Political Quotes

“along with my colleague Senator Mike Crapo, I rise today to ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the mission statement for the Citizens Committee for Election Integrity and their recommended minimum standards for fair and honest elections. Idahoans concerned about election integrity formed the Citizens Committee for Election Integrity to demonstrate the meaning of the Constitution by helping ensure the voices of ``We the people'' are heard. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: The Citizens Committee for Election Integrity's mission statement reads as follows: All political power rests with the people. Our Constitutionally guaranteed republican form of government relies on free, fair, and honest elections to select our representatives and leaders. To ensure equal protection and equal representation of the people, laws governing our elections must meet certain minimum standards. It is the purpose of this Citizens Committee to concisely articulate the minimum standards for free, fair, and honest elections. These standards shall then be used by our local, state and federal legislators as a metric for reviewing and revising election law to ensure free, fair, and honest elections where the outcome is accepted by all citizens of good will.…”