"The recount process… is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter… Seven Justices of the Court agree that there are constitutional problems with the recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court that demand a remedy." — Bush v. Gore, per curiam opinion, December 12, 2000
The 2000 Florida controversy most directly produced which federal legislative response?
- Acheck_circle
The Help America Vote Act of 2002, funding voting-machine upgrades and provisional ballots
- B
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which it preceded
- C
The Motor Voter Act of 1993, which it also preceded
- D
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowering the voting age
Explanation
HAVA, signed by President Bush in 2002, created the Election Assistance Commission and provided funding to replace punch-card systems blamed for hanging chads.