President Bush Signs Sweeping Election Reforms into Law
October 29
One week before the November 5 mid-term elections, President Bush signed into law the "Help America Vote Act of 2002". At the ceremony, Bush said that "Every registered voter deserves to have confidence that the system is fair and elections are honest, that every vote is recorded and...
Senate Passes Election Reform Act
16 October 2002
By a vote of 92 to 2 at noon on Wednesday, October 16, the Senate passed the election reform bill which has retained its "House" title of "Help America Vote Act of 2002". The bill had already passed in the House on Thursday, October 10, with an impressive majority of...
Congresswoman Maloney Applauds Election Reform for Overseas Military and Civilian Voters
Provisions of Maloney Bill included in the "Help America Vote Act"
Washington, DC- Late Thursday night, the House of Representatives passed the "Help America Vote Act," landmark election reform legislation which included provisions that Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney had sought to protect overseas military and civilian voters.
House Passes the "Help America Vote Act of 2002"
10 October 2002
The House of Representatives passed the "Help America Vote Act of 2002" at 10:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, October 10 by a vote of 357 to 48.
In its unanimous agreement to the Conference report, the House put its stamp on the Conference Committee's language...
Election Reform Bill Before the House of Representatives
10 October 2002
HR 3295, now called the "Help America Vote Act of 2002", has been submitted together with the Conference report (HR 107-730) to the House which was scheduled to begin to debate it at 2 a.m. EST on Thursday, October 10. The entire text (165 pages) can be...
Compromise Reached on Election Reform Legislation
On Friday, October 4, the joint House/Senate Conference Committee reached an agreement on the election reform legislation which, at various times, has appeared doomed to failure. The conferees have been working around the clock, 7 days a week, to resolve what were essentially "philosophical" differences in the Senate and House versions of HR...
April 12, 2002
BREAKING NEWS - The Senate Voting Rights Bill, S. 565, the "Martin Luther King Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act" passed overwhelmingly (99-1) in the Senate on April 11. The bill as passed included the Rockefeller Amendment (whose purpose was "To meet the needs of both military and civilian overseas voters by providing treatment more nearly...