Chairman of Dubya's Election Assistance Commission Calling it Quits

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/politics/23elect.html?pagewanted=print&position=

Commissioner Leaving U.S. Voting Agency

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP) - The first chairman of a federal voting agency created after the 2000 election dispute is resigning, saying the government has not shown enough commitment to reform.

The former chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, DeForest B. Soaries Jr., said his decision was prompted in part by what he called a lack of support.

"All four of us had to work without staff, without offices, without resources," Mr. Soaries said. "I don't think our sense of personal obligation has been matched by a corresponding sense of commitment to real reform from the federal government."

Mr. Soaries, a Republican former secretary of state of New Jersey, was the White House's choice to join the commission, created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to help states enact voting changes. After his term as chairman ended in January, he remained a panel member.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Nominating or Greatest page -- and kicking

before I fun out the door to work...

[smirkymonkey]

2. "The government has not shown enough commitment to reform."

This says it all. And we think we have a chance in 2008? We had better get mobilized on election reform or we are never going to win back the presidency in the foreseeable future.

[Roland99]

3. We need fundamental changes in our voting system. Esp.

at the federal level and it must begin now!