Kim Reynolds: “This legislation authorizes $2.65 billion for Federal election reform, including $400 million to buy out unreliable…”

“This legislation authorizes $2.65 billion for Federal election reform, including $400 million to buy out unreliable punch card voting systems that was brought out in this rule debate earlier, and $2.25 billion in election fund payments to improve equipment, recruit and train poll workers, improve access for disabled voters, and educate voters about their rights. The Help America Vote Act would require States to adopt minimum election standards, including a statewide voter registration system, in-precinct provisional voting, assurances that voters who make errors will be able to correct them, and a means for disabled voters to cast secret ballots on new voting equipment. The bill is real, meaningful reform that will significantly improve our election system and restore public confidence in it. I just want to outline that this bill is a bipartisan bill. It is not a magic elixir for the problems that plagued us last November, but it prescribes the right medicine for our ailing election system and Federal assistance to the States and minimum election standards that they must adopt.”