The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration : Overview and Issues

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-RS-20898q in the 2014 issue. Provides overview of and addresses issues related to electi...

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-RS-20898q in the 2014 issue.

Provides overview of and addresses issues related to election system reform under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), enacted in response to problems in 2000 Presidential election to assist State and local governments in making election system improvements. Discusses voting systems and election administration, voting by military personnel and other overseas voters, recent constitutional challenges to sections of the Voting Rights Act, funding under HAVA, and related legislation.

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