§20944 Membership of Board of Advisors

Summary

A board of 37 people must be formed. Twenty-two of them come as two appointees each from eleven national state and local groups. Three are federal officials: the chief of the Justice Department’s Office of Public Integrity (or a designee), the chief of the Voting Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department (or a designee), and the director of the Defense Department’s Federal Voting Assistance Program. Four are science and technology experts appointed one each by the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader. Eight represent voter interests: four picked by the House Administration Committee (two by its chair and two by its top minority member) and four picked by the Senate Rules Committee (two by its chair and two by its top minority member). Appointments must give the board members from both major political parties and from different U.S. regions. Members serve 2-year terms and can be reappointed. If a spot opens, it is filled the same way the original person was chosen. The board elects a Chair from among its members.