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September 21, 2005
Not so fast, Bill (and some Democrats)
A lot of people seem to have missed something about Bill Stephen's support of paper receipts for voting machines in Georgia. His proposal is only for 3 counties to have the receipts in 2006 (Cobb, Columbia and Decatur) and then if it works to expand it to all of the counties by 2008, which just happens to be when he assumes he'll be in charge to dole out the contracts and upgrade work.
A lot of Democrats have been eager to praise their new friends on the Republican side of the aisle for embracing this issue, but they should keep in mind that this is a piecemeal solution to what they consider is a problem that deserves immediate attention.
Also keep in mind that Stephens is running in a Republican primary for Secretary of State, and he just happens to choose (completely at random I'm sure) the #1 Republican County in the State (Cobb), the #4 Republican County in the State (Columbia) and the home county of current Democratic Secretary of State Cathy Cox to "test" his initiative.
Something tells me that if you're looking for a Secretary of State candidate that will keep the office out of politics (as Cox has) Stephens is not your man. (Cobb and Columbia totals calculated by adding up all votes in the 2004 Republican US Senate primary and sorting by total number of votes, by the way).
Posted by Chris at September 21, 2005 11:04 AM
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