DENHAM PROPOSES AMENDMENT vs

STATE SENATOR JEFF DENHAM HAS INTRODUCED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 4, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE NON-PARTISAN. AS THE STATE'S CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS AN ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO REMAIN ABOVE PARTISAN POLITICS. BUT, DENHAM SAYS, PARTISAN POLITICS HAS FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE BUSINESS OF STATE ELECTIONS RECENTLY WITH ACCUSATIONS OF TROUBLE AT THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE KEVIN SHELLEY'S OFFICE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY AT LEAST EIGHT DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS OF CALIFORNIA'S ELECTIONS CHIEF BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS NOW SAY THEY MAY LAUNCH A FULL AUDIT OF THE WAY SHELLEY SPENT "HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT" FUNDS. IF DENHAM'S AMENDMENT PASSES, CALIFORNIA WOULD BE THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO HAVE A NON-PARTISAN SECRETARY OF STATE.