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Title

  • Main Title The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration: Overview and Issues

Creator

  • Author: Coleman, Kevin J.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Analyst in Elections
  • Author: Fischer, Eric A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Senior Specialist in Science and Technology

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2014-07-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report discusses the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; P.L. 107-252) enacted in 2002. It provides background information about HAVA and its provisions, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), funding for the agency and for state programs to improve elections, and a number of enduring election administration issues.
  • Physical Description: 25 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Elections
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Presidential elections
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Voting rights

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS20898
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS20898_2014Jul31
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc463106
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