Question about HAVA (help america vote act 2002)

[yellowdawgdem]

I'm trying to find out which congressperson(s) initiated the HAVA 2002. I've tried googling various word combinations, and have mainly gotten state implementation info and those involved. But does anyone have a suggestion for finding out who might've written it? I don't have a special reason for knowing this, just wondered if republicans had written it, since it forces the issue with the DRE voting machines.

thanks
yellowdawg

[goobergunch]

1. From your lips to THOMAS's ears...

Sponsor: Rep Ney, Robert W.
Co-sponsors (172):
Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 11/28/2001 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 11/14/2001
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 12/10/2001 Rep Akin, W. Todd - 11/14/2001
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 11/14/2001 Rep Baird, Brian - 11/14/2001
Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 11/28/2001 Rep Ballenger, Cass - 11/14/2001
Rep Barcia, James A. - 11/14/2001 Rep Bentsen, Ken - 11/28/2001
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 11/28/2001 Rep Berman, Howard L. - 11/28/2001
Rep Biggert, Judy - 11/28/2001 Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - 11/28/2001
Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 11/28/2001 Rep Blunt, Roy - 11/14/2001
Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 11/14/2001 Rep Boehner, John A. - 12/10/2001
Rep Borski, Robert A. - 11/28/2001 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 11/28/2001
Rep Boyd, Allen - 11/28/2001 Rep Brady, Robert - 11/28/2001
Rep Brown, Corrine - 11/14/2001 Rep Brown, Sherrod - 11/14/2001
Rep Burr, Richard - 11/28/2001 Rep Buyer, Steve - 11/14/2001
Rep Cantor, Eric - 12/10/2001 Rep Capito, Shelley Moore - 12/10/2001
Rep Capps, Lois - 11/14/2001 Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 11/14/2001
Rep Carson, Brad - 11/14/2001 Rep Carson, Julia - 11/28/2001
Rep Castle, Michael N. - 11/14/2001 Rep Christensen, Donna M. - 12/10/2001
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 11/28/2001 Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 11/14/2001
Rep Clyburn, James E. - 11/28/2001 Rep Cooksey, John - 11/14/2001
Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. - 12/10/2001 Rep Crowley, Joseph - 11/14/2001
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 11/14/2001 Rep Davis, Jim - 11/14/2001
Rep DeGette, Diana - 11/28/2001 Rep Deutsch, Peter - 11/28/2001
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln - 11/14/2001 Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 11/28/2001
Rep Dingell, John D. - 11/14/2001 Rep Dooley, Calvin M. - 11/28/2001
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 11/14/2001 Rep Dreier, David - 12/10/2001
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. - 11/14/2001 Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 11/28/2001
Rep English, Phil - 11/14/2001 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 11/28/2001
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 11/14/2001 Rep Fattah, Chaka - 11/14/2001
Rep Ferguson, Mike - 11/28/2001 Rep Fletcher, Ernie - 11/14/2001
Rep Foley, Mark - 11/14/2001 Rep Forbes, J. Randy - 11/14/2001
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. - 11/28/2001 Rep Frost, Martin - 11/28/2001
Rep Ganske, Greg - 11/14/2001 Rep Gibbons, Jim - 11/28/2001
Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 12/4/2001 Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 11/28/2001
Rep Gordon, Bart - 11/28/2001 Rep Green, Gene - 11/28/2001
Rep Greenwood, James C. - 11/14/2001 Rep Grucci, Felix J., Jr. - 11/14/2001
Rep Gutknecht, Gil - 12/10/2001 Rep Harman, Jane - 12/4/2001
Rep Hart, Melissa A. - 11/14/2001 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 11/14/2001
Rep Hayes, Robin - 11/14/2001 Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 12/10/2001
Rep Hill, Baron P. - 11/14/2001 Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 11/14/2001
Rep Hobson, David L. - 11/28/2001 Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 11/14/2001
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 11/14/2001 Rep Hooley, Darlene - 11/28/2001
Rep Horn, Stephen - 11/14/2001 Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 11/14/2001
Rep Inslee, Jay - 11/28/2001 Rep Isakson, Johnny - 11/28/2001
Rep Israel, Steve - 11/28/2001 Rep Jefferson, William J. - 11/28/2001
Rep John, Christopher - 11/28/2001 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 11/14/2001
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 11/14/2001 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 12/4/2001
Rep Kennedy, Mark R. - 11/28/2001 Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 11/28/2001
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 11/28/2001 Rep King, Peter T. - 11/14/2001
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven - 11/28/2001 Rep LaHood, Ray - 11/14/2001
Rep Langevin, James R. - 11/14/2001 Rep Lantos, Tom - 11/28/2001
Rep Larsen, Rick - 11/14/2001 Rep Larson, John B. - 11/28/2001
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 11/14/2001 Rep Lewis, Jerry - 11/14/2001
Rep Lewis, John - 11/14/2001 Rep Linder, John - 11/14/2001
Rep Lipinski, William O. - 11/28/2001 Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 11/28/2001
Rep Lucas, Ken - 12/10/2001 Rep Luther, Bill - 12/4/2001
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 11/28/2001 Rep Mascara, Frank - 11/28/2001
Rep Matheson, Jim - 11/14/2001 Rep McCarthy, Karen - 11/14/2001
Rep McCollum, Betty - 11/28/2001 Rep McHugh, John M. - 11/28/2001
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 12/10/2001 Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 11/14/2001
Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 11/14/2001 Rep Mica, John L. - 11/14/2001
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 12/10/2001 Rep Moore, Dennis - 11/14/2001
Rep Moran, James P. - 11/28/2001 Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 12/10/2001
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 12/10/2001 Rep Oberstar, James L. - 11/28/2001
Rep Ose, Doug - 12/4/2001 Rep Otter, C. L. (Butch) - 12/10/2001
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 12/4/2001 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 11/14/2001
Rep Pastor, Ed - 11/28/2001 Rep Platts, Todd Russell - 11/14/2001
Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 11/14/2001 Rep Portman, Rob - 11/14/2001
Rep Price, David E. - 11/14/2001 Rep Pryce, Deborah - 12/10/2001
Rep Ramstad, Jim - 11/28/2001 Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 11/14/2001
Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. - 11/14/2001 Rep Ross, Mike - 12/4/2001
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 11/28/2001 Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 11/14/2001
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 12/10/2001 Rep Sanders, Bernard - 11/28/2001
Rep Sawyer, Tom - 12/4/2001 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 11/28/2001
Rep Sherman, Brad - 11/28/2001 Rep Simmons, Rob - 12/10/2001
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 11/28/2001 Rep Smith, Adam - 11/28/2001
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 11/14/2001 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 11/14/2001
Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 11/28/2001 Rep Sweeney, John E. - 12/10/2001
Rep Tanner, John S. - 12/10/2001 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 11/14/2001
Rep Terry, Lee - 11/14/2001 Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 11/14/2001
Rep Thompson, Mike - 11/28/2001 Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 11/14/2001
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 12/4/2001 Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. - 11/14/2001
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 11/28/2001 Rep Turner, Jim - 12/4/2001
Rep Walden, Greg - 11/14/2001 Rep Walsh, James T. - 11/28/2001
Rep Weldon, Curt - 11/14/2001 Rep Weller, Jerry - 11/28/2001
Rep Wexler, Robert - 11/28/2001 Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 11/28/2001
Rep Wolf, Frank R. - 11/14/2001 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 11/14/2001
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03295:@@@P|/bss/d107query.html|

On the Senate side...
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J.
Co-sponsors (50):
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. - 5/17/2001 Sen Baucus, Max - 5/17/2001
Sen Bayh, Evan - 5/17/2001 Sen Biden Jr., Joseph R. - 5/17/2001
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 5/17/2001 Sen Boxer, Barbara - 5/17/2001
Sen Breaux, John B. - 5/22/2001 Sen Byrd, Robert C. - 5/22/2001
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 5/17/2001 Sen Carnahan, Jean - 5/17/2001
Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 5/22/2001 Sen Cleland, Max - 5/22/2001
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 5/17/2001 Sen Conrad, Kent - 5/22/2001
Sen Corzine, Jon - 3/27/2001 Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 3/19/2001
Sen Dayton, Mark - 3/19/2001 Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 5/17/2001
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 5/17/2001 Sen Edwards, John - 5/17/2001
Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 5/17/2001 Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 5/17/2001
Sen Graham, Bob - 5/17/2001 Sen Harkin, Tom - 5/17/2001
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 5/17/2001 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 3/19/2001
Sen Jeffords, James M. - 7/19/2001 Sen Johnson, Tim - 5/17/2001
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 3/19/2001 Sen Kerry, John F. - 3/19/2001
Sen Kohl, Herb - 5/22/2001 Sen Landrieu, Mary - 5/17/2001
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 5/17/2001 Sen Levin, Carl - 5/17/2001
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 5/17/2001 Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 5/17/2001
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 5/17/2001 Sen Miller, Zell - 5/17/2001
Sen Murray, Patty - 5/17/2001 Sen Nelson, Bill - 5/17/2001
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin - 5/17/2001 Sen Reed, John F. - 5/17/2001
Sen Reid, Harry M. - 5/17/2001 Sen Rockefeller, Jay - 5/17/2001
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 5/17/2001 Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 5/22/2001
Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 5/17/2001 Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 5/17/2001
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 5/17/2001 Sen Wyden, Ron - 5/17/2001
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SN00565:@@@P|/bss/d107query.html|

[goobergunch]

2. Looking at this, I don't think most of these thought it would cause BBV...

after all, Rush Holt, the sponsor of the bill that would block BBV, was a co-sponsor of HAVA.

[yellowdawgdem]

3. thanks, Gooberpunch

Yeah, that's quite a few names for me to research, but yeah, you're right, it looks bipartisan and probably not related to the current problem. But, you never know, and it's good to check into stuff.

paranoidly yours,
yellowdawg