Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008

The Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 (H.R. 5036) was a bill in the 110th Congress "to direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes." (Official title.)



Key votes

 * Vote to pass a bill that provides federal funding for certain jurisdictions to obtain paper ballot voting systems or to conduct audits or hand counts of results for the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008.



Supporters

 * Association for Computing Machinery
 * Brennan Center for Justice
 * Coalition for Peace Action
 * Credo Action
 * Jewish Social Policy Action Network
 * TrueVote MD
 * VerifiedVoting.org
 * Vote PA

Articles and resources

 * Slashdot's article "Secure Elections Act" Coming Up For Vote 15 Apr 2008.
 * San Francisco Chronicle's article House defeats bill funding paper ballots 15 Apr 2008.
 * Scoop's article Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act 14 Apr 2008.
 * Blue Collar Republican's article Oppose H.R. 5036, Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008! 6 Apr 2008.