Whats new in voting technology?
As required by the Help America Vote Act, new technology helps voters with disabilities to cast their ballots. © AP Images/Home News Tribune /Keith Muccilli Following problems with the 2000 elections, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), providing funds for states to modernize voting systems and calling for minimum standards in elections administration. This is important since all U.S. elections, even presidential elections, are administered locally. Many states have already implemented these new standards, and more changes are expected for 2008.
