By Sean Flaherty, Iowans for Voting Integrity
So who's up for watching the Presidential election returns on November 4, 2008 hoping that electronic voting machines across the country work properly? Anyone?
That's all right, we don't have to. Rep. Rush Holt's bill to protect the accuracy, auditability, and accessibility of federal elections is getting a vote. HR 811 is on this week's House calendar.
Call the House at 202-224-3121 and tell your Rep. to support the bill. If you've been reading these alerts, they have heard from you. Of course they need to hear again.
If HR 811 does not pass, tens of millions of voters in over a dozen states may have to depend on unverifiable, insecure, paperless electronic voting machines in 2008. That includes Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
After California's top-to-bottom review of voting systems this summer, and a drumbeat of security reports by computer scientists, a paperless Presidential election is too great a risk to take (and it was a bad idea from the start).
Call the House, and use the e-mail form from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Thank you again for all you do.
Best wishes,
Sean Flaherty
Iowans for Voting Integrity
Tell Congress to Support E-Voting Reform!
A bipartisan bill requiring paper trails for electronic voting machines just cleared a major hurdle and could soon be taken up by the House of Representatives. Click the link below and support H.R. 811, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007
E-voting machines have wreaked havoc and undermined confidence in our election system. Despite demonstrated technical failures -- including the loss of thousands of votes -- nearly half of all states still do not require a voter-verified paper ballot. Most of the voting machines in operation today haven't been sufficiently reviewed for security, and pollworkers frequently do not receive adequate training to deal with machine problems.
Along with requiring machines to produce a voter-verified paper ballot, H.R. 811 mandates random audits and many other critical reforms. For over three years, EFF has been helping Rep. Rush Holt move this legislation forward, and support from individuals like you has been crucial in garnering an astounding 215 cosponsors. Hundreds of activists joined EFF for Washington, D.C. lobby days in 2005 and 2006, and thousands of letters have poured in to Congress.
Now those efforts are paying off, and victory in the House is within reach -- take action now and fight for fair, transparent elections:
More information:
Electronic Voting Machine Headaches Shut Out Citizens (November 7, 2006) EFF's e-voting information page
Complete the form on the left with your information.
Personalize the message text on the right with your own words, if you wish.
Click the Send Your Message button to send your letter to these decision makers:
Here's the link:
https://secure. eff.org/site/ Advocacy? JServSessionIdr0 06=mrninwyqh1. app6a&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=109
Best wishes,
Sean Flaherty
Iowans for Voting Integrity
Tell Congress to Support E-Voting Reform!
A bipartisan bill requiring paper trails for electronic voting machines just cleared a major hurdle and could soon be taken up by the House of Representatives. Click the link below and support H.R. 811, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007
E-voting machines have wreaked havoc and undermined confidence in our election system. Despite demonstrated technical failures -- including the loss of thousands of votes -- nearly half of all states still do not require a voter-verified paper ballot. Most of the voting machines in operation today haven't been sufficiently reviewed for security, and pollworkers frequently do not receive adequate training to deal with machine problems.
Along with requiring machines to produce a voter-verified paper ballot, H.R. 811 mandates random audits and many other critical reforms. For over three years, EFF has been helping Rep. Rush Holt move this legislation forward, and support from individuals like you has been crucial in garnering an astounding 215 cosponsors. Hundreds of activists joined EFF for Washington, D.C. lobby days in 2005 and 2006, and thousands of letters have poured in to Congress.
Now those efforts are paying off, and victory in the House is within reach -- take action now and fight for fair, transparent elections:
More information:
Electronic Voting Machine Headaches Shut Out Citizens (November 7, 2006) EFF's e-voting information page
Complete the form on the left with your information.
Personalize the message text on the right with your own words, if you wish.
Click the Send Your Message button to send your letter to these decision makers:
Here's the link:
https://secure. eff.org/site/ Advocacy? JServSessionIdr0 06=mrninwyqh1. app6a&cmd=display&
