§ 15483 Computerized statewide voter registration list requirements

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I have not found one single bill addressing the single most complained voter problem: Registration related issues

HAVA mandated states to install computerized statewide voter registration systems - The only somewhat related bill was introduced by Colorado Congresswoman DeGette
E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)H.R.756.IH

A BILL

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to develop and adopt guidelines for electronic poll books in the same manner as the Commission develops and adopts voluntary voting system guidelines under the Act, and for other purposes.

The Holt bill does not address these e-poll-books, and the DeGette bill does not address the inadequacies of the current EAC standards and requirements.

While this is commendable, if the underlying voter registration at the state is in such disarray as I have experienced with my daughter - voter suppression can and will occur even before election day. In the case of Los Angeles, this proprietary software is owned by none other than Diebold, which bought the firm that created it.
I found that these registration database compilation again - relies on outside vendors from software to, often, data input as well as outside vendors handling the mailings of county and state (incoming and outgoing) it would be only natural for us to scrutinize such practices.

FYI - On Friday, every voter in this household received a "Primary nominating and consolidated elections" booklet (City of Los Angeles) EXCEPT my daughter - yet again. So even going to the county registrar headquarters and witnessing the stamping of her registration with our own eyes does not guarantee your registration to be included in that wonderful electronic database. And of course the registration by mail failed in her case prior to that. I was concerned about her filling out another registration at the time and here it is in the section below "(iii) duplicate names are eliminated from the computerized list."

§ 15483. Computerized statewide voter registration list requirements and requirements for voters who register by mail
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00015483----000-.html

Any thoughts?

(sorry to post and run - but I will check back in later)