DeForest Soaries Quotes
- When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.
- Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.
- I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems…
- When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states…
- We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have…
- When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never…
- And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.
- Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and…
- I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress…
- The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect…
- I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote.
- We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the…