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Rules Committee reopens Brent Turner voting-task-force seat after heated testimony over conduct and expertise
Summary
After hours of mixed public testimony — with supporters praising Brent Turner’s election transparency work and critics alleging bullying and threats — the Rules Committee voted to reopen the Voting Systems Task Force seat and allow additional applicants, continuing the item to the call of the chair.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Monday moved to reopen consideration of a nomination to the city’s Voting Systems Task Force after a heated public hearing that split neighborhood activists, computer experts and supervisors.
Brent Turner, the nominee, addressed the panel and denied wrongdoing, saying he had “never been charged with anything in my life” and apologizing for past profanity in emails and voicemails. He called the controversy a “smear campaign” and urged supervisors to consider his experience pressing for open-source, auditable election systems.
Supporters who spoke during the two-hour public comment period credited Turner with…
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