Help America Vote Act
The Help America Vote Act was enacted on October 29, 2002. It was drafted (at least in part) in reaction to the dimpled ballots fiasco that accompanied the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Some have questioned its usefulness as it is understood to mandate electronic voting systems; automated systems were the cause of some of the problems at the last election. Others are concerned about the opportunities for vote tampering associated with the fluidity of electronic data.
With the new act, states now have powers that were originally distributed to counties. With this centralization of power comes the new federally mandated computerization of voter rolls. This is particularly troubling to critics of the voter roll cleansing that took place in the Florida election in 2000.
Under the Help America Vote Act, a new federal voter registration form was created, which has simplifed as well as complicated the registration process.
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