The Oregonian recently published the following letter by Oregon VRC Chair, Nancy Matela.

Please also see and hear the candidates for yourself. Click the image on the right for Part One of the recent Secretary of State Candidate Forum on Election Integrity! [1]

Walker has Integrity [2]
May 4, 2008

The Oregonian missed an important opportunity to advance election integrity in Oregon in overlooking Sen. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, for secretary of state.

The Oregon Voter Rights Coalition is the leading election integrity activist organization in Oregon with grass-roots supporters statewide. We have observed that Walker has shown a genuine belief in the importance of election integrity and has demonstrated a superior, objective understanding of Oregon's election system. She is the one candidate to openly acknowledge that our election system, although very good, is tarnished by secret electronic counting processes and that the machine-tallied results are not verified.

She is also the one candidate who promises to address these problems when in office. Her track record in the state Legislature has proved that she does what's right rather than what's politically expedient.

NANCY MATELA
Chairwoman Oregon Voter Rights Coalition Southeast Portland