3.0.0 737 2023-01-11T19:47:00Z 2023-01-11T19:47:00Z Senate S S 2007-03-01 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-01T23:07:34Z 2007-03-01 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2007-03-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2503) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-07-24 False Government Operations and Politics Ballots Congress Congressional elections Congressional reporting requirements Democracy Economics and Public Finance Election Assistance Commission Election administration Executive reorganization Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Presidential elections Statistics Voter registration Voting Voting machines Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-09T16:44:28Z Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish within the Election Assistance Commission an Office of the Voter Advocate to develop and administer a program to: (1) collect specified voter data from states with respect to each election for federal office; (2) develop, refine, and publish a Democracy Index; (3) make grants to eligible entities; and (4) make recommendations to states to improve their performance in the administration of federal elections (as determined based on a state-by-state comparison of the voter data collected under this Act.)

Directs the Office to establish a Democracy Index Pilot Program for calendar year 2008 to make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of creating a Democracy Index.

Requires each state to submit to the Office of the Voter Advocate specified voter data with respect to each election for federal office.

]]> Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 in order to measure, compare, and improve the quality of voter access to polls and voter services in the administration of Federal elections in the States. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s737is/xml/BILLS-110s737is.xml 2007-03-01 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.