Secretary of State Chet Culver is about to issue an SOS (Save our Security) for Iowa's voting machines. "Emergency" rules are to be published in early May-in time to plug security holes in the new equipment that will debut for the June primary election. Iowans for Voting Integrity obtained a copy of the rules last week.

The action is a tacit admission that Bev Harris and the other "conspiracy theorists" have been correct these last three years when they said computerized equipment offered new ways to steal elections.