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H.R.811

Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require
a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act,
and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]
(introduced 2/5/2007)
     Cosponsors (200)

Related Bills:
S.559

Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007
House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

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SUMMARY AS OF:


2/5/2007--Introduced.

Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(HAVA) with respect to:

(1) ballot verification and mandatory paper
record audit capacity; and
(2) accessibility and ballot verification of
results for individuals with disabilities.

Requires the Director
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study, test,
and develop best practices to enhance the accessibility of ballot
verification mechanisms for individuals with disabilities, voters whose
primary language is not English, and voters with difficulties in
literacy.

Requires laboratories to meet standards prohibiting
conflicts of interest as a condition of accreditation for the testing
of voting system hardware and software.

Outlines additional voting system requirements and prohibitions.

Extends the authorization of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC).

Provides for complaints to the Attorney General by persons aggrieved by violations of HAVA.

Makes available additional funding to enable states to meet the costs of the requirements imposed by this Act.

Directs
the chief auditor of each state to appoint an Election Audit Board to
administer, without advance notice to the precincts selected, random
hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots required to be produced
and preserved for each such election held in the state.

Repeals the exemption of the EAC from certain government contracting requirements.

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H.R.811

Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require
a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act,
and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]
(introduced 2/5/2007)
     Cosponsors (200)

Related Bills:
S.559

Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007
House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

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H.R. 811

Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)