1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 2, 2022The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA): An OverviewThe Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA; P.L. 107-252; 52 U.S.C. 20901-21145) is perhaps the closest thing in federal law to a general election administration statute. It is more wide-ranging in the
2、topics it aims to address than other elections measures Congress has approved in the recent past and has a greater emphasis on federal assistance for states and localities. Partly as a result of those features, HAVA and the election administration-dedicated agency it created, the U.S. Election Assis
3、tance Commission (EAC), have figured in much of the recent congressional activity on election administration. Congress responded to foreign interference in the 2016 elections and the emergence of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the 2020 election cycle, for example, by providing n
4、ew funding for one of HAVAs grant programs. Legislation has also been introduced in recent Congresses to revisit HAVA or the EAC or to extend them to encompass new aspects of election administration. This In Focus provides a brief overview of HAVA, introducing the major provisions of the act. For mo
