David Thomas: “I will now talk a little bit about election reform. Of course, that is the bill that is before us now, but we have not…”

“I will now talk a little bit about election reform. Of course, that is the bill that is before us now, but we have not been able to move it forward in the last day and a half or so. Whether we will be able to or not, I do not know. No one disagrees, of course, with seeking to do something to make elections fair; to make the changes, if there need to be changes made, to make elections available to everyone on a free basis, an open basis, and a legal basis. I am glad the Senate has taken up this bill. I happen to believe the major responsibility for voting, whether it be in Florida or whether it be in Wyoming, lies with the State. Where there are problems with voting, the State election officers, it seems to me, have the primary responsibility to do that. One of the issues that has come up--not unusually, I suppose; it comes up in many areas such as health care, education--there is a difference between how you do things in New York City and Meeteetsi, WY.”