110 HRES 1104 IH: Congratulating California Secretary of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-04-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1104 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 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

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.