Common Cause and Governor Richardson Promote Paper Ballots
By Matt Brix
Posted on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 04:45:14 PM EST
From left to right: Larry Norden of the Brennan Center, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Common Cause VP for Election Reform Barbara Burt.
Hey everyone. This is Matt from Common Cause New Mexico. This week, secretaries of state and election officials from all over the country converged on Santa Fe for the annual meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State. The three-day meeting was attended by Common Cause Vice President for Election Reform, Barbara Burt, as well as Common Cause New Mexico Board Chair Jack Taylor. Jack also serves on the Common Cause National Governing Board.
Taking a break from the panel discussions, meetings and talking with various elections officials, Barb held a press conference on Wednesday with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. You can read about the press conference here and here.
Barb had this to say about the press conference:
"I opened the press conference by talking about how important the issue of voting system accuracy and security is and applauded Governor Richardson for having the leadership to ensure that the voters of New Mexico could have confidence that their votes would be counted accurately.
The governor spoke with passion about his belief in the need for this legislation and said that he looked forward to working with Common Cause to carry the word to other states and Congress. He called on all the secretaries of state to do everything in their power to give the voters in their states the same level of security and confidence that New Mexico voters now enjoy. (Even though the legislation was only passed several months ago, almost every county in New Mexico will be voting on paper ballots on November 7th.)
The governor also had harsh words for those in Congress employing delaying tactics in terms of passage of the Voting Rights Act renewal."
Tags: Election Reform, Paper Ballots, Voting Machines (all tags)
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