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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 1, 2007
Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish within the Election Assistance Commission an Office of the Voter Advocate to develop and administer a program to: (1) collect specified voter data from states with respect to each election for federal office; (2) develop, refine, and publish a Democracy Index; (3) make grants to eligible entities; and (4) make recommendations to states to improve their performance in the administration of federal elections (as determined based on a state-by-state comparison of the voter data collected under this Act.)
Directs the Office to establish a Democracy Index Pilot Program for calendar year 2008 to make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of creating a Democracy Index.
Requires each state to submit to the Office of the Voter Advocate specified voter data with respect to each election for federal office.
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Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · D–IL
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2503)
Introduced in Senate
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