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The Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) are guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for the certification of voting systems. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) drafts the VVSG and gives them to the EAC in draft form for their adoption.
Templates relating to political elections, referendums, campaigns, candidates, etc. The pages listed in this category are meant to be navigation templates. This page is part of Wikipedia's administration and not part of the encyclopedia.
The coverage formula, contained in Section 4(b) of the Act, determines which states are subject to preclearance. As enacted in 1965, the first element in the formula was whether, on November 1, 1964, the state or a political subdivision of the state maintained a "test or device" restricting the opportunity to register and vote.
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Help America Vote Act of 2002; Long title: An Act to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of federal elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain federal election laws and programs, to establish minimum election administration ...
Compulsory voting for national elections was introduced in Australia in 1924, with states and territories passing their own compulsory voting laws at various times. [9] Voluntary voting in Australia before 1924 accounted between 47% and 78% turnout of eligible voters.
votes_for_election: presidential: The number of votes for election and the system of voting (e.g. Electoral College). needed_votes: presidential: The number of votes required to win. If there is an even number of votes, use the number that is said by the media. seats_for_election: legislative parliamentary by-election
Some allow voters to download a sample ballot in advance of the election. More systematic coverage is provided by websites devoted specifically to collecting election information and making it available to the public. Two of the better known such sites are Ballotpedia and Vote Smart. These are run by non-profit, non-partisan organizations.