Congressional Digest

Excerpt

After the debacle of the disputed 2000 presidential election
results — ultimately settled by the U.S. Supreme Court
— it became clear that reforms were needed to ensure that
voters could easily cast ballots for the candidates of their
choice and that their votes would be counted.
Congress responded in 2002 with passage of the Help
America Vote Act (HAVA).
The new law did not mandate
a uniform voting system, but it did impose national standards,
banning lever machines and punch cards to prevent
future ambiguity about “hanging chads” and encouraging
the use of electronic voting technology.
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