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	DeForest Soaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soaries received a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University; a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary; and a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary.
		Soaries was chosen by Coretta Scott King as the keynote speaker at the 2000 Martin Luther King, Jr.
		In July of 2004, Soaries wrote a letter to United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge in which he indicated that he was concerned that there was no mechanism in place for the postponement of federal elections in the event of terrorism or other emergencies.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/DeForest_Soaries (363 words)

	DeForest Soaries -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries received a (A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences) Bachelor of Arts from (additional info and facts about Fordham University) Fordham University; a (A master's degree in religion) Master of Divinity degree from (additional info and facts about Princeton Theological Seminary) Princeton Theological Seminary; and a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary.
		Soaries served as (A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies) New Jersey's (The position of the head of the State Department) Secretary of State from 12 January 1999 to 15 January 2002 under then-Governor (additional info and facts about Christine Todd Whitman) Christine Todd Whitman.
		Soaries was chosen by (additional info and facts about Coretta Scott King) Coretta Scott King as the keynote speaker at the 2000 (additional info and facts about Martin Luther King, Jr.) Martin Luther King, Jr.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/De/DeForest_Soaries1.htm (428 words)

	DeForest Soaries
		Reverend DeForest B. Soaries is an American Baptist minister, politician, author, and public advocate, from Franklin Park, New Jersey.
		A proponent of faith-based community development, and of President Bush's faith-based initiative, Soaries, through church donations, formed several non-profit community development agencies, including the Renaissance Community Development Credit Union, Renaissance Education & Technology Academy;, and the Harvest of Hope Family Services Network.
		Soaries was chosen by Coretta Scott King as the keynote speaker at the 2000 Martin Luther King, Jr celebration in Atlanta.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/d/de/deforest_soaries.html (348 words)

	Buster Soaries for Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DeForest “Buster” Soaries, the Republican Challenger, presents a thoughtful, intelligent platform based in large part on community-based philosophy that served him well as New Jersey secretary of State and continues to serve him as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens.
		Soaries brings a sense of community service and an appreciation for the troubles of the poor that would be a welcome breath of fresh air in Congress.
		Soaries is a smart, articulate, knowledgeable individual whose pastorship has been marked by community activism through his church or a handful of church-sponsored nonprofits.
	www.politicsnj.com /soaries110102.htm (615 words)

	Secretary of state may seek congressional seat Deforest ‘Buster’ Soaries to announce next step Sunday By charles w. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries said that, before taking the pulpit in Somerset, he was the assistant pastor of one of the larger churches in Trenton, and served one term on the Board of Education there.
		Soaries said he feels he can serve the needs of the new district, which is now a more diverse constituency.
		Soaries also said that his potential candidacy is not a reflection of his view on Holt.
	nbs.gmnews.com /News/2001/1213/Front_page/018.html (637 words)

	Election Assistance Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By mid-January, 2004, the EAC had no permanent offices or budget, even though it must publish state election reform plans in the Federal Register before money for new voting equipment can be disbursed to the states.
		A June 25 letter from Chairman Soaries to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge concerned dealing with terrorism aimed at disrupting the nation's elections.
		Soaries asked whether procedures were being devised to guide local election officials and offered his agency's help.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Election_Assistance_Commission (352 words)

	ABC 7 News - Chairman of Voting Reform Panel Resigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries, a Republican former New Jersey secretary of state, was the White House's pick to join the Election Assistance Commission, created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to help states enact voting reforms.
		Soaries and the other commissioners complained from the beginning that the group was underfunded and neglected by the lawmakers who created it.
		Soaries said election reform was on the front burner after the 2000 presidential recount, but it moved to the back burner - and stayed there - after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/0405/222893.html (873 words)

	The Trentonian - News - 10/25/2002 - Soaries portrays himself as a doer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The remark underscores the attitude Soaries possesses in the race for the redrawn 12th-Congressional district.
		Soaries acknowledged he is about 10 percentage points down in the polls in a race with less than two weeks until the Nov. 5 election.
		Soaries, who is a minister, said he subscribes to the belief that a good climate for private enterprise helps uplift neglected neighborhoods better than government spending.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=5831138&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (351 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Print Page: :NEWS+ANALYSIS: :Popular Vote (10/15/04)
		Ironically, Soaries and his colleagues find themselves in the same tight spot as the cash-strapped state and county officials who are struggling to manage the nation's dilapidated, decentralized election system.
		Soaries has responded with initiatives that he argues could make a big difference on Election Day and are basically cost-free.
		Soaries hurriedly issued a statement saying, "There are no circumstances that could justify the postponement or cancellation of a presidential election in the United States." But he now charges: "We were sandbagged." Those who know Soaries say that far from being partisan, he has set a collegial and nonpolitical tone.
	www.govexec.com /story_page.cfm?articleid=29789&printerfriendlyVers=1& (1242 words)

	The Trentonian - News - 07/13/2004 - Soaries: Terror threats call for election postponement plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries’ concerns were prompted by a warning last week from Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warning of an al-Qaida plot to interrupt the upcoming presidential elections.
		Soaries followed up Ridge’s remarks with a letter pointing out there currently is no federal authority to call off or postpone federal elections.
		Yesterday, Soaries took his concerns to congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle asking them in a letter to consider creating a process to delay or call off elections in the event of a terrorist attack.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12318290&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (352 words)

	Soaries Commencement Speaker
		Soaries, who was appointed secretary of state 15 months ago by New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, has served as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, N.J., since 1990.
		Soaries was presented with the prestigious A World of Difference medallion by the Anti-Defamation League of New Jersey for his service to the state, and in 1996 he was cited as a local hero by Time magazine.
		Soaries earned a bachelor of arts degree from Fordham University, a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a doctor of ministry degree from the United Theological Seminary.
	www.geneva.edu /~sdsiple/2000/041700buster.html (474 words)

	Dr. Buster Soaries : Client Profile : Ambassador Speakers Bureau & Literary Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A pioneer of faith-based community development, Dr. Soaries has led First Baptist in the construction of a new $17 million church complex and the formation of many not-for-profit entities to serve the community surrounding the church.
		Active in community life since his youth, Dr. Soaries worked for the Urban League and Operation PUSH while he was a college student.
		Soaries was recently appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a public director of the Federal Home Loan Bank.
	www.ambassadoragency.com /print_client_profile.cfm/cid/99 (358 words)

	Soaries, as a school board member, was basically a no-show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries, the former New Jersey Secretary of State, is challenging Rep. Rush Holt (D-Hopewell Twp.) in the 12th congressional district this fall.
		Soaries declined to comment yesterday, but his spokesman, Ryan Sharpe, said that despite his infrequent attendance, Soaries had done his community a service in holding the position.
		While Soaries was appointed to fill the remaining two years of a three-year slot in 1989, he resigned his seat in early 1991, two months before his term was due to expire.
	www.politicsnj.com /kornacki091302_soaries.htm (927 words)

	No surprise Soaries quit starved vote-reform effort \| Home News Tribune Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Rev. DeForest "Buster" Soaries of Somerset was bursting with a sense of purpose when he was nominated two years ago by President Bush to serve on the newly formed national Election Assistance Commission, becoming its chairman.
		Soaries was to head that charge, aided by vast federal resources, including $10 million earmarked for his fledgling agency.
		Soaries said he believes most of the steam went out of the panel's cause when the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, consumed the majority of the government's attention and time.
	www.thnt.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050427/OPINION01/504270336/1079 (428 words)

	EAC - Commissioners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In February 2003, Dr. Soaries was appointed by President Bush to serve as a public director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.
		Soaries is also the Senior Pastor of the 7,000 member First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey.
		Soaries is married to Margaret Donna Soaries and is the father of twin sons, Malcolm and Martin.
	www.eac.gov /soaries.asp?format=none (368 words)

	United for Peace of Pierce County, WA - We nonviolently oppose the reliance on unilateral military actions rather than ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries noted that Sept. 11, 2001, fell on Election Day in New York City -- and he said officials there had no rules to follow in making the decision to cancel the election and hold it later.
		Soaries also said he's met with a former New York state elections director to discuss how officials there handled the Sept. 11 attacks from the perspective of election administration.
		Soaries, an unsuccessful 2002 Republican candidate for Congress, is also pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey.
	www.ufppc.org /content/view/1017/2 (2148 words)

	DeForest Soaries
		In 2002 DeForest "Buster" Soaries unsuccessfully ran for the US House of Representatives from the New Jersey 12th, narrowly losing to Rush Holt.
		Soaries was subsequently appointed to chair the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
		Soaries was apparently misrepresented in the press -- beginning with Michael Isikoff's Newsweek article -- as requesting said power for himself, even though the EAC exists in a strictly advisory capacity.
	www.nndb.com /people/570/000055405 (259 words)

	Rev. Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. (Home Page)
		Internationally renowned as a speaker, author and advocate for youth, Rev. Soaries was invited by Coretta Scott King to be the featured speaker at the official Year 2000 Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Prior to serving at First Baptist, Rev. Soaries was the Assistant Pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey.
		Active in community life since his youth, Rev. Soaries worked for the Urban League and Operation PUSH while he was a college student.
	www.fbcsomerset.com /about/staff/senior.shtml (456 words)

	VotersUnite!
		DeForest Soaries Jr., chairman of the federal Election Assistance Commission, said Wednesday that his panel has received numerous complaints that Shelley's office is far behind in meeting several obligations set by the Help America Vote Act.
		Soaries also said his panel is worried that several hundred thousand dollars in Help America Vote Act money that remains frozen by legislators will not be spent on next month's election.
		But Soaries said that payment is jeopardized because of questions over whether previous HAVA funds were spent in accordance with California's plan and federal law.
	www.votersunite.org /article.asp?id=3317 (771 words)

	Holt, Soaries square off in District 12 By charles w. kim Staff Writer Candidates debate defense and Social Security ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Soaries, who is the head pastor of the 6,000-member First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, said that he wants to bring his skills to the nation’s capital in order to help people work together.
		Soaries said he was concerned with "the lack of security that I see in the post-9/11 environment."
		Soaries also said that planes are not the only part of the nation’s transportation system that may be vulnerable to attack.
	nbs.gmnews.com /News/2002/1031/Front_Page/030.html (367 words)

	NACo \| Commission publishes state voting plans, money to follow
		Like a minister preaching to his flock, DeForest "Buster" Soaries, Jr., chairman of the new Election Assistance Commission, gave delegates a status summary of the commission and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).
		DeForest "Buster" Soaries, chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, vows to make sure county officials get what they need to operate successful elections.
		Once the 45-day comment period is over, Soaries promised that the checks would be in the mail to the states with that money subsequently funneling down to the counties.
	www.naco.org /CountyNewsTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11701 (396 words)

	Feds want e-voting source code disclosed \| Tech News on ZDNet
		DeForest Soaries, chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, or EAC, said disclosing the source code--the line-by-line instructions that make up an electronic voting machine's software--would help to restore public trust in the elections process.
		Soaries' suggestions, which also include standardized security checks and better record-keeping of problems, stop short of calling for paper receipts from electronic voting machines.
		Soaries readily acknowledges that the commission he chairs has no authority to impose its views on state election officials, and he said he had not yet approached the other three members of the commission to seek their endorsement.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5229162.html (730 words)

	[NYTr] Who Is DeForest Soaries, Bush's Election Czar?
		Soaries, the former New Jersey secretary of state, was on his way to Austria to address officials from democratic countries on the issue of sustaining democracy in an age of terror.
		Soaries said he was offended that the demonstrators would disrupt Sunday services without first talking to church administrators and that the demonstrators would take issue with the church, which has demonstrated its commitment to the neighborhood.
		In a July letter to the mayor and to members of the council and the redevelopment agency, Soaries lamented the township's lack of support for the church's efforts to revitalize the neighborhood.
	tania.blythe-systems.com /pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20040712/003618.html (1372 words)

	Campus Echo Online: Campus News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DeForest “Buster” Soaries, New Jersey’s Secretary of State and pastor of First Baptist Church in Somerset.
		Soaries asked the congregation to imagine what life was like for Black people in 1910, and then he took the audience back to 1910, “when a fl man could not look a white man straight in the eyes.
		Soaries told the congregation that Shepard’s “astonishing faith” directed him to launch an institution.
	www.nccu.edu /campus/echo/archive3-0001/c-shepard-honored.html (654 words)

	Kim Alexander's Weblog
		Soaries served as the EAC's first chairman and said that he is resigning in part because the federal government hasn't shown enough of a commitment to election reform.
		Soaries is a Republican former secretary of state of New Jersey who was the White House's pick to join the Election Assistance Commission, created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to help states enact voting reforms.
		Soaries said the commission could claim some credit for this past November's relatively smooth election, including recommending ``best practices'' to voting administrators and getting the election reform money to states faster than it otherwise would have gone.
	www.calvoter.org /news/blog/2005_04_01_blogarchive.html (1771 words)

	Online NewsHour: States Report Voting Glitches in 2004 Election -- December 2, 2004
		SPENCER MICHELS: Soaries does say, however, that lack of public confidence, as evidenced in the Ohio hearings, and the potential for incorrect results makes it imperative that elections be studied impartially and scientifically.
		SPENCER MICHELS: With the Election Assistance Commission's Soaries saying the results of this year's presidential race are seemingly clear, the pressure to investigate flaws isn't as great as it was four years ago.
		DeFOREST SOARIES: From an integrity standpoint, the standards of democracy require that the practice of voting be as flawless as possible.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/science/july-dec04/election1_12-02.html (1135 words)

	Home News Tribune \| Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		While Soaries' campaign did not deliver a successor to retiring Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts, the only fl Republican in Congress, it did expand fls' participation in the GOP, he said.
		"Soaries had a couple of high-profile visits, but as a newcomer to elected politics, he needed a larger media presence.
		Soaries' campaign addressed issues that have implications for urban areas, including Social Security reform and expanding educational and employment opportunities, he said.
	www.injersey.com /thnt/story/0,21282,637255,00.html (728 words)

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