Why California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Pulled the Plug on E-Voting. Bowen, a long-time IT advocate, saw too many security flaws in touch-screen voting machines. July 27, 2010 • ...

A smiling California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen gave a tour of the room where a team of academics, hackers and researchers test every kind of voting machine that is being considered for use ...

In August 2007 -- just months before the Feb. 5, 2008, presidential primary -- California Secretary of State Debra Bowen pulled the plug on the use of e-voting machines in the state. The decision ...

Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s disclosure that she suffers from severe depression drew an outpouring of support and concern Saturday from other state officials and mental health experts, but ...

Secretary of State Debra Bowen certifies a legislative map in 2011. “I have suffered from depression since I was in college, and I am having a more difficult episode right now,” Bowen said Friday.

If the serious mental illness that is clinical depression were a disqualifier for political office, we might all be speaking with a drawl by now. Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, wa… ...

Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s recent statement that she suffers from depression appropriately elicited compassion for her condition and praise for her decision to share a personal battle with ...

California’s top elections official said she has been fighting what she calls a debilitating battle with depression that has frequently kept her away from her office. Secretary of State Debra ...

Republican Pete Peterson and Democrat Alex Padilla agree on plenty of issues in their contest to take over the California secretary of state’s office. But they don’t see eye to eye on the ...

California's top elections official says she has been fighting what she calls a debilitating battle with depression that has frequently kept her away from her office. Latest U.S.

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, along with the rest of us, is no Abraham Lincoln. After two terms in office, she has not been the perfect secretary of state.