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    Voting Systems Legislation in the 111th Congress

    Published: February 11, 2009
    Bill No.Short TitleSponsorsDate IntroducedRelated BillsDescription
    S. 48 Voting Integrity and Verification Act of 2009 [view bill text]Sen. EnsignJanuary 6, 2009 [view status]H.R. 157, H.R. 665This bill would amend HAVA to require voting machines purchased after 2012 to produce voter-verifiable paper records. It would also require manual audits of the voter-verified paper records. If there are inconsistencies between the electronic vote tallies and the voter-verified paper records, the paper records are the true record of votes cast. This bill would also establish a program to award cash prizes to individuals who improve the accessibility of voting machines for people with disabilities.
    H.R. 105 Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2009 [view bill text]Rep. Conyers and 5 co-sponsors [view all]January 6, 2009 [view status]N/AThis omnibus bill would provide for a variety of election reforms, including a mandate of voter-verifiable records on all voting systems including means of verification for people with disabilities. It would also require the use of publicly available open source software on voting systems.
    H.R. 2894Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 [view bill text]Rep. Holt and 97 co-sponsors [view all]June 16, 2009 [view status]S. 1431This bill would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to revise requirements for the audit capacity of voting systems, particularly those for a permanent paper record. The bill would mandate that the voting system to require the use of an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot of the voter’s vote that shall be marked and made available for inspection by the voter before the voter’s vote is cast and counted, and which shall be counted by hand or read by an optical scanner or other counting device. The bill would also require the voting system to provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any system-made error in the voter-verified paper ballot before it is permanently preserved.
    S. 1431Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009[view bill text]Sen. Nelson, Bill and 1 co-sponsor [view all]July 9, 2009 [view status]H.R. 2894This bill would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to revise requirements for the audit capacity of voting systems, particularly those for a permanent paper record. The bill would mandate the voting system to require the use of an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot of the voter’s vote that shall be marked and made available for inspection by the voter before the voter’s vote is cast and counted, and which shall be counted by hand or read by an optical scanner or other counting device. The legislation also would require the voting system to provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any system-made error in the voter-verified paper ballot before it is permanently preserved. The bill would require each paper ballot used to be: (1) suitable for a manual audit; and (2) counted by hand in any recount or audit conducted with respect to any federal election.