HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT
Analyses
Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act (S. 17), S565 [26JA]
Bills and resolutions
Government regulations: improve fairness and accuracy of voter registration in Federal elections and establish uniform standard for provisional ballots cast at an incorrect polling place (see H.R. 3094), H5361 [28JN]
———require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see S. 450), S1623 [17FE] (see H.R. 939), H794 [17FE]
———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see S. 330), S1198 [9FE] (see H.R. 550), H350 [2FE] (see H.R. 704), H521 [9FE]
———require software used in electronic voting machines to meet certain requirements before using such machines in Federal elections (see H.R. 470), H284 [1FE]
———require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 278), H137 [6JA]
Privacy: require States to keep confidential the addresses of victims of domestic violence included in the State's computerized voter registration list (see H.R. 4225), H9641 [3NO]
States: delay deadlines by which States must comply with election administration requirements (see H.R. 3163), H5600 [30JN]
Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 1835), H2549 [26AP]
———allow voters to register at polling places on the date of an election, cast ballots at designated polling places prior to the date of an election, and obtain absentee ballots for any reason (see H.R. 3557), H7558 [28JY]
———permit individuals to use a national write-in absentee ballot to cast votes in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4141), H9102 [25OC]
———permit local jurisdictions within a State to conduct early voting in Federal elections (see H.R. 2104), H2977 [4MY]
———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see S. 17), S142 [24JA] (see H.R. 533), H349 [2FE]
———protect voting rights through the prevention of voter fraud (see S. 414), S1622 [17FE]
———require individuals to present a government-issued photo ID to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3910), H8386 [27SE]
———require prompt investigation of election crimes, establish standards for distribution of registration forms and absentee ballot handling, and require photo ID to register to vote or to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2250), H3196 [11MY]
Letters
Funding: Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S2951 [17MR]
———several organizations, S2950 [17MR], S11651 [20OC]
Remarks in House
Election Assistance Commission: funding, H5412, H5413 [29JN]
Government regulations: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (H.R. 939), H6210 [21JY]
Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (H.R. 1835), H2533 [26AP]
———allow voters to register at polling places on the date of an election, cast ballots at designated polling places prior to the date of an election, and obtain absentee ballots for any reason (H.R. 3557), E1676 [29JY]
———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (H.R. 533), E157 [2FE], E869 [4MY]
Remarks in Senate
Disabled: voter access services funding, S11881 [26OC], S11990 [27OC]
Funding, S2949 [17MR], S11651 [20OC]
Government regulations: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (S. 450), S1662, S1669 [17FE]
———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (S. 330), S1205 [9FE]
Voting: ensure States impacted by Hurricane Katrina have sufficient resources to participate in Federal elections, S11764, S11765 [24OC]
———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (S. 17), S111, S130 [24JA], S563-S565 [26JA]
———protect voting rights through the prevention of voter fraud (S. 414), S1625-S1627 [17FE]
Summaries
Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act (H.R. 533), E158 [2FE]
Texts of
S. 17, Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act, S204-S207 [24JA]