I know someone who used to work there. They don't do much. One of their initial responsibilities was ensuring that funds for HAVA (Help America Vote Act) were d

I know someone who used to work there. They don't do much. One of their initial responsibilities was ensuring that funds for HAVA (Help America Vote Act) were dispensed and electronic voting machines were certified following the hanging chad adventure. As we all know, electronic voting machines aren't so hot and in my personal opinion, the EAC hasn't done much very effectively and has been under fairly regular attack in congress and under (maybe toothless) threat of being shut down. I don't think they have any actual power over much of anything in elections because that power is distributed to the the state level secretary of state's, so their role is more advisory at best and also is disjoint from the more powerful FEC.