List of candidates promoting election integrity

Written by: Ginny Ross on Aug 21, 2006 7:16 PM EDT

From dKosopedia
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The following candidates for state office have significantly promoted election integrity, and criticized threats against it, in their campaign platform, legislation, and/or litigation. In particular, they:

* acknowledge the problems (identified by the GAO and others) raised by direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines, especially those that do not provide a paper ballot, and

* discuss what they plan to do to address these problems.

Therefore they may be targeted for dial-a-matic elmination by forces opposed to public accountability in elections, and if so, we should provide them some protective cover.

Contents
* 1 2006 candidates for state Secretary of State
* 2 2006 candidates for state Attorney General
* 3 2006 candidates for state House of Representatives
* 4 2006 candidates for state Senate
* 5 2006 candidates for governor
* 6 2006 candidates for U.S. Congress
* 7 2006 candidates for U.S. Senate

2006 candidates for state Secretary of State
* Debra Bowen, CA (D)
* John Bonifaz, MA (D)
* Mark Ritchie, MN (D)
* Jennifer Brunner, OH (D)
* Tim Kettler, OH (Green) (one of nine regional coordinators of the 2004 OH recount)

2006 candidates for state Attorney General
* Ken Gordon, CO (D)
* David Van Os, TX (D)

2006 candidates for state House of Representatives
* Charlie Grapski, FL (D) (23rd District) (D) (arrested while investigating election irregularities)

2006 candidates for state Senate
* Jon Eich, PA (D) (34th District) (key figure in attempt to stop Centre County, PA from purchasing DREs)

2006 candidates for governor
* Rod Smith, FL (D) (see description in dKos diary at Petition for Election Reform in Florida)
* Bob Fitrakis, OH (Green) (filed lawsuits in OH, worked with John Conyers)

2006 candidates for U.S. Congress
* Jeeni Criscenzo, CA (D) (49th District)
* Marcy Winograd, CA (D) (36th District); defeated by Jane Harman in primary
* Clint Curtis, FL (D) (24th District)
* Cynthia McKinney, GA (D) (4th District) (appears in Votergate, Help America Vote - On Paper, etc.; was keynote speaker at the Nashville TN "Gathering to Save Our Democracy" Conference)
* John Conyers, MI (D) (14th District) (wrote report)
* Rush Holt, NJ (D) (12th District) (original sponsor of HR 550, the bill for voter-verified paper record ballots with routine random audits of all elections)
* Tony Barr, PA (D) (9th District)
* Michael Badnarik, TX (Libertarian) (10th District) (active in OH lawsuit)

2006 candidates for U.S. Senate
* Kevin Zeese, MD (Unity -- Green, Libertarian, Populist) (co-founder of VoteTrustUSA, TrueVote MD)

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