HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT

Articles and editorials

Election Fix Stymied by Delays, Computer Doubts, Confidence Gap, H1349 [23MR]

Judge Stays Own Order on Voting Machines, H2259 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions

Government regulations: apply same requirements to voters who register by mail, to other voters who do not register in person, and increase penalties for repeated fraudulent registration violations (see S. 2818), S9441 [21SE]

———apply same requirements to voters who register by mail to certain other voters who do not register in person and increase penalties for repeated fraudulent registration violations (see H.R. 5171), H7863 [29SE]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see S. 2045), S370 [2FE] (see S. 2313), S4024 [8AP] (see S. 2437), S5607 [18MY]

———require software used in electronic voting machines to meet certain requirements before using such machines in Federal elections (see H.R. 4966), H6703 [22JY]

———require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]

Veterans: prohibit States from denying certain veterans who have been convicted of a felony and completed their sentence from registering to vote (see H.R. 4479), H3719 [2JN]

Voting: postpone deadline for a State to meet election administration requirements until the State is appropriated funds to meet such requirements (see H.R. 4068), H1739 [30MR]

Excerpts

Provisions, H1350 [23MR]

Remarks in House

Crangle, Joseph F.: appointment to Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, E254 [26FE]

Election Assistance Commission: funding, H7209 [15SE], H7290 [21SE], H7345 [22SE], E1627 [15SE]

Funding, H6733 [7SE], H7130, H7131 [14SE], E404 [18MR]

Government regulations: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy, H6733 [7SE]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (H.R. 2239), H2254-H2261 [21AP], E698 [28AP]

———require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (H.R. 4187), E581 [21AP]

Implementation, H1349 [23MR], H7319-H7323 [21SE]

NIST: electronic voting systems standards, testing, and certification process funding, H5263, H5264 [7JY]

Shelton, Hilary O.: appointment to Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, E254 [26FE]

Veterans: prohibit States from denying certain veterans who have been convicted of a felony and completed their sentence from registering to vote (H.R. 4479), H3724 [3JN]

Remarks in Senate

Funding, S2694 [11MR]

Government regulations: apply same requirements to voters who register by mail, to other voters who do not register in person, and increase penalties for repeated fraudulent registration violations (S. 2818), S9443 [21SE]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (S. 2045), S374 [2FE]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (S. 2313), S4051, S4052 [8AP]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (S. 2437), S5611 [18MY], S10429 [5OC]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S12042 [8DE]

Statements

Protecting the Integrity and Accessibility of Voting in 2004 and Beyond: People for the American Way (organization), H7323 [21SE]

Texts of

S. 2818, apply same requirements to voters who register by mail, to other voters who do not register in person, and increase penalties for repeated fraudulent registration violations, S9444 [21SE]