http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/28... SF Chronicle, today:
SACRAMENTO
State freezes $17.5 million in voter funds
Finance director awaits audit of Shelley's spending
The Schwarzenegger administration said Friday it would freeze spending authorization for $17.5 million in federal voter funds until an audit determines if Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has properly spent previously distributed funds.
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Schwarzenegger's finance department said it would allow for spending of $17.6 million to modernize voting machines and "buy out" old punch-card systems, but that it would withhold the remaining $17.5 million for so-called "discretionary" purposes -- including election office and poll worker training, disability and language access and electoral system mandates.
This is really bad news. I'm in Ohio but you guys in CA have to watch this developement. They just might be trying to steal your state.