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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Economic Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h5036}}</span> The <b>Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008</b> (H.R. 5036) was a bill in the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="110th Congress">110th Congress</a> "to direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes." (Official title.)<ref name="OpenCongress info">OpenCongress’ info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5036/show">Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008(H.R.5036)</a>.</ref> </p><p><usbillinfo congress="110" bill="H.5036" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary|fckLRfckLRThe legislation would set an emissions &quot;cap and trade&quot; system for electric utilities only. The cap would begin in 2011 and require a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities of 8 percent by 2020 and 41 percent by 2050. The bill would also establish a Climate Science Advisory Board to inform the administration and Congress of the state of climate science, and make recommendations to achieve climate stabilization; provide R&amp;amp;D funding for low- and zero-emitting carbon technologies, clean coal technologies, and energy efficient technologies relevant to the utilities industry; and require periodic evaluations by the Environmental Protection Agency to determine whether emissions targets are adequate.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=1075 Climate Change Bills of the 110th Congress] ''Environmental Defense'', May 29, 2007.&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay eligible jurisdictions to cover the costs of conversion to a paper ballot voting system or to cover the costs of retrofitting electronic voting systems to produce paper records (Sec. 2).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;VoteSmart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18681 Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008(H.R.5036)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay states to cover the costs of conducting any necessary manual audits of results from federal elections taking place in November 2008 and, at the option of the state, results from state and local elections taking place at the same time (Sec. 3).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;VoteSmart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18681 Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008(H.R.5036)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay states to cover the costs of conducting any necessary hand counts of results from federal elections taking place in November 2008 (Sec. 4).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;VoteSmart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18681 Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008(H.R.5036)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Mandates that the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall study, test, and develop products and practices that ensure the accessibility of paper ballot verification and casting for disabled voters, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with literacy difficulties (Sec. 5).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;VoteSmart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18681 Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008(H.R.5036)].&lt;/ref&gt; }}</span> </p> <h2> Key votes </h2> <ul><li>Vote to pass a bill that provides federal funding for certain jurisdictions to obtain paper ballot voting systems or to conduct audits or hand counts of results for the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008.<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="house" rollcall="188" /> </p><p><br /> </p> <h2> Supporters </h2> <ul><li>Association for Computing Machinery </li><li>Brennan Center for Justice </li><li>Coalition for Peace Action </li><li>Credo Action </li><li>Jewish Social Policy Action Network </li><li>TrueVote MD </li><li>VerifiedVoting.org </li><li>Vote PA </li></ul> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <ul><li>Slashdot's article <a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/15/2156211">"Secure Elections Act" Coming Up For Vote</a> 15 Apr 2008. </li><li>San Francisco Chronicle's article <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/15/national/w152436D93.DTL&hw=emergency+assistance+for+secure+elections">House defeats bill funding paper ballots</a> 15 Apr 2008. </li><li>Scoop's article <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00183.htm">Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act</a> 14 Apr 2008. </li><li>Blue Collar Republican's article <a href="http://bluecollarrepublican.com/blog/?p=185">Oppose H.R. 5036, Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008!</a> 6 Apr 2008. </li></ul> <h3> See also </h3> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p>

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