fighting smart. The SoS project is doing the behind the scenes work to make sure that all of our foot work and phone calls amount to a victory and not a recount. God bless 'em.
On the Center for Public Integrity Sarah Laskow in her article Election '08 scoring Secretary of State Seats for Dems explains how the 527, Secretary of State Project, has already helped to put Democrats in as Secretary of State in Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, Minnesota and Ohio during the 2004 election cycle.
Though disclosure forms do not capture the group’s involvement, the SoS Project has generated huge financial support for the seven candidates it supported last election season (the group backed losing candidates in Colorado and Michigan). While $500,000 might not seem like much compared to some of the figures being tossed around in national races, that sort of money makes a huge difference in state races.
This year they are targeting for more states:
Missouri, Oregon, Montana and West Virginia.
This is smart politics. Unfortunately we all learned how important a Secretary of State can be in the 2000 election. On a local level we should be looking at the Supervisor of Election positions also.
Three cheers for the SoS Project! Help them if you can.