to conduct an audit of every federal election to ensure that each certificate of election is justified by the vote totals. Directs the Federal Election Commission to establish an Audit Guidelines Development Task Force to assist the Commission in developing model audit guidelines.

Prescribes election security requirements for voting systems, including: (1) chain of custody protocols; (2) disclosure of election-dedicated software; and (3) minimum state standards to ensure the integrity of the voting process and education and training of poll workers.

Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a Voting System Software Review Committee which, upon request by the Commission or a state's chief election official, shall review voting system software that has not been certified by the Commission.

Establishes accreditation requirements for laboratories involved in testing of voting system hardware and software. Directs the Commission to establish the Election Assistance Commission Voting System Testing Revolving Fund for payments to accredited laboratories for testing of such hardware and software.

Requires the Commission to make grants for: (1) development and testing of new voting systems, technologies, and innovations to meet independent verification requirements under this Act; and (2) pilot programs for such testing.

Directs the Commission to establish a task force to study and develop recommendations regarding the appropriate level of funding for requirements payments.

Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit state refusal to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet nonessential requirements.

]]> Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 Display Title Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for auditable, independent verification of ballots, to ensure the security of voting systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3722is/xml/BILLS-110s3722is.xml 2008-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.