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

General Information

Sunshine Notice

Agenda

Transcript of Public Meeting

Minutes of Public Meeting

Transcript of Workshop

Minutes of Workshop 

Watch the Webcast! An archived Webcast of the event is available here.

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