Help America Vote Act
The Help America Vote Act was signed into law in 2002 as 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 standards for States and units of local government with responsibility for the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Online resources for learning more about HAVA:
Michigan Bureau of Elections
http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633-63654--,00.html
Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/hava/hava.htm
