General Information 

• Sunshine Notice (.doc 107KB)
• Draft meeting agenda (.doc 188KB)
• Transcript (PDF 242KB)
• Minutes (PDF 50KB)

Click for the original (04/09/08) Proposal (.doc 49KB).

• Revised Recommendation to Modify EAC Advisory 07-003-A on Maintenance of Effort Funding; Vote (.doc 54KB) 

Click for the original Proposal (.doc 54KB) Commissioners voted to table Vice Chair Hunter's proposal to modify Advisory Opinion 07-003-A regarding Maintenance of Effort (MOE) until it can be placed on a future public meeting agenda.

• EAC Staff Memo Regarding Proposed MOE Policy Change; Memo (.doc 89KB)
  
  Commission seeks additional comments
  Commissioners approved (3-1) a motion for EAC to "refrain from enforcing the MOE Advisory, EAC Advisory 07-003-A (PDF 105KB), to the extent that it requires a state to include local and/or county government expenditures when determining the MOE baseline as required by HAVA Section 254(a)(7), until such time that the Commisison votes to adopt a policy on the MOE requirements of HAVA." 
  
  To comment on the preceding MOE proposals or about MOE in general, send an email to HAVAInfo@eac.gov. Please indicate the subject in the email. Go here to view comments.

Reports Considered

• Voter Information Websites Study; Report (.doc 300KB)
• Vincent Keenan, President, Publius.org; Report (.doc 38KB)

First Time Voter Study Status Report

• Karen Lynn-Dyson, Research Director, EAC; Report (.doc 26KB)
• Meredith Imwalle, President, Winner's Circle Communications; Testimony (.doc 39KB)

Preparing for Election Day 2008: Ballot Design

• John Gale, Nebraska Secretary of State; Successful Designs for Optical Scan Ballots (.doc 36KB)
  
• Lance Gough, Executive Director, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners;Successful Designs for Direct Recording Device Ballots (PDF 59KB)
• Kathy Dent, Supervisor of Elections, Sarasota County, FL and President, Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections; The Ballot Design Process from Start to Finish (.doc 41KB)
  

EAC Resources for Effective Ballot Design

• Karen Lynn-Dyson, Research Director, EAC; Presentation (.ppt 409KB)
• Connie Schmidt, CERA Co-Project Manager, Election Management Guidelines; Testimony (.doc 48KB)

WHAT: Public Meeting ( 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm )
WHERE: Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, MN 
WHEN: 04/16/2008 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
CONTACT NAME: Bryan Whitener
PHONE: 202-566-3100

Webcast Available!