About the bill
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107–252), or HAVA, is a United States federal law which passed in the House 357-48 and 92-2 in the Senate and was signed into law by President Bush on October 29, 2002. The bill was drafted (at least in part) in reaction to the controversy surrounding the 2000 U.S. presidential election, when almost two million ballots were disqualified because they registered multiple votes or none when run through vote-counting machines.
The goals of HAVA are:
- replace punchcard and lever-based voting systems;
- create the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of federal elections; and
- establish minimum election administration standards.
HAVA mandates that all states and localities upgrade many aspects of their election procedures, including their voting machines, registration processes and …
Sponsor and status
107th Congress (2001–2002)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 29, 2002
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 29, 2002.
172 Cosponsors (109 Democrats, 62 Republicans, 1 Independent)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Grassley Works to Improve Voting Systems”
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Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA]
on Oct 15, 2002
History
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Nov 14, 2001
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Dec 10, 2001
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Reported by House Committee. |
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Dec 12, 2001
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 311 (107th). |
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Dec 12, 2001
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Apr 11, 2002
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Oct 10, 2002
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Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)
A conference committee was formed, comprising members of both the House and Senate, to resolve the differences in how each chamber passed the bill. The House approved the committee's report proposing the final form of the bill for consideration in both chambers. The Senate must also approve the conference report. |
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Oct 16, 2002
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Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. |
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Oct 29, 2002
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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H.R. 3295 (107th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 3295. This is the one from the 107th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 107th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2001 to Nov 22, 2002. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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