Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act
On February 2nd, Representative Rush Holt introduced the Voter
Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005. This act amends the
Help America Vote Act by: providing for a voter-verified permanent
record or hard copy, requiring the Election Assistance Commission to
research best practices to ensure voter-verification accessibility for
language minorities and disabled voters, requiring research labs to
avoid conflicts of interest while testing voter hardware/software,
extending the authority of the Election Assistance Commission
indefinitely, providing for filing of complaints with the Attorney
General, requiring federal certification on the technological security
of registration lists, and mandating random and unannounced hand counts
of voter-verified records. Passing this bill will represent significant
progress towards streamlining the voting process and improving voting
accuracy.Read H.R. 550
There are currently 141 cosponsors. To support this piece of legislation please contact your Congressperson.