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[EFerrari]

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Study: County voting precincts in compliance

By ANDREW UJIFUSA
Assistant Managing Editor


Madison County’s voting precincts are doing a good job of providing access to people on election days, according to a recent review published by the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University, in conjunction with the Madison County Election Commission.

The review was conducted in order to measure Madison County’s compliance with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), a federal law passed in 2002 in response to the voting problems experienced in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. HAVA also requires voting precincts to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, such as making voting areas accessible to handicapped or wheelchair-bound residents.

“Madison County has done a tremendous job in having foresight to empower their voters,” said Ben Collins, a research analyst at the Stennis Institute who helped the election commission conduct the study. “They’ve done a wonderful job engaging their constituency and planning for the future.”

Kakey Chaney, the election commissioner for District 2 and the chairman of the Madison County Election Commission for the past two years, said that she was pleased with the report, but that it was more informational than motivational.

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"Compliance is not a goal but in itself a form of illness." - D W Winnicott