EAC sets meeting schedule for first half of 2007

U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
1225 New York Ave. NW - Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005

EAC Newsline: December 19, 2006
2007 EAC Public Meetings
EAC has posted a tentative schedule of public meetings for the first
half of 2007. Please see 2007 EAC Public Meeting Schedule
(tentative) 2007 EAC
Advisory Board Meetings
EAC's Board of Advisors will meet Monday, January 22 through Tuesday,
January 23 in Washington, DC. For more information, please contact Matt
Masterson at mmasterson@eac.gov .

EAC's Standards Board will meet Tuesday, February 20 through Friday,
February 23, 2006 in Atlanta, GA. For more information, please contact
Sheila Banks at

sbanks@eac.gov .

EAC's Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) will hold public
teleconference meetings from January through March. For more
information, click

here .

Recent Meetings
At EAC's December 7 meeting, Commissioners voted to adopt a new voting
system testing and certification program and released the findings of a
voter fraud and intimidation report. Commissioners also heard
assessments regarding the 2006 election and elected officers for 2007. Go

here to view the
webcast, documents and testimony. Click here
to read the news
releases.

EAC's Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) met December 4th
and 5th in Gaithersburg, MD. For more information, click

here .

Research
For more information on various EAC research projects, please see

Study on First-Time Voters Who Register by Mail
; Survey of Uniformed
and Overseas Voters ;
2006 Election Administration and Voting Survey
. For additional
information, please contact Karen Lynn-Dyson at klynndyson@eac.gov
.

Reminder: Comments Requested on Free Absentee Ballot Postage Study
EAC is accepting comments on information collection materials for a free
absentee ballot postage study. Written comments must be submitted on or
before Thursday, January 11, 2007. For more information, click

here .