The Election Assistance Commission, which is charged with implementing the Help America Vote Act, has issued VOLUNTARY GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS, which are intended to "assist States in their efforts to develop and implement a single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list." Many new voters had problems at the polls in 2004, with faulty voter registration lists. The new guidance "may help election officials understand HAVA’s establishment of a single, uniform statewide voter registration list and the responsibilities that HAVA places on all election officials to assure that the names and information contained in the statewide voter registration list are accurate, secure and complete."