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1 Presidential Commission on Election Administration Charter [1] (2013)

handle is hein.prescomm/prescommaaahl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Presidential Commission on Election Administration U.S. General Services Administration Federal Advisory Committee Charter 1. Committee's Official Designation. Presidential Commission on Election Administration (Commission). 2. Authority. The Commission is being established in accordance with Executive Order 13639, dated March 28, 2013, and Executive Order 13644, dated May 21, 2013, and the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 3. Objectives and Scope of Activities. The Commission shall identify best practices and make recommendations to promote the efficient administration of elections in order to ensure that all eligible voters have the ability to cast their ballots without undue delay, and to improve the experience of voters facing other obstacles in casting their ballots. In preparing recommendations the Commission shall hold public meetings and engage Federal, State, and local officials, and nongovernmental organizations, as necessary to carry out its mission. Such best practices and recommendations shall include consideration of: (a) The number, location, management, operation and design of polling places; (b) Voting accessibility for ballots of uniformed and overseas voters; (c) Training, recruitment, and number of poll workers; (d) Efficient management of voter rolls and poll books; (e) Voting machine capacity and technology; (f) Ballot simplicity and voter education; (g) Voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities, limited English proficiency and other special needs; (h) Management of issuing and processing provisional ballots in the polling place on Election Day; (i) Adequacy of contingency plans for natural disasters and other emergencies that may disrupt elections; (j) Administration of absentee ballot programs, and (k) Other issues that the Co-Chairs deem important for the efficient administration of elections. 4. Description of Duties. The Commission shall be advisory in nature. 5. Agency or Official to Whom the Committee Reports. The Commission shall submit its recommendations in a final report to the President within six months of its first public meeting. 6. Support. The General Services Administration, Office of Government-wide Policy shall provide the Commission with such administrative services, funds, facilities, staff, equipment and other support services as may be necessary to carry out its mission to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.

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