Reply #28: NV: Heller touts work as secretary of state [View All]

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Reno Gazette Journal

ANJEANETTE DAMON
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
Posted: 8/1/2006

Dean Heller, a lifelong fixture in Carson City, is betting his track record as secretary of state will propel him to Washington, D.C., in November.
"Frankly, I think I get elected to Congress if the public feels I did a good job as secretary of state," he said. "I believe I did an exceptional job as secretary of state."
Heller, 46, is one of five Republicans competing in the Aug. 15 primary to replace U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Reno, who is running for governor. His opponents are former Assemblywoman Dawn Gibbons, the incumbent's wife; Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, R-Reno; Minden retiree Glenn Thomas and Las Vegan Richard Gilster.
Gilster couldn't be reached by the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Heller said his office has become a national model for implementing new federal voting regulations that were born of the 2000 election. Nevada was the only state in 2004 to have a paper trail on its new electronic voting machines and election officials from across the nation came to watch how it worked.
But Heller missed a federal deadline to implement a federally-required statewide voter registration database earlier this year. His critics accused him of botching the $4.6 million contract with a company to design the system. The company has had similar problems in other states across the nation

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