Sep 18, 2006 Filed in:
OC Register
Editorial, The Orange County
Register "The Elections Center
is a trade group that represents registrars and
election workers. Its Web site is filled with
information about how hard they work, etc., so the
skeptic in us thought it unlikely that the center
would be too harsh with one of its own. We weren't
surprised, then, by the tone or conclusions of the
investigation. It confirmed problems that have
been printed in the newspapers, but excused Mr.
Kelley's behavior: Yes, he made mistakes, but he
didn't mean to."
Tags: Elections Center, Conflicts, Neil Kelley
Sep 18, 2006 Filed in:
OC Register
Editorial, The Orange County
Register "David Smollar, the
former district spokesman who blew the whistle on
the wrongdoing, told the Register that he was told
by an elections official and by a colleague in his
district that Mr. Kelley was bending the rules to
allow them to see the petitions. Yet Mr. Smollar
said that the Elections Center never tried to
contact him, despite claims by the center that it
did leave messages."
Tags: Whistleblowers, David Smollar, Neil Kelley, Confidential Records, Elections Center, OC ROV
Jul 12, 2006 Filed in:
OC Register
Editorial, The Orange County
Register "[Kelly] adamantly
defended the office’s methods, insisting that he
followed the precise rules for counting. Yet it
appears that Mr. Kelley’s office wasn’t quite so
precise in carrying out the law when it came to
handling the petitions, allowing Capo
administrators and other community officials
access to petition data. Mr. Kelley said his
office was unaware at the time that state law
allows only the 10 original recall proponents to
see the data."
Tags: OC ROV, Neil Kelley, Confidential Records
