[ale] OT: Diebold voting: HR 2239--the paper trail bill

[Bob Toxen]

This bill is in the U.S. Congress.  I recommend the actions discussed.

Bob Toxen
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From: "David L. Dill" <elections at chicory.Stanford.EDU>
To: voterverifiable at lists.Stanford.EDU
Subject: [voterverifiable] Please help advance HR 2239 -- the paper trail bill
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:44:40 -0700
Reply-To: voterverifiable-owner at lists.Stanford.EDU


OUR RECENT HR2239 PUSH

Starting last Wednesday, October 15, 2003, VerifiedVoting.org began a
campaign to call every Representative in the House and urge them to support
HR2239. HR2239 is the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of
2003 which calls for, among other things, a voter verifiable paper trail.
Since the session ends at the end of October, we felt it was crucial to
start a push at this time.

Our 76 diligent volunteers have contacted over 300
Representatives. They have called, left messages, called again, sent
information, and then reported their results back to us.

It's working!  We've gotten 6 new co-sponsors for the bill (bringing
the total to 51). One of them (Millender-McDonald) is on the House
Administration Committee, which is where the bill now resides; 5 are
considering co-sponsorship; 12 support the bill; and, so far, only 4
oppose it.

To see the results so far, check 
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/houseofreps.asp

YOU CAN HELP (IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT)

1)  Call your Representative and ask if they support HR2239.

Check 
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/resources/hr2239_volunteers/hr2239_effort.asp
for instructions and resources.

If they don't know about the bill or the problems, direct them to some
information. 

If they have specific concerns, let us know what they are.

If they do support the bill, ask them to co-sponsor it.


2) Then call both your Senators and ask them to introduce a companion bill
to HR2239.

If we have a steady stream of calls about this issue, we might just be able
to get a voter-verifiable paper trail by the 2004 election!!

Please don't delay. Make these three calls in the next few days.

KEY REPRESENTATIVES

Here are the names of some key players. If you are a constituent of one of
these people, then you have an even greater chance of helping HR 2239.

Robert Ney (R-OH)  (202) 225-6265.  Chairman of the House Administration
Committee where the bill currently is stuck.

Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (202) 225-4131. A sponsor of HAVA with an investment in
making sure that it increases, rather than decreases, the fairness of
elections.

James Langevin (D-RI) (202) 225-2735.

The following Republican members have been identified as being
especially worth contacting:

Nancy Johnson -- http://www.house.gov/nancyjohnson/ (R-CT)
Chris Shays -- http://www.house.gov/shays/ (R-CT)
Rob Simmons -- http://www.house.gov/simmons/ (R-CT)
Wayne Gilchrist -- http://gilchrest.house.gov/ (R-MD)
Mark Kirk - http://www.house.gov/kirk/ (R-IL)
Tim Johnson -- http://www.house.gov/timjohnson/ (R-IL)
Steve King -- http://www.house.gov/steveking/ (R-IA)
Chris Smith -- http://www.house.gov/chrissmith/ (R-NJ)
Frank LoBiondo -- http://www.house.gov/lobiondo/ (R-NJ)

Thank you to everyone that has helped so far in this effort and to all those
that can take the time to help now.

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