Marcy Winograd, candidate in the36th Congressional District (LA-Beach Cities), attempts to present an arrest warrant to Republican appointed Secretary of State Bruce McPherson who was "NOT IN!" according to an unnamed press person sent to meet with Winograd and her supporters.
Fearing a repeat of the Ohio fiasco when there were numerous alleged voting irregularities in Diebold machines in an election that gave the presidency to George W. Bush, Winograd demands verifiable voting as well an open software. "We cannot have a repeat of what happened in Ohio in California's elections!"
The arrest warrant said in part: "Defendant has endangered the security of the citizens' vote by certifying untrustworthy electronic voting systems from Diebold, ES& S, and other corporations proven unworthy of our sacred voting rights! Defendant ignored Californians' state constitutional right 'of access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business' by such certifications."
McPherson, appointed by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarznegger after the resignation of the elected Democratic Secretary of State, did not respond to the warrant or to the demonstrators in front of his Sacramento office.
Winograd's opponent in the race, incumbent Jane Harman, has taken no position on the issue and did not appear at the State Democratic Convention in which Winograd's supporters amassed 449 delegate signatures to challenge Harman for the endorsement.

Photos: (c) 2006 Linda Sutton

Marcy Winograd, candidate for 36th Congressional District (LA-Beach Cities), demonstrating outside Republican- appointed Secretary of State\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s office