WHAT: Public Meeting ( 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm )
WHERE: Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, MN 
WHEN: 04/16/2008 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
CONTACT NAME: Bryan Whitener
PHONE: 202-566-3100

General Information 
Webcast Available! Click here to watch the webcast. 

• Sunshine Notice
• Draft meeting agenda

HAVA Funding Proposals

• Revised Proposal Regarding the Use of HAVA Funds -- Vice Chair Hunter (adopted 3-1) Go here for original proposal.
• Revised Recommendation to Modify EAC Advisory 07-003-A on Maintenance of Effort Funding -- Vice Chair Caroline C. Hunter. Go here for original proposal. Commissioners voted to table Vice Chair Hunter's proposal to modify Advisory Opinion 07-003-A regarding Maintenance of Effort (MOE) until it can be placed on a future public meeting agenda. 
• EAC Staff Memo Regarding Proposed MOE Policy Change
  
  Commission seeks additional comments
  Commissioners approved (3-1) a motion for EAC to "refrain from enforcing the MOE Advisory, EAC Advisory 07-003-A, to the extent that it requires a state to include local and/or county government expenditures when determining the MOE baseline as required by HAVA Section 254(a)(7), until such time that the Commisison votes to adopt a policy on the MOE requirements of HAVA." 
  
  To comment on the preceding MOE proposals or about MOE in general, send an email to HAVAInfo@eac.gov. Please indicate the subject in the email. Go here to view comments.

Reports Considered

Voter Information Websites Study

• Vincent Keenan, President, Publius.org

First Time Voter Study Status Report

• Karen Lynn-Dyson, Research Director, EAC
• Meredith Imwalle, President, Winner's Circle Communications

Preparing for Election Day 2008: Ballot Design

• Successful Designs for Optical Scan Ballots
  John Gale, Nebraska Secretary of State
• Successful Designs for Direct Recording Device Ballots
  Lance Gough, Executive Director, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
• The Ballot Design Process from Start to Finish
  Kathy Dent, Supervisor of Elections, Sarasota County, FL and President, Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections

EAC Resources for Effective Ballot Design

• Karen Lynn-Dyson, Research Director, EAC
• Connie Schmidt, CERA Co-Project Manager, Election Management Guidelines