Invited speakers were from the well-known organizations such as the California Association of County Elections Officials (CACEO)- President Steve Weir, League of Women Voters, Common Cause, California Voter Foundation, and Los Angeles and Contra Costa Counties.
I must agree with Brad Friedman that Kim Alexander of California Voter Foundation gave incredibly passionate and razor-sharp focused comments on what is needed before the June 3 state primary election.
SOS Debra Bowen, as usual, showed her acute awareness of the issues and was warmly embraced by the panel and the audience in general.
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There was general agreement among the senators and assemblymember in attendance that there is need for significant legislative change, possibly on an “urgency” basis, to clean up a number of electoral issues that continue to plague the system. Strong statements by Senator Jenny Oropeza indicated there is a likelihood of passing “urgency legislation” that would take effect immediately.
After appearing before legislative bodies (including the Board of Supervisors) on many occasions, I must say this session left me with the most hope that there actually WILL be action taken to protect our elections.
My compliments to Secretary of State Debra Bowen for staying nearly the entire session and listening intently to all speakers, including many many Election Integrity Advocates who were relegated to speak last under “Public Testimony”.
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