Count Every Vote Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-450
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Administrative procedure
Advertising
Americans in foreign countries
Ballots
Blind
Business ethics
Business records
Campaign funds
Chief executive officers
Chief financial officers
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Computer programming
Computer security measures
Computer software
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Directories
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Election Assistance Commission
Election Day
Election administration
Election candidates
Election fraud
Electoral college
Electronic government information
Employee training
Ex-offenders
Executives
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Illiteracy
Immigration
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Language and languages
Law
Leave of absence
Licenses
Local employees
Paper and paper products
Photography
Planning
Political participation
Political parties
Postal service
Presidential elections
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Soldier voting
Standards
State employees
State laws
State officials
Translating and interpreting
Volunteer workers
Voter registration
Voting
Voting age
Voting machines
Voting of the disabled
Voting rights
Web sites
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Count Every Vote Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 with respect to: (1) requirements for voter verification and manual audit capacity; (2) accessibiliity of the voting system for language minority individuals in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access, participation, inspection, and verification as for other voters; (3) prohibition of the use of undisclosed software and of wireless communication devices in voting systems; (4) certification of software and hardware used in electronic voting systems; (5) security standards for manufacturers of voting systems used in Federal elections; (6) mandatory recounts; (7) study, testing, and development of best practices to enhance accessibility and voter verification mechanisms for disabled voters; (8) voter verification and audit capacity funding; (9) security consultation services; (10) casting and counting of provisional ballots; (11) minimum required voting systems, poll workers, and election resources; (12) remedial plans for States with excessive voter wait times; (13) absentee voting; (14) public reports on Federal elections; (15) training of election officials; (16) impartial administration of elections; (17) standards for purging voters; (18) election day registration and early voting; (19) voter registration and identification; (20) prohibition of certain campaign activities; (21) voting rights of individuals convicted of criminal offenses; (22) election day as a public holiday; and (23) the Election Assistance Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7981-7983)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1663-1669)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate