Help America Vote Act

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United States federal law election law

The Help America Vote Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 2002 to modernize election systems, improve voting access and administration, and establish nationwide standards for federal elections.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Help America Vote Act of 2002 3
Title III Uniform and Nondiscriminatory Election Technology and Administration Requirements 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
election law ⓘ
abbreviation EAC ⓘ
administeredBy Election Assistance Commission ⓘ
surface form: United States Election Assistance Commission
aimsTo increase voter confidence in the electoral process ⓘ
reduce voting system errors ⓘ
standardize certain election procedures across states ⓘ
appliesTo federal elections ⓘ
authorizes federal funding to states for election administration improvements ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 52 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision Title I Payments to States for Election Administration Improvements ⓘ
Title II Commission and Federal Election Assistance ⓘ
Help America Vote Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Title III Uniform and Nondiscriminatory Election Technology and Administration Requirements

Title IV Enforcement ⓘ
Title V Help America Vote College Program ⓘ
Title VI Miscellaneous Provisions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateSigned 2002-10-29 ⓘ
effectiveDate 2002-10-29 ⓘ
enactedBy 107th United States Congress ⓘ
enactedInYear 2002 ⓘ
establishes Election Assistance Commission ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
primaryPurpose establish nationwide standards for federal elections ⓘ
improve election administration ⓘ
improve voting access ⓘ
modernize election systems ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 107-252 ⓘ
relatedTo National Voter Registration Act ⓘ
surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
replaces punch card voting systems with more modern systems through funding incentives ⓘ
requires accessibility of voting systems for individuals with disabilities ⓘ
at least one accessible voting system per polling place ⓘ
error correction opportunities for voters using voting systems ⓘ
posting of voting information at polling places ⓘ
provisional voting ⓘ
statewide voter registration databases ⓘ
voter identification for first-time voters who register by mail ⓘ
scope minimum standards for states conducting federal elections ⓘ
shortName HAVA ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy George W. Bush ⓘ
subjectMatter disability access to voting ⓘ
election administration ⓘ
provisional ballots ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
voting technology standards ⓘ
title Help America Vote Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002

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Help America Vote Act → containsProvision → Help America Vote Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III Uniform and Nondiscriminatory Election Technology and Administration Requirements
Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
Voting Section → legalBasis → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
National Voter Registration Act → relatedTo → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
United States federal elections → subjectTo → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
Help America Vote Act → title → Help America Vote Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002