ON YAHOO!: Voting Committee Examines 2004 Election

[BigBearJohn]

WASHINGTON - Members of a new federal voting commission meeting Wednesday to review problems with the 2004 election denounced the secretaries of state from Ohio and Florida, two states at the epicenter of complaints, for failing to show up.



"We can have disagreements, but you can't run and you can't hide," said House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney, R-Ohio.


Ney, whose committee oversees election issues, said he would continue to push for Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and his Florida counterpart, Glenda Hood, to appear the Election Assistance Commission. Elections chiefs from four other states were to testify later Wednesday.


Ney called the commission hearing to examine the successes and failures of the Help America Vote Act, which was passed after the disputed 2000 election in Florida and has been fraught with delays and a shortage of money.

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[rodeodance]

1. Ney called Blackwell and Hood arogant!! umm...I think he is miffed that

he got stood up!! Ney is a Repug from OHIO---and he is Chair. I think Ney should step aside as Chair.

...."The arrogance of these secretaries of state, to not be here today, is an affront to those persons who elected them to office," said Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (news, bio, voting record) of California, the top Democrat on the Administration Committee.

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2. That came from Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald of California.

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