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Background:
On October 29, 2002, the US Congress passed the Help America
Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, Public Law 107-252. The Act provides
payments to states for election administration improvements,
training and replacement of punch card and lever voting machines.
Under the provisions of the Act, the State of South Carolina
(SC) will receive funds to make improvements to election administration
in SC. The HAVA requires that the election administration
improvements South Carolina intends to make be specified in
their HAVA State Plan.
Status
as of September 1, 2006:
The HAVA State Plan Advisory Committee met to discuss necessary
changes to the Plan and to revise the Plan to reflcet accomplishments
for the previous year. The 2006 HAVA State Plan has been
revised, approved by the Governor, and delivered to the
Federal Election Assistance Commission.
Status
as of April 1, 2006:
HAVA
Implementation Project status updates can be found at http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/hava.htm.
Status
as of August 25, 2005:
The HAVA State Plan Advisory Committee
met to discuss necessary changes to the Plan and to revise
the Plan to reflcet accomplishments for the previous year.
Material changes to the South Carolina HAVA State Plan have
been posted to the Federal Register at
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-16634.pdf
Status
as of April 22, 2005:
The SEC
staff has modified the HAVA State Plan Implementation Status
Report to reflect the updated goals and objectives of the
2004 HAVA State Plan. HAVA Implementation Project status updates
can be found at http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/hava.htm.
Status
as of February 28, 2005:
Work has begun to revise the 2004 HAVA State plan. The State
Plan Advisory Team will meet in April to discuss necessary
changes to the Plan and revise the Plan to reflect accomplishments
from the previous year.
Status
as of October 1, 2004
The South
Carolina HAVA State Plan was published in the Federal Register
on September 30, 2004. SEC staff are actively modifying the
HAVA State Plan Implementation Status Report to reflect changes
made to the 2003 HAVA State Plan Implementation Status Report.
Status
as of August 16, 2004
The
30 day comment period for public review of the preliminary
SC HAVA State Plan ended on August 12, 2004. All comments
were reviewed and the State Plan updated as necessary. The
SC HAVA State Plan has been forwarded to the Governor for
his approval and signature. Once the Governor's approval has
been received; the SC HAVA State Plan will be submitted to
the Federal Election Commission for review and inclusion in
the Congressional Register.
Status
as of July 13, 2004
The preliminary
2004 SC HAVA State Plan, created based on input from the HAVA
State Plan Advisory Team, was completed and released for public
comment on July 12, 2004. The SC HAVA State Plan was posted
on that date to the South Carolina State Election Commission
web site for a 30 day comment period. The comment period ends
on August 12th. All comments will be reviewed and the State
Plan will be updated as necessary. The Plan will then be submitted
to the Federal Election Commission for review and inclusion
in the Congressional Register.
Status
as of June 18, 2004
The HAVA
State Plan Advisory Team met on April 29, 2004 at the State
Election Commission for county election officials to present
their comments on revisions to the State Plan. The changes
have been incorporated into the updated State Plan and will
be posted for public comment in the near future. The latest
HAVA State Plan Implementation Project Status report was posted
on June 16, 2004.
Status
as of April 23, 2004
The HAVA
State Plan Advisory Team met on April 2, 2004 and April 9,
2004 to discuss progress and revisions of the 2004 State Plan.
A meeting is scheduled for April 29, 2004 at the State Election
Commission for county election officials to present their
comments on revisions to the State Plan.
Status
as of March 19, 2004:
Status
of the SEC project plan to implement the 2003-04 goals of
the South Carolina HAVA State Plan has been posted (http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/Hava_Implementation_Status_Report-040318.htm)
As
required by HAVA, South Carolina has begun the process of
reviewing the previous year HAVA State Plan. Co-chairs and
members of the advisory team to perform this task will meet
on April 2, 2004.
Status
as of January 16, 2004:
The first
monthly posting of the status of the SEC project plan to implement
the 2003-04 goals of the South Carolina HAVA State Plan will
be posted on January 30, 2004.
Status
as of December 12, 2003:
The SEC
has completed development of the project plan to implement
the 2003-04 goals of the South Carolina HAVA State Plan. Project
plan goals and status will be posted monthly on the SEC website
beginning in January, 2004.
Status
as of October 14, 2003:
SEC staff
are actively developing a project plan to implement the goals
of the HAVA South Carolina State Plan. Once the project plan
in finalized, a list of these goals will be posted on this
website.
Status
as of September 19, 2003:
Approval
of the Governor for the SC HAVA State Plan has been received.
The SC HAVA State Plan has been submitted to the Federal
Election Commission for review and inclusion in the Federal
Register. Development of an Implementation Plan by the South
Carolina State Election Commission to accomplish the 2003
goals as outlined in the SC HAVA State Plan is in progress
and will be completed in early fall 2003.
Status
as of August 25, 2003:
The
30 day comment period for public review of the preliminary
SC HAVA State Plan ended on July 25th. All comments were
reviewed and the State Plan updated as necessary. The SC
HAVA State Plan has been forwarded to the Governor for his
approval and signature. Once the Governor's approval has
been received; the SC HAVA State Plan will be submitted
to the Federal Election Commission for review and inclusion
in the Congressional Register. Development of an Implementation
Plan by the South Carolina State Election Commission to
accomplish the 2003 goals as outlined in the SC HAVA State
Plan has been delayed slightly but will be completed in
late-summer 2003.
Status
as of July 25, 2003:
The preliminary SC HAVA State Plan, created based on input
from a task force, was completed and released for public comment
on June 25, 2003. The SC HAVA State Plan was posted on that
date to the South Carolina State Election Commission web site
for a 30 day comment period. The comment period ends on July
25th. All comments will be reviewed and the State Plan will
be updated as necessary and the State Plan will be submitted
to the Federal Election Commission for review and inclusion
in the Congressional Register. The South Carolina State Election
Commission is also developing an Implementation Plan in order
to accomplish the 2003 goals as outlined in the SC HAVA State
Plan. This plan will be completed in mid- to late-summer 2003.
Status
as of June 25, 2003:
The preliminary SC HAVA State Plan, created based on input
from a task force, is nearly complete. The SC HAVA task force
is made up of representatives from the Governor’s Office,
the Senate, the House of Representatives, State Election Commission,
county Boards of Voter Registration and Election Commissions,
Democratic and Republican parties, Department of Disabilities
and Special Needs, League of Women Voters, NAACP, Protection
and Advocacy for the Handicapped and other interested groups.
The SC HAVA State Plan is a high-level, multi-year plan outlining
South Carolina’s goals to improve election administration.
The SC HAVA State Plan has been posted to the South Carolina
State Election Commission web site for a 30 day comment period.
Once this comment period has ended and all comments have been
reviewed, the State Plan will be submitted to the Federal
Election Commission for review and inclusion in the Congressional
Register.
The South Carolina State Election Commission is also developing
an Implementation Plan in order to accomplish the 2003 goals
as outlined in the SC HAVA State Plan. This plan will be complete
in mid-summer 2003.
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