2008 Profile in Courage Award goes to...

[YvonneCa]

...Jennifer Brunner (Ohio) and Debra Bowen (Ca). DUJK link is that both are SOS of their states after the 2004 Ken Blackwell mess.

Thought you all might find it interesting. :)


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Boston MA – Two public officials who challenged the reliability of electronic voting systems in a bid to ensure the integrity of the vote in their states have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™, it was announced today by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California, and Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State of Ohio, will be presented the prestigious award for political courage by Caroline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday, May 12

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"As we prepare to cast our ballots for the next President of the United States, our confidence in the integrity and reliability of the voting process has never been more important,” said Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. “Secretaries of State Debra Bowen and Jennifer Brunner have each demonstrated exceptional leadership in working to ensure that voting systems provide a full and accurate count of the vote. Our democracy depends on voter trust. Debra Bowen and Jennifer Brunner’s efforts to earn that trust have made them true profiles in courage."
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http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/News+and+Press/California+and+Ohio+Secretaries+of+State+Named+2008+JFK+Profile+in+Courage+Award+Recipients+Former+M.htm

[MBS]

1. oh, this is really interesting. Good for the JFK Foundation!!!!! n/t

[YvonneCa]

2. It is...

...interesting, isn't it? :) I agree, good for them.