Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Part C · Chapter 209 — Election Administration Improvement
§ 20983. Report on human factor research
Statutory text
Not later than 1 year after , the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall submit a report to Congress which assesses the areas of human factor research, including usability engineering and human-computer and human-machine interaction, which feasibly could be applied to voting products and systems design to ensure the usability and accuracy of voting products and systems, including methods to improve access for individuals with disabilities (including blindness) and individuals with limited proficiency in the English language and to reduce voter error and the number of spoiled ballots in elections.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Help America Vote Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–252 title II § 243 · 116 Stat. 1666
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 20983
(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 243, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1688.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 243, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1688.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 243. REPORT ON HUMAN FACTOR RESEARCH. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall submit are port to Congress which assesses the areas of human factor research, including usability engineering and human-computer and human-machine interaction, which feasibly could be applied to voting products and systems design to ensure the usability and accuracy of voting products and systems, including methods to improve access for individuals with disabilities (including blindness) and individuals with limited proficiency in the English language and to reduce voter error and the number of spoiled ballots in elections.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 15383 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.