Use this version. Email this to a friend. A flurry of election reform bills have been or will be introduced in state legislatures across the United States, many calling for the creation of task forces to study their respective election laws and procedures and evaluate modern voting technologies, including online voting. The action is a direct outgrowth from the alleged voting and recounting problems during the presidential election in Florida and in several other states. She said she isn t surprised by the degree of activity relating to the issue.
State legislatures are finally attuned to the election process.
They, more than anybody, aside from the county officials, are taking the brunt of the criticism. For instance, in Arkansas, State Rep. Kim Hendren proposed the creation of an election advisory committee to study current state election laws, technological advances, laws in other states and problems that have occurred in previous elections. A report would be due by Oct. 31, 2002. Two other legislative bills have proposed similar measures. State officials and lawmakers in Arizona, Florida, New York, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania have proposed numerous bills in their respective legislatures to form task forces that would look into a range of election-related issues.