Cheryl,
While it pleases us to know that more folks
are alert to the perils of paperless voting, we are distressed when we see them
being duped into supporting a proposed solution that will not work.
If you’d like to know why the
proposed bills cannot work, you can review the three May 26 postings in the
Colorado Voter BLOG at http://coloradovoter.blogspot.com/
We hope you’ll find sufficient data in
these postings to persuade you to reject “electronic ballots with audit
trails” in favor of “one ballot that is voter verified”.
Cheers.
Executive Director, CAMBER
From: Cheryl Guttman
[mailto:sguttman@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:19
AM
To: stopvotefraud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
voter_verification@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [stopvotefraud] Update,
Campaigns & New Flyer to Make Our Votes Count In November!
Importance: High
--Please Forward, Feel Free To Add Intro and Edit--
Unless we pass HR2239, S.1980, and HR4250, there
is a great danger that voters will be disenfranchised this election, possibly
tipping a close election. This national legislation is the only way
necessary reforms will happen in all states by election day.
In This Post
(1)Why National Verified Voting is Stymied But
Very Much Alive
(2)New Common Cause and DFA Campaign and Quick
Email to ACLU, and Leaders of Moveon.org to have campaign for S.1980--the key
to National Verified Voting (If you've done it before, do it again!)
(3)New info and wording(Voters Unite, etc.):Cut
and Paste This Part to Your Word Processor So You can Make Calls, Faxes,
Emails, and Make New Flyer--you can give out at political events like Kerry
Meetup Tonight,leave at bookstores,etc.
#####
(1) Senators have slowed down co-sponsoring S.1980
because there is a new merger bill that is supposed to merge all the verified
voting bills into one bill. The problem is Senator Clinton has put
"state exemption" language into the merger bill which means that
state could opt out of getting a paper trail by November. S.1980 does not
have this feature and I spoke to legislative staff at Holt's office (Holt is
the sponor for HR2239, the original House verified voting bill) who said S.1980
can get the most co-sponsors and "win" over the merger bills if
enough people call! Also I spoke to Senator Schumer (one of the
original co-sponsors of S.1980) who seemed optimistic about S.1980 and said he
would do what he could to help. We must keep trying because this is the
only way for all states to have verified voting by November!
(2)Common Cause is having a campaign for Verified
Voting and They are Asking What People Want. You can say "Please
Push for HR2239 and S.1980, which is preferable to merger bill because it does
not have state exemptions and will guarantee all states verfied voting by
November. Also, there should be pressure on
--You can also email this same message to the Move
On Leaders(who probably have a bigger membership than Common Cause and they
encourage phone calls which are the most effective): peters@ moveon.org,
eli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, zexley@xxxxxxxxx, carrie@xxxxxxxxxx, wes@xxxxxxxxxx,
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
--And to the ACLU which has a Voting Rights
Division--go to their page https://www.aclu.org/feedback/feedback.cfm
--DFA Petition To Members Of Congress: Online
Petitions Are The Least Effective In Influencing Legislators. Calls and
Faxes are taken the most seriously, and then individual emails are next.
However, you might as well sign this--but please keep calling, faxing emailing
as well!-- and add in the comment box, "Please Support HR2239 and S.1980,
which is preferable to merger bill because it does not have state exemptions
and will guarantee all states verfied voting by November. Also, please
ask
http://petition.democracyforamerica.com/page/p/verify
(3)This Flyer has New Info from last One:
Cut and Paste (below the tips about flyering) Into Your Word Processor.
Then Call/Fax/Email these numbers yourself and Make Copies and Hand Them
Out!
Flyering Tips: go to any progressive demo,
meeting, party, etc. Also try meetup.com ohttp://www.meetup.com/browse/polact/
and joining anything that sounds progressive--like Kerry Meetup Tonight, to
give out flyers(you don't have to stay and can even go to a few--look at the
rsvp list to see if more than one is scheduled in your area). I've been doing
that and there is great interest. Go to indymedia.org and find your city on the
left side and try protest.net and find your city to find what political events
are happening in your area to leaflet. If the timing isn't good try putting
them in bookstores, under windshields, under doors, and giving them out at any
busy place, as well as just bringing them with you for friends, co-workers,
acqaintences. And if possible get people to sign your email list where
you can send them updates on verified voting, etc.
--Please Cut and Paste The Following Into Your
Word Processor: Make Sure the Formating Is Right--the Heading Should Be
Larger-- and it all fits on one page-- and don't forget to do the calls, faxes,
and emails yourself (It doesn't matter if your've done it before!) as well as
leaflet others!
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************
MAKE SURE ALL OUR VOTES ARE COUNTED!
(1) We need to pass HR2239 and its companion bill
in the Senate S.1980 to mandate a paper receipt by this presidential election
for the new electronic voting machines which computer programers warn are prone
to hacking and errors and are run by companies owned by Republican (the CEO of
one promised to "Deliver votes to Republicans"!) see www.VerifedVoting.org
for more info.
(2) We need to pass H. R. 4250 which will prevent
people from being purged from the voting rolls for mistakenly being labeled as
felons nationally. This happened in
ACTIONS: Do as many as you can ASAP and the rest
later, but do something!) To find out who your representative is or to find
other contact info, like emails-- which are less effective than calls and faxes
but still count--for these representatives, go to congress.org
1. Call Your Senators 1800-839-5276 and ask them
to Co-sponsor S.1980, tell them it is better than the merger bill because it
has not state exemptions and ask them to try to get
2. CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN 1-800-839-5276, ask for
his or her office and Ask
To Co-Sponsor Both HR2239 and HR4250
3. Call Hillary Clinton at (202) 224-4451 or fax
her at 12022280282 And Ask Her To
Take Out The State Exemption From Her Verified
Voting Legislation
4. Call/Fax Democratic Senate Leader Senator
Daschle and ask him to
Provide Leadership To Get Senators Behind S.1980
because it does not include the state exemption that is in the merger bill.
Also ask him to influence
5.Call Democratic Congressional Leader Pelosi and
ask her to provide leadership to Get House Members to Co-sponsor Both HR2239
and HR 4250 Phone: (202) 225-4965 Fax: (202) 225-8259
6. Contact Congressman Ney: Call (202) 225-6265
and/or Send A Fax 12022259957, Asking Him To Stop Blocking HR2239
7. Voters Unite --unique campaign to get
"myth busters" about voting machines into to hands of election
officials and both local and national representatives. go to votersunite.org
8. To find out what is happening in your state
concerning state bills for verified voting go to http://www.verifiedvoting.org/states.asp
Want to know more? Do more? Go to
www.VerifiedVoting.org click on "take action" to get updates,
volunteer, donate
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