The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration Overview and Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Elections.

Government productivity.

Soldiers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2015

Summary:

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

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

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Government Division. Help America Vote Act and Election Administration

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-GVF-0338

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