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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004
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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (7185)12/8/2003 7:49:08 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) of 10965
 
Hi Glenn,

I note with some anger and not a little surprise that the Secretary of State in California, a Democrat, seems to be performing the role of tonto utilé, or witting/unwitting(?) co-conspirator in any corporate Republican attempt to hijack the 2004 California elections:

In California, Secretary of State Kevin Shelley set a July 2006 deadline for all counties and cities to provide touch-screen voting systems that provide what is known as a voter verified paper audit trail. The paper receipt is meant as a safeguard in case questions are raised about the validity of an electronic vote. Under the policy, counties and cities will be prohibited from buying systems without the paper audit trail starting July 1, 2005.

Paper verification has become a rallying cry for technology watchdog groups and voting rights advocates, who cheered Shelley's decision.

"The recent decision by our secretary of state to require voter-verified paper trails no later than 2006 is a sign we've turned a corner," said CalVoter's Alexander. "And I think and hope that other states will look at California's decision as a sign of where the technology is going, and will follow our lead."

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Considering the substantial controversy that the one party ownership of electronic voting machines and their inscrutable and adjudicated-proprietary software is creating, Shelley seems to be acting in a bewilderingly blasé fashion.
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