Reports of ineligible persons registering to vote raised concerns about state processes for verifying voter reg. lists. Although states run elections, Congress has authority to affect the admin. of elections. The Help Amer. Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) sets a deadline for states to have a statewide voter reg. list & list verification procedures. This report selected 7 states (AZ, CA, MI, NY, TX, VA, & WI) to represent a range of characteristics relevant to voter reg., such as whether a statewide voter list existed prior to HAVA. Discusses how these states verify voter reg. eligibility; the challenges they face in maintaining accurate voter lists; & progress toward implementing HAVA reg. require. Identifies fed. data sources to help verify voter reg. eligibility. Ill.

"Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation" is an October 2001 report of the U.S. General Accounting Office. The report describes the operations associated with each stage of the U.S. presidential election process and includes information about voter registration, absentee and early voting, election day administration, vote counts, certification, and recounts. The U.S. General Accounting Office presents a downloadable version of the report online in PDF format.