[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 67 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18786-18787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7135]


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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 & Time:  Monday, April 21, 2008, 9 a.m. EDT through Friday, April 
25, 2008, 5 p.m. EDT.

Place:  EAC Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room at http://www.eac.gov. 
Once at the main page of EAC's Web site, viewers should click the link 
to the Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room. The virtual meeting room 
will open on Monday, April 21, 2008, at 9 a.m. EDT and will close on 
Friday, April 25, 2008, at 5 p.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 
eight draft chapters of the Election Management Guidelines. The draft 
chapters contain recommendations and best practices regarding: Absentee 
voting and vote by mail; acceptance testing; ballot building; 
contingency planning and change management; developing an audit trail; 
polling place and vote center management; pre-election and parallel 
testing; and uniformed and overseas voters.
    The EAC Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room was established to 
enable the Standards Board to conduct business in an efficient manner 
in a public forum, including being able to review and discuss draft 
documents, when it is not feasible for an in-person board meeting. The 
Standards Board will not take any votes or propose any

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resolutions during the 5-day forum of April 21-25, 2008. Members will 
post comments about the eight draft chapters of the Election Management 
Guidelines
    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 http://www.eac.gov at any time between Monday, 
April 21, 2008, 9 a.m. EDT and Friday, April 25, 2008, 6 p.m. EDT. The 
public also may view the draft chapters of the Election Management 
Guidelines, which will be posted on EAC'S Web site beginning April 21, 
2008. 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 the requirements of section 508 of 
the Rehabilitation Act.

Person To Contact For Information:  Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 
566-3100.

Caroline Hunter,
Vice-Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
 [FR Doc. E8-7135 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]
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