[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1104 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1104

   Congratulating California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Ohio 
  Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, recipients of the 2008 John F. 
                   Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2008

 Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California (for herself and Ms. Sutton) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Congratulating California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Ohio 
  Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, recipients of the 2008 John F. 
                   Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Whereas Secretaries of State Debra Bowen and Jennifer Brunner have each 
        demonstrated extraordinary leadership in working to ensure that voting 
        systems provide both a full and accurate count of the vote;
Whereas Secretary Bowen ordered and independent review of the new voting 
        technologies to ensure they adequately protected the integrity of the 
        vote;
Whereas Secretary Bowen limited the use of direct-recording electronic voting 
        machines and imposed security and auditing requirements on systems used 
        in California's February 5 presidential primary election when the study 
        revealed significant flaws in the voting systems;
Whereas Secretary Brunner ordered paper ballots be provided to any voter who 
        requested on during Ohio's March 2008 presidential primary; and
Whereas Secretary Brunner called for the replacement of all the State's 
        electronic voting systems with paper ballots and optical scan technology 
        as a result of a series of voting irregularities in the State: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commends Secretaries of State Debra Bowen of California 
        and Jennifer Brunner of Ohio for their efforts to ensure the 
        integrity of the voting process; and
            (2) congratulates Secretaries Bowen and Brunner for being 
        named recipients of the 2008 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage 
        Award.
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