Election Officials Work on Making Changes

[MelissaB]

Election Officials Work on Making Changes

By ROBERT TANNER
Associated Press Writer

February 7, 2005, 3:13 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Flaw-proof election machines. Easy-to-read ballots. Registration systems that catch double-voters or dead voters still on the rolls.

For top state election officials meeting here, the pressure is on to make sure the election changes demanded after President Bush's disputed 2000 victory are in place by the Jan. 1 deadline imposed by Congress.

The goal is to have the changes ready for the November 2006 midterm elections, but many secretaries of state who gathered in Washington on Monday for four days of meetings think there are too many obstacles in their way. And they worry the federal government is undermining their authority with an assistance commission that is starting to act like a regulatory agency.

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State and local officials administer elections, not the federal government. But the secretaries worry federal election reforms are spilling beyond their boundaries, chipping away at state control and responsibility.

The election officials are even more concerned about proposals in Congress that would go beyond the 2002 law and put more federal control over elections.

"The overriding issue right now," said New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner, "is should our elections be run by the national government?"

More: http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-election-worries,0,534042.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


Wouldn't you love to have access to these people?

[marions ghost]

1. ooo boy

"...the National Association of Secretaries of State approved a formal resolution that asks Congress to dissolve its oversight organization, the federal Election Assistance Commission, after the 2006 elections."

But...But>>>What about all that rhetoric from the EAC about it's mission, serving as a national clearinghouse on elections? It appears the Secretaries of State are really at odds with the new federal agency. But do we trust the Secretaries of State? I mean-- there's Prime Suspect Blackwell, but then Shelley did some good...
Everybody's got their idea of what the fix looks like.
Who can we trust?
All I can say is what a mess.
Voter beware.

:shrug:

[BeFree]

2. Have access?

You can bet the e-vote corporations have access. Access, hell, they are holding the secretarie's hands for years now. Some might be so bold as to say they all woke up together one morning.

The feds need to put the hammer down on these people, and smash all chances for continuing their petty thievery and calculated mistakes.