Do you remember the utter frustration after the 2004 election when reading story after story of voter intimidation and misdirection, hours-long poll lines, broken machines, odd voting tallies, and unexplained exit polls? And more recent stories of proven unsecure voting machine technology in California, North Carolina and Florida only confirmed many of our suspicions.
And do you remember feeling disconnected from the "real world" because -except for the on-line community- no one else seemed concerned about the state of our election apparatus?
Finally, a major politician is addressing the issue through a nation-wide campaign. Governor Tom Vilsack and his Heartland PAC is looking to improve our electoral system by helping to elect candidates with integrity for secretaries of state and through the development of some fundamental principles for conducting fair elections.
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