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Indiana Secretary of State: Todd Rokita

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October 9, 2008
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita Reports on Voter File & Process for Verifying Voter Registrations [view]
October 2, 2008
IN. Secretary of State Todd Rokita Continues Middle East Election Oversight Trip with Visit to Afghanistan [view]
Sept. 30, 2008
Rokita Visits Hoosiers on the Front Lines in Iraq to Encourage Military Voting [view]

 

 Secretary Rokita

Todd Rokita was elected as Indiana’s 59th Secretary of State in 2002.  Since then he has redefined and modernized the Secretary of State’s office to provide Hoosier investors, businesses, and voters better service and to promote Indiana’s economic prosperity. more info »

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For Immediate Release:Contact: Kate Shepherd
December 10, 2004 317-233-8655


Indiana Recount Commission Chairman Todd Rokita's Statement on the Approval of the Motion to Dismiss the Ninth Congressional District Recount and Contest

First of all, I would like to thank some people for their help with this recount. The County Clerks, the Indiana State Police and the State Board of Accounts were invaluable over the last few weeks.

The recount process is, by design, an open, public process which serves to instill and maintain voter confidence in our electoral system so that there will be no question as to the winner. We can learn a great deal from recounts -- how to improve state law, what we can do better as election administrators, and what we already do extremely well. I am reminded that the United States Supreme Court in 2000 held Indiana up as a shining example for the rest of the world to note how to conduct an election recount in a free society. This recount taught us that the process did, in fact, function as it should. As with every election ever conducted throughout world history, there were some small human errors that were discovered. However, there were no systemic problems that came to light. From this, we get reassurance that the election was fair and accurate. Hopefully, this knowledge will boost voter confidence in the election process.

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