[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27304-27305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2403]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC).

ACTION: Notice of virtual public forum for EAC Standards Board.

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Date and Time: Thursday, May 17, 2007, 7 a.m. EDT through Tuesday, May 
22, 7 a.m. EDT.

Place: EAC Standards Board virtual meeting room at http://www.eac.gov. 
Once at the main page mf EAC's Web site, viewers should click the link 
to the Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room. The virtual meeting room 
will open on Thursday, May 17, 2007, at 7 a.m. EDT and will close on 
Tuesday, May 22, at 7 a.m. EDT. The site will be available 24 hours per 
day during that 5-day period.

Purpose: The EAC Standards Board will review and provide comment on a 
draft EAC report that was developed by Design for Democracy. The draft 
report contains best practices suggestions on the design of voter 
information, optical scan ballots and direct recording electronic (DRE) 
ballots based on legislative guidelines, information design principles 
and user centered research.
    The EAC Standards Board virtual meeting room was established to 
enable the Standards Board to review and discuss draft documents in a 
public forum when it is not feasible for an in-person board meeting. 
The May 17-22, 2007 forum is the first use of this virtual meeting room 
and as such is a test of the concept. The Standards Board will not take 
any votes or propose any resolutions during this 5-day forum. Members 
will post comments about the draft best practices suggestions for the 
design of voter information and ballots.

Statement of Exceptional Circumstances

    This notice of a special forum will not be published in the Federal 
Register 15 days prior to the dates that the forum will be open. Late 
notice was unavoidable due to the short timeline between when EAC will 
receive the draft report and the scheduled date for final approval of 
June 14, 2007. The timetable for the noticed forum was expedited to 
allow EAC sufficient time to receive, review and consider comments from 
members of the Standards Board, EAC Board of Advisors and the public 
prior to preparation of the report.
    This activity is open to the public. The public may view the 
proceedings of this special forum by visiting the EAC Standards Board 
virtual meeting room at www.eac.gov at any time between Thursday, May 
17, 2007, 7 a.m. EDT and Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 7 a.m. EDT. The public 
also may view the draft report of suggested best practices for voter 
information and ballot designs, which will be posted on EAC's Web site 
beginning May 17, 2007. The public may file written statements to the 
EAC Standards Board at [email protected].
    Data on EAC's Web site is accessible to visitors with disabilities 
and meets

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the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566-
3100.

Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 07-2403 Filed 5-11-07; 12:14 pm]
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