Election Administration Support Division 2007 Accomplishments EAC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Election Administration Support Division 2007 Accomplishments

EAC Public Meeting December 11, 2007 Austin, Texas

Election Administration Support Division Responsibilities

• HAVA Payments to States
• National Voter Registration Act Implementation
• HAVA Title III Voluntary Guidance
• Language Accessibility Program
• Help America Vote College Program (including

grants)

• EAC Pollworker Program
• National Parent Student Mock Election Grant

Program

Oversight of HAVA Funds

• Conducted training session for election
• fficials during the NASS and NASED Winter

Meetings.

• Created sample state annual reporting forms
• All training materials posted on EAC website

Report to Congress: States’ Use of HAVA Funds

• States reported:

– $1,781,943,111 HAVA funds spent – $1,339,389,395 remaining balance – Approximately $152 million interest earned

• Covered Title I, Sections 101 and 102 as of

December 31, 2006 and Title II, Section 251 as of September 30, 2006

• Report available on EAC website

Report to Congress: States’ Use of HAVA Funds

Voter registration databases $228,101,231 12.80% IDs for first-time registrants $52,185 0.00% Voting systems $1,121,204,287 62.92% Uncatagorized $143,437,956 8.05% Provisional voting $1,248,783 0.07% Improving the Administration of Federal Elections $287,644,904 16.14% Voter information postings $253,763 0.01%

State Certifications: HAVA Title III Compliance

• 6 States have certified to the EAC that they have

complied with all the requirements in Title III of HAVA

– American Samoa – Florida – Kentucky – North Carolina – Oregon – Pennsylvania

Audit Resolutions

• 26 Audits Resolved during FY 2007

– 9 Office of Inspector General Audits

• $10,466,237 repaid to State election funds for questioned

costs, missing state matching funds, and lost interest

• $68,403 repaid to U.S. Treasury

– 17 State Single Audits

• $1,390,722 repaid to State election funds for questioned

costs, missing state matching funds, and lost interest

• $90,000 repaid to U.S. Treasury

Language Accessibility Program

• Glossary of Key Election Terminology

– English/Spanish released April 2007

• 1,843 terms and phrases used in election administration
• Culturally and linguistically appropriate translations

– New glossaries coming in Summer 2008

• Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Tagalog

National Voter Registration Act

• National Voter Registration Form was the

most downloaded file from the EAC website

National Voter Registration Act

• Every EAC meeting since September has contained

NVRA issues on the agenda

• EAC received public comment on whether to

transfer previously adopted NVRA regulations from Federal Election Commission

• Created framework, with timeline, for NVRA

rulemaking process

Questions? Contact:

Edgardo Cortés Election Research Specialist U.S. Election Assistance Commission 1225 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 866-747-1471 (toll free) Fax: 202-566-3127 ecortes@eac.gov www.eac.gov