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By Warren Stewart, Verified Voting Foundation
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March 20, 2008 |
At their public meeting in Denver, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission unanimously approved a proposed policy clarification regarding states' use of remaining HAVA funds.
The action of the Commission reverses a earlier staff recommendation issued last year that had determined that it was "unreasonable" for states to allocate remaining HAVA Title II funds replace voting equipment that had been purchased with previous HAVA Tile II requirements payments.
The policy reversal could have a significant impact on voting system decisions in several states, notably California, Iowa, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
EAC Chair Rosemary Rodriguez had requested an opinion on the use of HAVA funds to purchase replacement equipment from the Government Accountability Office and they responded affirmatively.
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By Warren Stewart, Verified Voting Foundation
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March 19, 2008 |
The Election Assistance Commission is in Denver this week for two days of meetings. Fresh from a pair of often contentious Congressional oversight hearings, the Commission will be addressing issues that will affect the next generation of voting system technology as well as the equipment that will be used in election this year.
Today, the Commission is hosting the third in a series of roundtable discussions as part of the extended public comment period on the next iteration of the Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines. The roundtable will include representatives of the four accredited voting system testing laboratories (iBeta Quality Assurance, SysTest Quality Assurance, Wyle Laboratories, and InfoGuard Security Assurance)), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and two of the EAC’s technical reviewers. A list of participants and an overview of the roundtable has been published by the EAC and a series of questions has been distributed to the laboratories. The discussion is open to the public and transcripts will be available on the EAC website.
On Thursday, the EAC will hold a public meeting to discuss a wide range of topics. The Commission will hear updates on the Election Management Guidelines and the Election Data Survey, and studies on Voter Hotlines, and Overseas and Military Voters. The Commission will also hear a briefing from the National Association of State Election Directors and will be addressed by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.
Perhaps most significantly, the Commission will consider two policy proposals, including one to reverse an earlier policy regarding states’ use of remaining HAVA funds. The Commission will also once again consider changes to the national voter registration form that have failed to gain the votes necessary for adoption in several previous meetings.
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By Verified Voting Foundation and VoteTrustUSA
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March 04, 2008 |
 The Election Assistance Commission is considering a Policy Clarification issued last month by Commission Chair Rosemary Rodriguez (pictured at right) that would reverse an earlier staff recommendation regarding the use of remaining Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds by states to replace voting systems purchased with previous HAVA funds. Verified Voting and VoteTrustUSA strongly supports this Policy Clarification: such expenditures are a reasonable use of HAVA funds to improve the administration of Federal elections.
Background
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) required States to employ voting systems that would meet new requirements. The new requirements were specified in Title III of the bill, which required, among other provisions, that each and every polling place used in federal elections provide at least one voting system allowing voters with disabilities to vote privately and independently.
HAVA established the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and directed the Commission to disburse appropriated funds in the form of payments to States to assist them in meeting the requirements of Title III. HAVA granted broad discretion to the States regarding the use of such that remained after the State had met the requirements of Title III. Such funds were to be used by States as they found necessary to "improve the administration of Federal elections".
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By EAC Media Release
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December 11, 2007 |
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The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today voted to adopt the 2006 Election Day Survey, the largest and most comprehensive survey on election administration ever conducted by a U.S. governmental organization. The commissioners directed EAC staff to edit the presented document for grammar and style and the final survey is available here.
"The report tells us a great deal about voting and elections practices throughout the country," said EAC Chair Donetta Davidson. "EAC thanks the thousands of election officials throughout the country who provided data for this survey. The American people and the cause of democracy will benefit from their participation."
This is the second time that EAC has collected statistics from the States regarding election practices and voting. The report builds and expands on EAC’s 2004 survey through the use of a Web-based survey. The survey provides critical statistics on voter registration and turnout, voting equipment and locations, and other information about the voting process.
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By Warren Stewart, Verified Voting Foundation
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December 04, 2007 |
Following up on the post at Rick Hasen's Election Law Blog that I cross-posted here yesterday about a report on provisional voting commissioned by the EAC but not appearing on the EAC website, Rick and I received the following email from Jeannie Layson of the EAC (reprinted here with permission):
Per your posts today, just wanted to let you know that I have added these materials to our FOIA Reading Room here. I will add other links to the material in other places on the site, but I wanted to let you know that it is immediately available. The EAC has been providing the draft report to anyone who asked for it, but it also should have been posted in the Reading Room. (The draft report was presented in May 2006 at a Standards Board meeting that was open to the public.) The web site is my responsibility, so your criticism should be directed at me for this oversight, not the EAC. For your information, this material has been available on Eagleton's website for quite some time. However, it should have been posted on our site as well. Please don't hesitate to contact me in the future if you are looking for documents or materials or have questions or concerns about the EAC web site -- I'd be glad to assist you. Thank you for your consideration in this matter, and call me if you have any questions. Rick had not asked the EAC for the document, but was told by someone else that the material was not provided when requested. In any case, it is good to see that this material is now available on the EAC website and open to scrutiny. |
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