DeForest Soaries

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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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 in various places. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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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 standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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