Soaries (Election Assistance Commission) Confronts Voting Reform Obstacles

[Kadie]

Soaries Confronts Voting Reform Obstacles

Mon Jun 21, 2:38 AM ET


By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - DeForest Soaries had never heard of the Election Assistance Commission when the White House asked him to be its chairman. In the six months since, he has come close to quitting.

Congress created the commission after the 2000 presidential election dispute to act as a clearinghouse for election information, make recommendations about technology and other issues and distribute $2.3 billion to states for new voting machines.

Yet, the commission couldn't afford office space. Lawmakers and Bush administration officials who had clamored for reform were slow to return calls. Although electronic voting was dividing election officials nationwide, commissioners had no way of conducting research about its use. Getting support for changing haphazard voting systems proved difficult.

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"When the media really starts getting on this issue, they're going to start calling us and looking at us. ... I plan to let the world know that we're doing our best with what we have, we've stated our case to Congress, and anything that does not happen in November, don't blame it on us."

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"If this were a foreign country with the exact same setup," he said, "we'd be highly critical of their understanding of democracy."

more... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040621/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/soaries_profile_1

[Kahuna]

1. Shut up Buster you sell out. Buster used to be Jesse Jackson's protege..

I remember Buster in high school. He's a few years older than me. He started the Black Student Union in his high school. Then went on to work with Jesse Jackson. Now he's a repuke bootlicker. How extremely sad. :puke:

Christine Whitman who conspired with black pastors to keep the black vote down and high tailed it to Florida to help bush steal the election even though her state voted for Gore has the nerve to interject her hypocritical remarks. But that didn't stop Buster from joining her administration. :puke: