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From: Stig Agermose <Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 01:05:58 +0200
Fwd Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 00:38:47 -0400
Subject: Barwood No Longer Affiliated With UFO Believers


Source: The Arizona Daily Star

http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/126-6089.html

Stig

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Saturday, 5 September 1998

Bayless, Barwood view secretary of state role differently

By Jill Jorden Spitz
The Arizona Daily Star

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Betsey Bayless and Frances Emma Barwood are both Republicans.

They both have held public office.

They're both 54.

They're both seeking the Republican nomination to be secretary
of state.

And that's where the similarities end.

Bayless, who was appointed secretary of state last September, is
warm and understated. Barwood, a former Phoenix City Council
member and vice mayor, is high-spirited and outspoken.

Bayless prides herself on her efficiency, integrity and
leadership. Barwood takes pride in her take-no-prisoners
sensibility and willingness to take on whomever and whatever is
in her way.

Bayless is buttoned-down and businesslike. Barwood appeared at
her campaign kickoff with UFO researchers who vowed the
candidate would bring unexplained, extraterrestrial visitations
to the forefront.

After unexplained lights appeared over Phoenix in March 1997,
Barwood - then a city councilwoman - demanded an investigation.
She now says she still wants to know the source of the
mysterious V-shaped light formation reported by hundreds of
Phoenix-area residents, but she maintains she has no particular
interest - or belief - in UFOs.

She says she no longer is affiliated with the UFO believers who
attended her kickoff press conference.

But perhaps the biggest difference between the candidates is in
their ideas for cleaning up the voter rolls. During her year in
office, Bayless has worked to purge the names of voters who have
died, moved out of the state or been convicted of a felony.

Barwood says that's not enough. She believes voter fraud is
rampant - particularly among illegal aliens and people voting
under false names. The only way to combat that, she contends, is
to require voters to show proof of identification and U.S.
citizenship at the polls.

"There is absolutely nothing to check the validity of voters,"
Barwood said. "We found people voting under criminal aliases,
bogus names. Even animals were registered to vote."

Although the U.S. Justice Department has ruled it illegal to ask
for proof of citizenship, Barwood said that's a ruling she's
prepared to challenge.

"We need to have somebody in that office who's not afraid to
deal with the hard stuff," she said. "If that means taking on
the federal government and saying, 'This is our state and this
is the way we're going to do it,' so be it."

In Bayless' view, her job is to uphold the law - not to fight
it.

"Whatever I do from this office will be done according to the
law, because that's the oath I took." she said. "I am unwilling
to put tax dollars at risk and our elections at risk by
undertaking elections that could be illegal in the eyes of the
federal government."

Beyond cleaning up the voter rolls, Bayless wants to increase
voter turnout. Her office mails birthday cards and voter
registration forms to 18-year-olds, and plans extensive research
and community forums to determine why people don't vote.

Barwood said she would push for greater Election Day
accountability, with large windows that allow the public to
watch as ballots are counted. She also would like all counting
videotaped, and favors keeping ballots for the term of each
office.

Considering the office's relatively unexciting role overseeing
elections and processing paperwork, differences between the
candidates may seem inconsequential.

But consider this: The secretary of state steps into the
governor's office should it be vacated. And consider this: In
the past two decades, three secretaries of state have ascended
to Arizona's highest office.

Last fall, Jane Hull was sworn in after former Gov. Fife
Symington was convicted of federal bank fraud. In 1988, Rose
Mofford became governor after Evan Mecham was impeached.

Wesley Bolin moved into the governor's office in 1977, after
Raul Castro resigned to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina.

The winner of Tuesday's primary will face House Minority Leader
Art Hamilton, who is the sole Democrat seeking the post.