State won't release bulk of voter funds (CA)("not essential" for election)

[Khephra]

State won't release bulk of voter funds
Elections chief Shelley's earlier expenditures resulted in audit

Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's finance director on Friday refused most of Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's request for $25.3 million in federal voting act funds, saying that the money is not essential for conducting November's presidential election.

The decision came as the secretary of state released documents showing that earlier spending on voter outreach efforts using federal funds sometimes took a partisan slant.

In August, the Department of Finance held up $34 million of unspent Help America Vote Act funds after lawmakers called for an audit of how Shelley had spent the money. Newspapers had reported that Shelley awarded some of the money to Democratic Party activists and political allies.

The administration later released $15.2 million in grants to counties to train poll workers, make it easier for disabled voters to cast ballots and monitor election results. Shelley sought an additional $25.3 million in voting act funds -- including some outside the $34 million initially withheld by the state -- saying they were critical to the November election.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/18/BAGG08QTDO1.DTL

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. remember folks

Shelley decertified diebold in the state...

You think Arnie is happy?

[Joanne98]

2. I hate that fucking Arnold SOB

Everytime I see his smart ass on TV I want to spit...

[MsLeopard]

3. No kidding

I hate his Neanderthal knuckle-dragging misogynist ass too.

[CreekDog]

4. The CA Finance Director is Donna Aduoin (from Jeb Bush)

Not exactly an apolitical person.

Jeb offered her to California and Arnold brought her into CA gov't.

Now she's interfering with elections. Charming.

[Eloriel]

6. Oh, God, that's RIGHT -- I'd forgotten all about that

You don't happen to have a link handy, do you? Would be WONDERFUL documentation for this thread.

[ParanoidPat]

7. Audit falls to Florida's budget chief........

..... Click here to find out more! :evilgrin:

Audit falls to Florida's budget chief
Some feel California spending is already one big, open book

Christian Berthelsen, Lynda Gledhill, John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writers
Friday, October 10, 2003
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle Sections

Sacramento -- Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Thursday that a fiscal adviser to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would oversee the audit of California's spending that the newly elected governor says is needed before he lays out his plan to fix state finances.

The task will fall to Donna Arduin, who will take temporary leave as Florida's state budget director to conduct the review. Arduin also worked as budget chief in New York under Republican Gov. George Pataki.

But Schwarzenegger's insistence on an "outside" audit is causing many in the Capitol to scratch their heads. California has a highly public budgeting process each year, and the state's spending plan is available to anyone who wants to see it.

The state also has both a state auditor who conducts a review of state spending every year and a nonpartisan analyst who examines the governor's annual budget. Another statewide officer, the state controller, employs 200 auditors who regularly conduct spending inquiries.

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[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. Arnold comes from a LONG LINE of Facsists.

Hitler, Waldheim, etc.....

:grr: