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    HB2635

    Voting equipment, source code escrow ------------------------
    This would require the Secretary of State to place machine source code in escrow with an independent agent, overseen by a 3 person committee to investigate and test vote recording and tabulations machines. ------------------------
    Sponsor: Rep Ted Downing (D) LD 28

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    Verifiable paper ballot ------------------------
    This would require the use of a paper ballot that the voter can verify to subsequently be counted by vote tabulating equipment. ------------------------
    Sponsors: Rep Ted Downing (D) LD 28, Steve Gallardo (D) LD 13 (Former Maricopa County Assistant Elections Director), Phil Lopes (D) LD 27

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    Wednesday, October 26, 2005

    Jeff Latas for US Congress in CD 8?
    I just got back from a vigil in Catalina to mourn our fallen soldiers, which I shared with Salette Latas, amongst others. Salette is carrying a sign, "Bring my son home from Iraq." Why do I mention this? Her husband Jeff Latas is planning to run agaist Jim Kolbe in CD 8. See Desert Rose post on Daily Kos to learn more about him. He is an avid environmentalist who works for a future powered by fossil-free energy. He is a credible anti-Iraq-war candidate with 20+ years of military service (Air Force) and the best possible platform: a son in the service who has been mistreated by a desperate military - sent overseas in bare remission from leukemia. He works as an airline pilot with Jet Blue. The DCCC are lukewarm about Jeff unless he can show he can make money, or maybe because he is somewhat progressive?

    Anyway, when he shed tears for his son at our LD 26 meeting last week, he won my forever support. The boy had leukemia, had gone into remission, they sent him as soon as he went into remission, and now he is back out of remission. By the way, the social worker at Walter reed that they talked to said they are getting 5 soldiers a week home from Iraq with leukemia just from the toxic environment. Please look at his web site and let's see if we can agree on supporting Jeff Latas for US Congress in CD 8.

    by Rev. Gerry Straatemeier

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