§20983 — Title 52 Voting and Elections | U.S. Code

§20983 Report on human factor research

Title 52 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Voting Assistance and Election Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 209— - ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COMMISSION › Part Part C— - Studies and Other Activities To Promote Effective Administration of Federal Elections › § 20983

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

By October 29, 2003, the Commission must give Congress a report, made with the NIST Director, reviewing human‑factors research (like usability engineering and how people interact with computers and machines) that could make voting systems easier, more accurate, more accessible (including for blind and limited‑English voters), and reduce spoiled ballots.

Title 52, §20983

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Not later than 1 year after October 29, 2002, the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall submit a report to Congress which assesses the areas of human factor research, including usability engineering and human-computer and human-machine interaction, which feasibly could be applied to voting products and systems design to ensure the usability and accuracy of voting products and systems, including methods to improve access for individuals with disabilities (including blindness) and individuals with limited proficiency in the English language and to reduce voter error and the number of spoiled ballots in elections.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15383 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§20983 Report on human factor research

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Title 52, §20983

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