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US election commissioner seeks process for canceling Election Day
(Erica Werner, Associated Press, June 25, 2004)
The government needs to establish guidelines for canceling or rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again, says the chairman of a new federal voting commission. . . . "Look at the possibilities. If the federal government were to cancel an election or suspend an election, it has tremendous political implications. If the federal government chose not to suspend an election it has political implications," said Soaries, a Republican and former secretary of state of New Jersey. . . . "Who makes the call, under what circumstances is the call made, what are the constitutional implications?" he said. "I think we have to err on the side of transparency to protect the voting rights of the country." . . . Soaries said his bipartisan, four-member commission might make a recommendation to Congress about setting up guidelies. . . . Soaries also said he wants to know what federal officials are doing to increase security on Election Day. He said security officials must take care not to allow heightened security measures to intimidate minority voters, but that local and state election officials he's talked to have not been told what measures to expect. . . . "There's got to be communication," he said, "between law enforcement and election officials in preparation for November." . . .

[COMMENT: What kind of a democracy is it that requires such tight cooperation between the police, the military, and voters? Before the Bush junta is finished destroying this nation we will most likely wish we were living some place more safe and "democratic", like Iraq.]

posted by LoZo 10:09 AM