Reply #2: Last two paragraphs tell the real story: oust him in time to rig '06

[yurbud]

he 2006 june primary looms. It will involve all statewide officeholders and so will be even more complicated than the presidential balloting was in November. To prepare, many county elections officials, Sacramento's among them, must purchase and test new voting equipment and train poll workers on those new systems. Registrars are working furiously also to comply with federal election accessibility rules by a Jan. 1, 2006, deadline.

In addition, the state is required to have a statewide fraud resistant voter registration list in place by next year, a difficult technological feat. Achieving all of this will require leadership. Shelley is in no position to provide it. The sooner he cleans out his desk, the better off the state will be.