Rick Jacobs Statement on L.A. County "Double Bubble Trouble" Responding to Dean Logan's Report
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA — Rick Jacobs, Chair and Founder of the Courage Campaign, issued the following statement in response to Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters Dean Logan’s report:
“Mr. Logan has erred. Every single vote cast last Tuesday must be counted. He must immediately take two steps:
- Tally every single DTS ballot—some 94,500—to see how many voters intended to vote for president.
- Count every vote for president on those ballots.
As we have said since the election, Mr. Logan and the county have at their disposal the means to count the votes and ascertain voter intent in nearly all cases. Anything short of that is unacceptable disenfranchisement of LA County voters.
Mr. Logan can save the county time and money by counting the votes now rather than subjecting the county to lawsuits and protracted engagements over an issue that he can solve in the next few days, well before the election is certified.
Nearly 25,000 people have signed our online petition demanding that the votes be counted; this is but the tip of the iceberg. With record turn out, Mr. Logan has a duty to the public to count the votes.”