H.R.5803 - To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.

view all titles (1)

All Bill Titles

  • Official: To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes. as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

News Coverage

Hmmmm, no news coverage found for this bill at this time. This means that this this bill has not yet been mentioned on a publicly-searchable news website by either its official number (for example, "H.R. 3200") or title (for example, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"). As soon as that changes, our daily automated search across the Web will catch it and include it here. If this bill is of interest to you, you can write a letter to the editor referring to this bill by name, and if your letter is published on the Web, a link back your letter will appear here within about one day. Or, if you know of a news article about this bill to display here, email us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: Our editorial team will post relevant links as quickly as possible. Thanks for helping to build public knowledge about Congress.

Blog Coverage

View All (21)

07/20/10
H.R.5803: Home Health Care Access ...

Directing the President to Remove Armed Forces from Pakistan H Con Res 301 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billsearch.xpd?q=spencer+bachu...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
09/15/08
Congress Urged to Pass Fast-Track ...

*H.R. 5803* would fund a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
08/17/08
here’s what’s happening in con...

the house voted on july 15 on hr 5803. this bill would provide $75 million in grants to state and local governments to make backup paper ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
08/15/08
reasons to support heather ryan

hr 5803: to direct the election assistance commission to establish a program to make grants to participating states and units of local go...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
07/22/08
House Refuses to Fund Paper Ballots

HR-5803, a boiled down version of HR-5036 (called the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008, which failed to pass in the ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
07/21/08
VoteTrustUSA - Rep. Holt Statement...

I rise in support of H.R. 5803, a bill that would reimburse states and localities to make paper backup ballots available for this Novembe...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
07/20/08
Critter Watch: Spin, Spine, or Spi...

In the first of a few stunning failures in the House last week was the failure of HR 5803. This bill was meant (as stated in the words of...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
07/16/08
Congress does not want us to VOTE!

Bill: HR 5803; Complete description: To Direct the Election Assistance Commission to Establish a Program to Make Grants to Participating ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
07/15/08
CQ Politics | House Defeats Funds ...

The bill ( HR 5803 ), sponsored by Zoe Lofgren , D‑Calif., was brought up under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds vo...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
07/15/08
Bill to fund back-up paper ballots...

The House has defeated a measure that would have provided paper ballots to state and local governments as a back-up to their electronic v...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate

Vote on This Bill

100% Users Support Bill

4 in favor / 0 opposed
 

Send Your Rep a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.