DENHAM CALLS FOR SHELLEY TO RESIGN VS

REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR JEFF DENHAM TODAY CALLED ON SECRETARY OF STATE KEVIN SHELLEY TO RESIGN, AMID NUMEROUS CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATIONS, MULTIPLE PERSONNEL COMPLAINTS, AND ABUSE OF FEDERAL "HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT (HAVA)" FUNDS. HAVA IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTER TURNOUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO RECENT REPORTS, SHELLEY DIRECTED MUCH OF THIS MONEY TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES, BY TARGETING PARTISAN RALLIES AND EVENTS, AND EVEN A JANET JACKSON CONCERT. ACCORDING TO DENHAM, SHELLEY ALSO USED FEDERAL ELECTION FUNDING FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL POLITICAL BENEFIT, BY DISTRIBUTING "MY VOTE COUNTS" BUTTONS THAT BEAR HIS NAME. DENHAM PLANS TO INTRODUCE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHEN THE LEGISLATURE RECONVENES, THAT WOULD MAKE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE NON-PARTISAN.