New Oregon elections guy not universally beloved
Stephen Trout, the new fellow that Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown has brought in to run the state elections division, has some detractors from a recent gig in California. According to critics, "he has been a supporter of paperless touch-screens and worse, [and] has demonstrated a dreadful attitude towards citizen oversight." He even made a "gotta be replaced" list six years ago or so. How he will fare running Oregon's "unique" vote-by-mail system should make for some interesting viewing.
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Comments (4)
Booooooo! Well, looks like this upcoming primary season will be Trout season, too Throw 'im back!
Posted by Mojo | August 31, 2009 4:30 PM
Great, another millionaire brought into the fold to further corrupt our broken system. That's OK our votes don't count anyway and the initiative system is all but dead.
Posted by Morry thesame | August 31, 2009 5:55 PM
"has demonstrated a dreadful attitude towards citizen oversight"
One more guy to bury election stuff and play games iwth the electoral process. He'll find some more ways to kill the iniative process yet.
I thought when we replaced uber-partisan Bradbury with even more uber-partisan Brown this would be it.
Posted by Steve | August 31, 2009 8:57 PM
Touch screens? OFCOL. Throw him back, indeed.
Posted by dyspeptic | September 1, 2009 12:50 AM