|
National
Key Vote
Federal Funding for Voting System Changes
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that provides federal funding for certain jurisdictions to obtain paper ballot voting systems or to conduct audits or hand counts of results for the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008.
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTED BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED.
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Official Title of Legislation:
HR 5719: To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes.
Highlights:
-Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay eligible jurisdictions to cover the costs of conversion to a paper ballot voting system or to cover the costs of retrofitting electronic voting systems to produce paper records (Sec. 2).
-Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay states to cover the costs of conducting any necessary manual audits of results from federal elections taking place in November 2008 and, at the option of the state, results from state and local elections taking place at the same time (Sec. 3).
-Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay states to cover the costs of conducting any necessary hand counts of results from federal elections taking place in November 2008 (Sec. 4).
-Mandates that the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall study, test, and develop products and practices that ensure the accessibility of paper ballot verification and casting for disabled voters, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with literacy difficulties (Sec. 5).
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:hr5036:
House Passage: 04/15/2008 : Bill Failed 239 - 178 (Roll no. 188)
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush Jr. (D-NJ)
Cosponsors: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil (D-HI)
Rep. Altmire, Jason (D-PA)
Rep. Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI)
Rep. Barrow, John (D-GA)
Rep. Becerra, Xavier (D-CA)
Rep. Berman, Howard (D-CA)
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR)
Rep. Boucher, Frederick (D-VA)
Rep. Boyd, Allen Jr. (D-FL)
Rep. Braley, Bruce (D-IA)
Rep. Brown, Corrine (D-FL)
Rep. Capps, Lois (D-CA)
Rep. Chandler, Albert III (D-KY)
Rep. Clarke, Yvette (D-NY)
Rep. Clay, William Jr. (D-MO)
Rep. Cohen, Stephen (D-TN)
Rep. Conyers, John Jr. (D-MI)
Rep. Cooper, Jim (D-TN)
Rep. Courtney, Joseph (D-CT)
Rep. Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)
Rep. Davis, Danny (D-IL)
Rep. Davis, Thomas III (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. DeFazio, Peter (D-OR)
Rep. DeGette, Diana (D-CO)
Rep. Delahunt, William (D-MA)
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX)
Rep. Doyle, Michael Jr. (D-PA)
Rep. Ellison, Keith (D-MN)
Rep. Emanuel, Rahm (D-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Engel, Eliot (D-NY)
Rep. Farr, Sam (D-CA)
| Rep. Fattah, Chaka Sr. (D-PA)
Rep. Frank, Barney (D-MA)
Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ)
Rep. Gordon, Bart (D-TN)
Rep. Green, Al (D-TX)
Rep. Green, Raymond (D-TX)
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl (D-AZ)
Rep. Hare, Phil (D-IL)
Rep. Hinchey, Maurice (D-NY)
Rep. Hirono, Mazie (D-HI)
Rep. Honda, Michael (D-CA)
Rep. Inslee, Jay (D-WA)
Rep. Jackson, Jesse Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila (D-TX)
Rep. Johnson, Eddie (D-TX)
Rep. Johnson, Henry Jr. (D-GA)
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH)
Rep. Kildee, Dale (D-MI)
Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn (D-MI)
Rep. Klein, Ron (D-FL)
Rep. Lee, Barbara (D-CA)
Rep. Levin, Sander (D-MI)
Rep. Lewis, John (D-GA)
Rep. Loebsack, Dave (D-IA)
Rep. Lowey, Nita (D-NY)
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn (D-NY)
Rep. Matheson, Jim (D-UT)
Rep. Matsui, Doris (D-CA)
Rep. McGovern, James (D-MA)
Rep. McNulty, Michael (D-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Miller, George (D-CA)
| Rep. Moran, James Jr. (D-VA)
Rep. Murphy, Patrick (D-PA)
Rep. Murtha, John (D-PA)
Rep. Olver, John (D-MA)
Rep. Pallone, Frank Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Pastor, Ed (D-AZ)
Rep. Payne, Donald (D-NJ)
Rep. Price, David (D-NC)
Rep. Rangel, Charles (D-NY)
Rep. Rothman, Steven (D-NJ)
Rep. Ryan, Timothy (D-OH)
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice (D-IL)
Rep. Schwartz, Allyson (D-PA)
Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol (D-NH)
Rep. Sires, Albio (D-NJ)
Rep. Snyder, Victor (D-AR)
Rep. Stark, Fortney (D-CA)
Rep. Sutton, Betty (D-OH)
Rep. Sánchez, Linda (D-CA)
Rep. Tauscher, Ellen (D-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Thompson, Michael (D-CA)
Rep. Tierney, John (D-MA)
Rep. Udall, Mark (D-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (D-FL)
Rep. Watson, Diane (D-CA)
Rep. Waxman, Henry (D-CA)
Rep. Weiner, Anthony (D-NY)
Rep. Wexler, Robert (D-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Woolsey, Lynn (D-CA)
Rep. Wynn, Albert (D-MD) (out of office)
|
PVS provides summaries for each version of the bill selected as a key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the final version of the bill. For further status information, call the Voter's Research Hotline at 1-888-VOTE-SMART (1-888-868-3762).
|
Print
Share