• FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN HAVA
• LINKS FROM ELECTIONONLINE
• AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: Review of Accessible Voting Machines
• DRAFT IEEE STANDARD FOR VOTING EQUIPMENT
• HAVA COMPLIANCE TIMELINE

• Develop/Update Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines [Standards] (Title II, Subtitle A, Part 3 - Section 221)
• Certification/Decertification and Testing of Voting Systems (Title II, Subtitle B - Section 231)
• Periodic Studies of Election Administration Issues (Title II, Subtitle C - Section 241)
• Election Assistance Requirements Payments (Title II, Subtitle D - Sections 251-258)
• Grants for Research on Voting Technology Improvements (Title II, Subtitle D, Part 3, Section 271)
• Grants to Pilot Programs for Testing of Equipment and Technology (Title II, Subtitle D, Part 4, Section 281)
• Grants to the National Student and Parent Mock Election (Title II, Subtitle D, Part 6, Section 295)
• Studies of Specific Issues in Election Administration
  • Study/Report/Recommendations on Best Practices for Facilitating Military & Overseas Voting (Section 242)
  • Report on Human Factor Research (Section 243)
  • Study and Report on Voter Registration by Mail and the Use of Social Security Information (Section 244)
  • Study and Report on Electronic Voting (Section 245)
  • Study and Report on Free Absentee Ballot Postage (Section 246)
• Help America Vote College Program (Title V, Sections 501-503)
• Audit Functions (Title IX, Section 902 (b))

• FEC Voting Standards (2002): http://www.fec.gov/pages/vssfinal/vss.html

• Letter from the General Services Administration to chief election officials describing that office's process to distribute funds under Title I of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C. 15301 to 15545. (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/states_ltr.htm)
• GSA contact person who is in charge of early money programs to replace punch card and lever voting machines and other election improvements is:
  Deborah Schilling
  Office of the Chief Financial Officer
  Phone: 202-501-0719
  Email: deborah.schilling@gsa.gov.

• Contact for Title II Disability Programs:
  • PAYMENTS TO STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    Hon. Margaret J. Giannini, MD, FAAP
    Director, Office of Disability
    Phone: 202-205-3385
    Email: margaret.giannini@hhs.gov
  • PROTECTION & ADVOCACY PAYMENTS
    Patricia Morrissey
    Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families
    Phone: 202-690-6590
    Email: PMorrissey@acf.hhs.gov

• Letter to the chief election official, governor, and attorney general in each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico discussing the HAVA and offering the Civil Rights Division's assistance in the jurisdictions' efforts to comply with the requirements of Title III of the new Act. An example of the letter is available here. (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/states_ltr.htm)
• Letter to Senator Kit Bond on February 26, 2002, regarding the application of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. 1973c, to the voter identification requirements then under consideration in Congress. (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/bond_intro.html)
• Letter to the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey regarding the effective date for Section 303(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/NJltr.html)
• Guide to Disability Rights Laws including Section 906 required laws. (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm)

LINKS FROM ELECTIONONLINE (http://www.electionline.org/)

• United States Commission On Civil Rights (http://www.usccr.gov/)
• List of State Election Office Websites, From National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) (http://www.nased.org/membership.htm)
• Federal Voting Assistance Program (http://www.fvap.gov/index.html)
• U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Voting Section Home Page (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/index.htm)
• National Conference of State Legislatures HAVA summary and resources page (http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/HAVApage.htm)

HAVA COMPLIANCE TIMELINE
DATE	REQUIREMENT
1/1/03	States must accept materials from individuals registering to vote by mail.
1/27/03	Chief State election officials are required to give the Federal Election Commission the names of the State election official selected to serve on the Standards Board.
4/29/03	States submit certification to the U.S. General Services Administration to be eligible for funding to improve the administration of federal elections.
1/1/04	Effective date for HAVA-mandated provisional voting and voter verification rules. Last day for States to qualify for a waiver of computerized statewide voter registration databases. If States do not qualify for a waiver, they will be required to comply with requirements set up for computerized statewide voter registration lists and first-time time voters who register by mail. Last day for States to apply for a waiver to replace punch card or lever voting machines. States that don't participate in the grant program must certify they have established a complaint procedure or submitted a plan to the U.S. Attorney General.
11/2/04	Unless States qualify for a waiver, all punch-card and lever voting machines must be replaced in States accepting federal machine buy-out funds. If the machines are not replaced then funds paid to the states for replacement must be repaid.
1/1/06	States are required to comply with voting systems standards and implement a computerized statewide voter registration database. One accessible voting machine must be in place in each polling place.
1/1/07	All voting machines purchased using HAVA funds must meet disability access standards.