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Ok, Dallas peeps, here's what happened today. League of Women Voters had a really good meeting with Bruce Sherbet, Dalco election head guy.
First I want to really encourage people in the area to get involved with LWV. They have exactly the same stance as many people on this board do re: BBV. Plus they have a lot of influence and have been doing this for a while, and their nonpartisan status gives activists a better status.
Bruce has a really good understanding of elections issues. He knows all about the Motor Voter problems with voter reg. They even went through all the provisionals and even checked the DMV database to make sure that these voters got to register. We had approx 20% of provisionals count in our county.
As far as BBV, Bruce really encouraged us to get involved and get feedback to federal and state to get some kind of standardization. He seemed very aware of the "Voter Angst" around machines and agreed that something needs to be done to make all of the voters feel better. He was very careful not to take a specific position -- his point was that he would like federal or state to take a stand and then he will follow that.
I really like Bruce, he seems to want to do a good job, be really open to questions, understand our concerns, etc. I think I'm going to really throw my weight behind LWV -- they seem to really know what's going on. And, Dallas, if you're worried about stuff-- get involved locally -- the people here want to hear from you and talk to you!
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