| May 12, 2008 JFK Library hands out annual awards
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(NECN: Greg Wayland, Boston, Mass.) - Two election officials and a former governor now have a little extra hardware for their mantles. They were honored Monday in Boston with the Profile in Courage Award, for helping maintain the integrity of the vote in their respective states -- and for promoting racial equality.
Click here to view Debra Bowen's speech.
Click here to view Jennifer Brunner's speech.
Click here to view William Winter's speech.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Ohio Secretary of
State Jennifer Brunner were presented with Profile in Courage
Awards, annual honors named for a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book
written by John F. Kennedy.
In California, Bowen severely restricted the use of electronic
voting systems six months before the Feb. 5 presidential primary,
after an independent review found they could be hacked.
In Ohio, Brunner required counties using electronic voting
systems to give paper ballots to voters who requested them in the
primary election held this month. She also ordered county officials
to replace
their electronic voting systems with paper ballots and
optical scan technology by the November general election.
A Profile in Courage award also was given Monday to former
Mississippi Gov. William Winter for promoting racial equality and
educational opportunity in his state.
*Material from the Associated Press used in this report*
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