Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008
Latest action · Jul 30, 2008 Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any voting system other than one using paper ballots personally marked by the voter to permit independent verification of cast ballots by various specified means, including paper or electronic.
Requires each state to conduct an audit of every federal election to ensure that each certificate of election is justified by the vote totals. Directs the Federal Election Commission to establish an Audit Guidelines Development Task Force to assist the Commission in developing model audit guidelines.
Prescribes election security requirements for voting systems, including: (1) chain of custody protocols; (2) disclosure of election-dedicated software; and (3) minimum state standards to ensure the integrity of the voting process and education and training of poll workers.
Establishes accreditation requirements for laboratories involved in testing of voting system hardware and software. Directs the Commission to establish the Testing Escrow Account for payments to accredited laboratories for testing of such hardware and software.
Requires the Commission to make grants for: (1) development and testing of new voting systems, technologies, and innovations to meet independent verification requirements under this Act; and (2) pilot programs for such testing.
Directs the Commission to establish a task force to study and develop recommendations regarding the appropriate level of funding for requirements payments.
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit state refusal to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet nonessential requirements.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 26, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2008Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 26, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3722 | Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 | Related bill | Dec 8, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Absentee voting
- Administrative procedure
- Ballots
- Computer software
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Economics and Public Finance
- Election administration
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal Election Commission
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Laboratories
- Law
- Presidential elections
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Standards
- Test facilities
- Voter registration
- Voting
- Voting machines
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in Senate
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