To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5803, A bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants...administer the regularly scheduled general election...in November 2008...to make backup paper ballots available in...a failure of a voting syst
May 13, 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on May 7, 2008</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 5803, A bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants...administer the regularly scheduled general election...in November 2008...to make backup paper ballots available in...a failure of a voting syst
May 13, 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on May 7, 2008
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office