Is HAVA Being Abused? Part II

[JohnGideon]

Is HAVA Being Abused? Part II
Good for the Goose; Why Not for the Gander?
By Ellen Theisen
In spite of the federal government's repeated failures to meet statutory deadlines imposed by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), the U.S. Department of Justice has declared that the States must meet their HAVA deadlines, even without the HAVA-mandated research and guidance intended to help the States comply with HAVA wisely.
HAVA requires the Federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to develop guidance on voting systems standards by January 1, 2004. The standards were intended to guide the States as they upgraded their election equipment to meet the HAVA Section 301 requirements by the January 1, 2006 deadline.
In violation of HAVA, the President delayed the appointment of the members of the EAC for more than nine months after the HAVA deadline — two weeks before the statutory deadline for providing the voting system standards. Furthermore, HAVA authorized up to $10 million for each year from 2003 to 2005 for the EAC to carry out its duties. However, only $2 million was appropriated for 2003 and the EAC was not formed in time to use the funds. Only $1.2 million was appropriated for 2004. "The total operating budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 was just $1.2 million."

http://www.votersunite.org/info/hava-abuse2.asp

[Wilms]

1. kick n/t

[FogerRox]

2. RE BOOT your windows DRE's

ELlen sent me the PDF before it was on the site---I must be special----- OHHHHHhhhhh

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[FogerRox]

3. I meant part 1--the edit time expired---and RE BOOT

[Wilms]

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