Reply #3: I am not sure if pushing him right now is the right thing.

[Helga Scow Stern]

But we do need to keep disseminating the awareness of why he is being attacked and had to resign. The way it looks if you just glance at all the articles is that he is just another bad politician who screwed up. I am pretty sure that's what most people probably think. But if we keep writing about it we can expose the very partisan nature of those who accuse him of the same thing. The EAC and the connections with Diebold of one of his main accusers, Nicole Parra (D-Hanford), whose county (Kern) was one of the four not allowed to go ahead with uncertified Diebold equipment.

Blackwell is doing the same thing now in Ohio that Shelley tried to stop in California, using Diebold equipment that is not yet certified. Diebold lied about it to Shelley, and they got caught. Blackwell says it doesn't matter and that it will save money.