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Statement from Senator Barack Obama on the Withdrawal of FEC Nominee Hans von Spakovsky

Friday, May 16, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Michael Ortiz, 202 228 5566

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement on the withdrawal of Hans von Spakovsky to be a member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC):

"Mr. von Spakovsky disqualified himself from this position by undermining the long tradition of professional, nonpartisan administration of voting rights laws at the Department of Justice. That is why I have opposed his nomination to the FEC. I hope that today's announcement removes the last obstacle to reconstituting this important agency."