Secretary of State Bowen has done exactly what she said she would do when we elected her in November.  She conducted the nation's first full, "top-to-bottom" independent review of electronic voting machines.  After finding serious flaws with the system, she decertified them.  And now there are strict new security measures in place to reassure all Californians that we will not be the next Florida or Ohio.

Despite heavy opposition from county elections officials, who didn't want to lose face with their constituents (and apparently wouldn't mind getting a job with Diebold's PR department), Secretary Bowen has acted with courage and done the right thing.

But we need to have her back going forward.  As progressive activist David Dayen said today, "Bowen is going up against some really powerful forces and needs our support.  The registrars are going to scream holy hell about this, and we'll hear that we don't have the money to up and change everything now.  That dog shouldn't hunt."

Thank you, Secretary Bowen, for making sure our votes count.  We've got your back.