As a USA Today article reports, some Democratic Political Action Committees (PACs) are devoting their resources to Secretary of State races this 2006 election season. These PACs are serving the understandably nervous Democrats in states forecasted to be competitive in the upcoming 2008 Presidential race; the states spotlighted include Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada and Ohio. Secretaries of State control most voting regulations and influence state purchases of voting machines.

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