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Reform Now Law New October 31, 2002 The president who came to power after an election revealing the widespread failure of voting equipment signed a law this week to prevent it from happening again. President Bush on Tuesday signed the legislation passed earlier this month by the Senate and the House of Representatives without reference to the controversial election later decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill had languished for nearly two years following the 2000 election. Observers worry a closely divided country voting in the first national election since the 2000 debacle could end with similarly disastrous results. The landmark election reform bill will set national voting standards. The "Help America Vote Act of 2001" authorizes nearly $3.9 billion to states over three years to improve voting equipment, develop centralized voter registration lists, prevent voter fraud and update election procedures. It also requires states to allow provisional balloting if a voters name does not appear on the list. Election officials would later determine whether the ballots were valid. The IBEW and other unions pressed for the inclusion of that section in the bill to prevent voters from being turned away at the polls, which resulted in many voters being disenfranchised in Florida.
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