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The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States)107–252 (text) (PDF)), or HAVA, is a United States federal law, which was authored by Christopher Dodd [1], and passed in the House 357-48 and 92–2 in the Senate and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 29, 2002.
The immediate supervisor of a Schedule C position must be a presidential appointee, member of the Senior Executive Service, or another Schedule C appointee. Schedule C positions generally, but not always, are on the top end of the General Schedule pay scale [5] at the GS-12 through GS-15 levels. [6] Schedule C appointments tend to be made ...
The act provides for an emergency back-up ballot, the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB), which can be cast by voters who "have made a timely application for but have not received their regular ballot from the state or territory, subject to certain conditions." [1] Postage is free for UOCAVA registrations and ballots, including FWAB. [3]
Section 8 of the act sets out requirements for how states maintain voter registration lists for federal elections. The act deems as timely those valid voter registration applications by eligible applicants submitted to designated state and local officials, or postmarked if submitted by mail, at least 30 days before a federal election.
The Help America Vote Act specifies that four commissioners are nominated by the President on recommendations from the majority and minority leadership in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. Once confirmed by the full Senate, commissioners may serve two consecutive terms and no more than two commissioners may belong to the same political party.
§ 303. National floral emblem § 304. National march § 305. National tree; Chapter 5: Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies § 501. Definitions § 502. Regulations, licenses, and registration tags § 503. Use of reservations, grounds, and public spaces § 504. Installation and removal of electrical facilities § 505. Extension of wires along ...
[1] [2] The title was fully codified into the Positive Law on October 6, 2006, when then-President George W. Bush signed Public Law 109-304 into law. [3] Portions of the U.S.C. labeled "transferred" have been moved to another title of the United States code either via an Act of Congress or by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
This central section of the Electoral Count Act has been significantly criticized. It is a "mammoth section some 814 words in length" [8]: 3 note 8 that makes for difficult parsing, and "[m]any of its substantive rules are set out in a single sentence that is 275 words long." [8]: 543