Schumer amendment was withdrawn. The cloture motion was rejected, 51-44. [S 565, 3/4/02, Vote 40; S 565, 3/1/02, Vote 39] XXXX Opposed Permitting Punch-Card Voters to Verify Their Ballots Before They Are Cast. In 2002, XXXX, on February 14, 2002, voted against the Durbin amendment to S.565, which was an amendment to require voting systems purchased after enactment of this legislation to notify a voter of an over-vote, permit punch-card voters to verify their votes, and provide an opportunity to correct any errors before a ballot is cast and counted. [S 565, 2/14/02, Vote 32] XXXX Voted Against Granting Federal Civil Servants Leave to Volunteer at the Polls. In 2002, XXXX voted against require Federal civil service workers to be given on request an additional 3 paid days of leave per year to volunteer for poll worker service. The head of an agency will be permitted to deny a request for leave if the denial is "based on the exigencies of the public business." The amendment was rejected, 46-49. [S 565, 2/14/02, Vote 33] XXXX Supported Allowing States to Purge Individuals from Voter Registration Rolls. XXXX, on February 14, 2002, voted for the Burns amendment to S.565, which would allow election officials to purge official voter lists every four years, and remove voters who have not voted in two or more consecutive federal elections and have not notified the registrar that they intend to remain registered in the jurisdiction. John McCain was one of 55 senators who voted against this amendment. [S 565, 2/14/02, Vote 34] XXXX Voted Against Lifting Restrictions On Voting By Mail. In 2001, XXXX voted to table an amendment that would require States to accept mail-in votes from first- time voters who registered by mail if they mailed in any of the forms of identification agreed to in the bipartisan compromise, or if their signatures or marks on their mailed- in votes matched the signatures or marks on their mailed-in registration forms. The motion to table failed, 46-51. [S 565, 2/27/02, Vote 38] XXXX Voted to Against Requiring Written Notice To Provisional Voters Informing Them of Whether or Not Their Votes Were Counted. In 2002, XXXX voted against requiring State and local officials to mail written notices to provisional voters within 30 days of an election informing them of whether or not their votes were counted. In lieu thereof, the amendment would require State and local election officials to establish free systems (such as phone hotlines or Internet web sites) for provisional voters to use to determine whether their votes were counted. The amendment was agreed to, 56-43. [S 565, 4/11/02, Vote 63] XXXX Voted Against Lawsuits Against States With Excess Ballot Errors. In 2001, XXXX voted against an amendment requiring the Federal Government to set a "residual ballot error rate" that no State or local jurisdiction would be permitted to exceed. Any State or jurisdiction that exceeded the rate set by the Federal Government would be sued. The amendment was rejected, 48-52. [S 565, 4/11/02, Vote 64] XXXX Voted For Final Passage Of The Voting Rights Act Of 2002. In 2002, XXXX voted for final passage of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2002 (S. 565). The bill enacted various measures to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat in Federal elections. States, by specified dates, would be required to have voting systems for Federal elections: that meet Federal standards for error rates; that allow "provisional balloting"; that have procedures, before ballots are cast, that allow voters to verify and correct any errors they made; that have at least one voting machine at every polling place that is accessible to individuals with disabilities; that provide "alternative language accessibility" for individuals with limited English proficiency; that produce records that can be audited; that include statewide, computerized, interactive voter registration lists; and that require mail-in registrants to provide some form of identification when they register or first vote. The bill passed, 99-1. [S 565, 4/11/02, Vote 65] XXXX Voted to Overhaul National Election Procedures. In October 2002, XXXX voted for a bill that would overhaul the nation's election procedures by authorizing $3.9 billion in federal funds to states over three years to improve the administration of elections and help states meet nationwide voting standards. The measure would include an authorization of $325 million in one-time payments for states to replace or upgrade punch card voting machines. Beginning in 2004, it would require states to let voters verify and, if wrong, change their votes before 97