S. 3943: Confidence in Voting Act of 2006
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S. 3943: Confidence in Voting Act of 2006
109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10662)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10662) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Confidence in Voting Act of 2006
Plain summary
Confidence in Voting Act of 2006 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to pay to each jurisdiction that conducts a general election on November 7, 2006, and uses a voting system other than a paper ballot voting system, an amount equal to the documented costs it pays or incurs for the preparation, production, and use of contingency paper ballots for such election. Sets a maximum payment of 75 cents for each contingency paper ballot printed. Sets forth conditions for payment.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Confidence in Voting Act of 2006
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 8 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s3943.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s3943 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109