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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Help America Vote Act of 2002 10
Help America Vote Act canonical 6
An Act to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of Federal elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain Federal election laws and programs, to establish minimum election administration standards for States and units of local government with responsibility for the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes 1

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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

Referenced by (20)

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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
Help America Vote Act → title → Help America Vote Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
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
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 ⓘ
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act → relatedTo → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
DOJ Civil Rights Division Voting Section → legalBasis → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
HAVA → standsFor → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
HAVA → title → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Help America Vote Act
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
Election Assistance Commission → establishedBy → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
Title II Commission and Federal Election Assistance → partOf → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
Title II Commission and Federal Election Assistance → enactedUnder → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act public law authority
NVRA → relatedTo → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
Title 52 of the United States Code → relatedTo → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
Public Law 107-252 → officialName → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002
Public Law 107-252 → title → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Act to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of Federal elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain Federal election laws and programs, to establish minimum election administration standards for States and units of local government with responsibility for the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes
Public Law 107-252 → alsoKnownAs → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
Public Law 107-252 → sectionFocus → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title V – Help America Vote College Program
Public Law 103-31 → relatedTo → Help America Vote Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002