Democracy Index Legislation in the 110th Congress

Published: January 26, 2009

Bill No.	Short Title	Sponsors	Date Introduced	Related Bills	Description
S. 737 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007	Obama [VIEW ALL]	March 1, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]		This bill would amend HAVA to establish an Office of the Voter Advocate to collect voter data, such as the amount of time voters spent waiting at polling places and provisional ballot voting rates, from a sample of precincts in each state. This office would be required to report on and to publish a Democracy Index ranking states’ administration of elections based on the data collection. A pilot program would be established during the fall 2008 general elections.
S. 804 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Count Every Vote Act of 2007	Clinton [VIEW ALL]	March 7, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]	H.R. 1381	Among other things, this omnibus election reform bill would require the study of the feasibility of creating a “Democracy Index,” a ranking system of state election administration practices.
H.R. 1381 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Count Every Vote Act of 2007	Tubbs Jones [VIEW ALL]	March 7, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]	S. 804	Among other things, this omnibus election reform bill would require the study of the feasibility of creating a “Democracy Index,” a ranking system of state election administration practices.