I know we're all politically exhausted, but I need to ask you all for one more vote. The Court of Appeals Runoff early voting starts today, and I'd like you all to consider a vote for Howard Mead. Mead, at least, has publicly come out in favor of halting these electronic voting machines and it cannot harm our cause to have a judge with personal experience on how bad these machines are.
Should we ever find a Georgia attorney brave enough to fight these things in court, it would be nice to encounter Howard Mead on the bench hearing our arguments.
Early runoff voting begins
Published on: 11/14/04
Advance voting begins today in a Nov. 23 runoff for a seat on the state Court of Appeals.
Neither Debra Bernes nor Howard Mead was able to garner the 45 percent of the vote necessary to avoid a runoff in the three-way race on Nov. 2.
The race pits Bernes, a Marietta lawyer and former Cobb County prosecutor, against Mead, an Atlanta lawyer and former counsel to Govs. Zell Miller and Roy Barnes.
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Let's not forget Mead's very public pronouncements about electroninc voting:
Take two ballots and call us Nov. 3: A Barnes aide comes down with an expensive case of buyer's remorse
Howard Mead was strolling through the state Capitol the other day. He had an appointment with a photographer -- part of his revived campaign for a seat on the state Court of Appeals. We still don't know when the new election ordered up by the state Supreme Court will be held.
When he's not campaigning or earning a paycheck, Mead often spends time passing on news articles that question the wisdom of electronic voting.
It is strange, because Mead was legal adviser to Gov. Roy Barnes, who in 2002 approved and budgeted the $54 million needed to buy the touch-screen machines, at the request of Secretary of State Cathy Cox.
Mead has a darn simple explanation for the contradiction. "We were wrong," he said. Mead now thinks the state should have held out for a system with a paper-ballot back-up. We're sure Cox will be glad to hear the news.
Just one more time to the polls, cast a ballot for Howard Mead. Let them all know we are paying attention.