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DeForest Soaries

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

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

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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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."
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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."
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"Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed."
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"Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind."
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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."
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"We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the best practices to distribute throughout the country. And we had to do all of that in ten months."
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"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong."
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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."
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"When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life."
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"The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members."
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