| Sacramento News & Review |
| Oct 12, 2006 |
Editorial
State Senator Debra Bowen is the clear choice to become California’s new secretary of state. She has shown a resolute and unsurpassed commitment, during her long years in both the Assembly and Senate, to open government and the cleaning up of our flawed political process.
A law co-authored by Bowen in 1993 unlocked the Legislature’s computer files and gave computer users worldwide Internet access to information about state bills, committee analyses, legislators’ voting records and much, much more. Bowen wrote the law that gave citizens electronic access to California’s public records. As secretary of state, she’ll clearly continue the fight for open government. Also, she has fought for campaign-finance reform throughout her career.
Bowen has a strong legislative record on consumer privacy issues. Among other things, she’s authored legislation that has made it hard for criminals to commit identity theft by banning companies (like banks) from using Social Security numbers as passwords and identifiers.
Finally, Bowen has been a voice of reason when it comes to our need to have voting systems we can trust. She opposed the recent certification of Diebold voting machines while her opponent in this race, current Secretary of State Bruce McPherson, said recertification was fine, even though security flaws were evident. What more needs to be said? Let’s elect Debra Bowen on November 7.
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