More vote reforms can wait, Ney says
I guess the Republicans do not intend to fix HAVA
More vote reforms can wait, Ney says
by Brian DeBose
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Congress should not introduce new legislation to improve the elections process or change the Help America Vote Act, the chairman of the Committee on House Administration said yesterday.
Rep. Bob Ney, Ohio Republican, said that despite rumors and conjecture about problems in the 2004 election cycle, the process was, for the most part, fair and successful. [me: for Republicans?] Mr. Ney said Congress now must wait to see results and study HAVA's effectiveness in 2004 again when it is fully implemented and all states reach full compliance next year. ...
The committee also invited six secretaries of state to share their perspectives on voting issues, but two secretaries, J. Kenneth Blackwell of Ohio and Glenda E. Hood of Florida — the two states where the largest number of irregularities were reported — did not attend the hearing.
"That the secretaries do not appear at this hearing is an affront to the people who voted them into office," Mrs. Millender-McDonald said.
"I think the secretaries should be here. ... We can have disagreements, but you can't run and hide, and I have no problem going to them," Mr. Ney said. [me: going to THEM?] ... Read the rest at the Washington Times:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050210-123409-6838r.htm
copyright Virginia Metze
More vote reforms can wait, Ney says
by Brian DeBose
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Congress should not introduce new legislation to improve the elections process or change the Help America Vote Act, the chairman of the Committee on House Administration said yesterday.
Rep. Bob Ney, Ohio Republican, said that despite rumors and conjecture about problems in the 2004 election cycle, the process was, for the most part, fair and successful. [me: for Republicans?] Mr. Ney said Congress now must wait to see results and study HAVA's effectiveness in 2004 again when it is fully implemented and all states reach full compliance next year. ...
The committee also invited six secretaries of state to share their perspectives on voting issues, but two secretaries, J. Kenneth Blackwell of Ohio and Glenda E. Hood of Florida — the two states where the largest number of irregularities were reported — did not attend the hearing.
"That the secretaries do not appear at this hearing is an affront to the people who voted them into office," Mrs. Millender-McDonald said.
"I think the secretaries should be here. ... We can have disagreements, but you can't run and hide, and I have no problem going to them," Mr. Ney said. [me: going to THEM?] ... Read the rest at the Washington Times:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050210-123409-6838r.htm
copyright Virginia Metze
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