[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 7, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S165-S166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      RETIREMENT OF CHARLENE DAVIS

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, today I acknowledge and pay tribute 
to Charlene Davis's dedication and service to the people of Missouri as 
she retires from the Jackson County Election Board of Election 
Commissioners after 34 years.
  During her tenure with the board, Charlene has helped modernize our 
election technology, improving the reliability and integrity of 
elections.

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  Charlene had the opportunity to design the program to implement punch 
card voting; to design, implement, and monitor the computerized 
database for voter registration; and to implement the National Voting 
Rights Act, making modifications to the database to conform. Charlene 
has been instrumental to making the voting process in the State of 
Missouri a secure one.
  Charlene was also implemental in securing the new electronic voting 
system required by Help America Vote Act. As a sponsor of the Help 
America Vote Act, I express my gratitude to Charlene in executing this 
program.
  She has been an active member of The International Association of 
Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials & Treasurers since 1981, serving 
as State director from Missouri for 10 years, treasurer of IACREOT and 
special assistant to the president in 2004.
  Charlene received her formal education from the University of 
Missouri, in Columbia, MO, where she majored in math and physics.
  She and her husband Wade are the parents of three married children, 
and they have eight grandchildren.
  Charlene, congratulations on your well-deserved retirement and best 
wishes for your future endeavors.

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