RE: Help needed on H.R. 2239

["Mcgrath, Bob___PI_Mkt" <bob.mcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My concern is that party politics and the push by the Administration to
adjourn by the 21st with all appropriation bills completed, plus
stubbornness by the Committee Chair where HR 2239 sits, will combine to
deter it from ever coming out of committee, let alone making it to a vote on
the House floor.  

I would urge a second approach: contact moveon.org and ask them to make this
a front burner issue, and to mobilize their 300,000+ members to call/FAX in
an organized campaign to get this bill out of committee and up for a vote.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Tiger [mailto:tigerp@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:39 PM
To: Boulder Computer Voting
Subject: Re: Help needed on H.R. 2239


Really good question Scotty,

I have called every rep in this state about this and other topics in the 
past. Same for the congress.
In this case you want to be calling congressional representatives. HR 
stands for House Resolution, so you should start with the House of 
Representatives of the US Congress.
If you have time, call them all.

I don't bother to tell them where I am from unless they ask. TMI (too 
much information). I find that the staffers that answer the phones 
generally don't ask, because they assume that you are a constituent.
If they ask, don't lie. Say that you know what kind of pull Rep. Joe 
Bloe has and you want him to know that s/he needs to save this country 
by voting for the bill. Whatever works for you. The conversation is not 
that important as long as you get the *vote for* message across. Hang up 
and move on.

paul tiger


Scotty Allen wrote:

> Hi Al,
>
> So I'm going to ask the idiot newbie question... How exactly does a  
> conversation go with a representative that doesn't represent you.  I  
> calling Udall yesterday was the first time I've ever called a  
> representative, and admittedly, it wasn't that hard.  But at the same  
> time, it's a lot easier to ask someone who actually represents me to 
> do  something, than just some random representative.  What do you say 
> when  you call?  What's the typical response?
>
> -Scotty
>
> On Nov 12, 2003, at 10:02 AM, Al Kolwicz wrote:
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>> We have only about a week and a half to convince Congress to pass  
>> H.R.2239, the bill that would ensure a voter-verifiable paper trail 
>> on  all election equipment in the U.S.
>>
>> This is an urgent and immediate need. We need to keep the phone 
>> calls,  faxes, and emails flooding into the Capitol on behalf of  
>> H.R.2239. Please use your contacts to get in touch with as many 
>> people  as you can and ask them to call at least five members of the 
>> House  today. Then contact all your interested friends and family and 
>> any  other groups you are associated with. Get them involved in 
>> calling --  not just their own Representative and Senators, but as 
>> many as they  are willing to, from other states as well as their own.
>>
>> Think creatively about other groups you can get interested. Time is 
>> of  the essence. We may only have another week or so to convince 
>> Congress  to pass this bill.
>>
>> Here is a page with brief instructions, informational resources, and  
>> an 800  
>> number. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/resources/hr2239_volunteers/ 
>> hr2239_effort.asp
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>> Al
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