Reply #1: Secretaries of State Take Issue with Detractors

[MelissaB]

From National Association of Secretaries of State:

For Immediate Release
Meredith B. Imwalle
Director of Communications
202.624.3528 direct
[e-mail]
November 8, 2004
Statement on 2004 Election

Secretaries Take Issue with Detractors, Ask Election Assistance Commission to Begin Important Work

Some detractors have suggested that this year's presidential election did not run smoothly. Certainly, our nation's
election system is not perfect. This year, we saw long lines at polling places and large numbers of provisional ballots
cast. But the administration of this November's election was successful, and in line with what Congress intended when
it passed The Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

We recognize that better allocation of resources and improved poll worker training would have helped cut down on
voters' wait time. We accept the fact that better voter education campaigns and poll worker training could have
reduced the number of provisional ballots cast. We also know that Americans with no confidence in the system would
not have waited as many as eight hours in some cases to vote, and that for the first time, no voter was turned away.

http://www.nass.org/Post%20Election%20Statement.pdf


Sounds like they need some mail, plus we should study what they have in mind for the future.


Thanks to Ojai Person here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x271812