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HAVA

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) was signed into law in October 2002. [See full text in PDF]. It created a new federal agency, the Election Assistance Commission, to serve as a national clearinghouse on election information and to provide federal standards for voting systems. It required California and every other state to implement sweeping changes for the 2004 Presidential election.

We wrote a letter to Secretary of State McPherson urging him to change the rules for processing voter registrations (March 2006).

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California and HAVA

What's in the preliminary state plan?

Who is on the Secretary of State's committee?

What does the Secretary of State's Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force recommend? The report of the Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force.

More Information Nationwide

• League of Women Voters U.S. about HAVA
  • Advocates' Guide to the Help America Vote Act of 2002
  • Recommendations on Implementation of the Help America Vote Act
• ElectionLine
• HAVA from Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action

History: The 2003 Hearings

The California Secretary of State held hearings during May 2003 in preparation for publishing a State Plan detailing how the mandates will be met.

• What is California doing about HAVA?
• What is HAVA and what is mandated?

• San Diego's statement
• San Francisco's statement
• Fresno's statement
• Sacramento's statement