Noble Idea: The Secretary of State (SOS) Project

The Secretary of State (SOS) Project does seem like a good idea: supporting the election of decent secretaries of state now to increase the chances of a fair (i.e., not rigged!) election cycle in 2008.

We've already suffered tremendously with very bad secretaries of state, even when we're not residents of the state where the secretary works. Some of the worst examples are Katherine Harris in Florida for Election 2000 and Ken Blackwell in Ohio in 2004.

Unfortunately, we have a pretty much across-country problem in that secretaries of state, charged with overseeing elections, are often political hacks who then coordinate the state-wide campaign for a particular candidate, as Harris did in 2000 for George W. Bush and Blackwell did in 2004 for.. you guessed it.. Bush.

We need to stop this practice. Visit the SOS Project Web site to learn more.