New acting Registrar named

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday
to appoint Dean C. Logan acting registrar-recorder, despite critics'
concerns that he lacks a college degree and was at the center of an
election controversy in the state of Washington. Troy Anderson in the .

The appointment, with a salary of $175,826, comes as the Secretary of
State's Office sent draft documents to the county earlier this week
listing extra security measures it plans to impose on the county's
voting systems before recertifying them for the February presidential
primary election.