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It's nice to see that Ohio managed to get the attention of the BBC and get a nod to the efforts the state has made to try to eliminate the problems of 2000 & 2004 while still recognizing that a projected 80% turnout is huge...
Unfortunately, the article highlights the fact that the Secretary of State is a partisan position and Secretary Brunner is a Democrat. I recall a certain Secretary Blackwell (Brunner's predecessor) as being one of the most hated men in Ohio (at least among Democrats) because of decisions made that ended up benefiting President Bush - I have a sneaking suspicion that Ms. Brunner will be the Democrat equivilant of that scenario with Republicans blaming her for a loss by Senator McCain.
This is evidenced in the BBC article by the statement that Ms. Brunner's office has been deluged with threatening emails and phone calls...
My radical suggestion - the Secretary of State should be non partisan or the role of heading all elections in the state should be spun off from the Secretary and given to a non-partisan administrator. Ta-daaah!
And that my friends, is my blinding flash of the obvious for today!
BBC NEWS | Americas | US Elections 2008 | Will US voters face poll chaos?
It's nice to see that Ohio managed to get the attention of the BBC and get a nod to the efforts the state has made to try to eliminate the problems of 2000 & 2004 while still recognizing that a projected 80% turnout is huge...
Unfortunately, the article highlights the fact that the Secretary of State is a partisan position and Secretary Brunner is a Democrat. I recall a certain Secretary Blackwell (Brunner's predecessor) as being one of the most hated men in Ohio (at least among Democrats) because of decisions made that ended up benefiting President Bush - I have a sneaking suspicion that Ms. Brunner will be the Democrat equivilant of that scenario with Republicans blaming her for a loss by Senator McCain.
This is evidenced in the BBC article by the statement that Ms. Brunner's office has been deluged with threatening emails and phone calls...
My radical suggestion - the Secretary of State should be non partisan or the role of heading all elections in the state should be spun off from the Secretary and given to a non-partisan administrator. Ta-daaah!
And that my friends, is my blinding flash of the obvious for today!
BBC NEWS | Americas | US Elections 2008 | Will US voters face poll chaos?
