Endorsements 2006

SECRETARY OF STATE | Debra Bowen

Frankly, we would have liked to be able to endorse sitting Secretary of State Bruce McPherson (who was appointed to the job after Kevin Shelley was forced out of office in a scandal). McPherson, a Santa Cruz Republican (!), represented the Central Coast well as a state senator.

But he has declined to take a strong position on protecting the sanctity of votes in the face of controversial changes in voting technology. That issue lies at the heart of this job.

Debra Bowen, a termed-out state senator, believes some of this new technology could be an invitation to fraud, and we agree. Right now California needs a secretary of state who is rigorously skeptical. That’s Bowen.