WHERE: Washington, DC
WHEN: 09/18/2008 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 

General Information

Sunshine Notice

Agenda

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Preparing for Election Day 2008: Empowering Voters

• Empowering Voters: Administration of Provisional Voting
  Kristen M. Clarke, Co-Director, Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
• Empowering Voters: the Voting Information Project
  Doug Chapin, Director, Electionline.org, The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Empowering Voters: Voter Registration Month
  Pedro A. Cortés, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth; President, National Association of Secretaries of State

Items Under Consideration

• Draft Notice and Public Comment Policy
• Final Notice and Public Comment Policy (Adopted 3-0)
• Alternative Voting Methods Study (Adopted 3-0)
• Advisory 07-003-A – Maintenance of Effort Funding -- Chair Rosemary Rodriguez
• EAC Advisory 07-003-B Maintenance of Effort: This advisory supercedes and replaces EAC Advisory 07-003 and EAC Advisory 07 003-A -- Commissioner Gracia Hillman 

 Testimony

Best Practices to Ensure Voting Systems Perform Accurately and Securely on Election Day

• Susan McRill, Administrative Manager, Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections

        Michigan Test Deck Manual; Michigan Ballot Production Standards

•  Merle S. King, Executive Director, Center for Election Systems, Kennesaw State University

Alternative Voting Methods Study

• R. Doug Lewis, Executive Director, The Election Center