[PAA-Discuss] FW: A Surprise Chance to Protect the Election

[Lee Loe]

Congress recess end of this week. Contact your congresspeople now. Lee L

 

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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:56 AM
To: Lee Loe
Subject: A Surprise Chance to Protect the Election

 

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Voting Machines Break. Paper Doesn't


Dear Lee, 



 <http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/stoprumsfeld/w3i58ksrz5biij8?>
<http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/w3i58ksrz5biij8?> 

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Click Here to Take Action


Congress is about to go home, but first tell them to protect the election by
providing money for emergency paper ballots. 

 <http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/w3i58ksrz5biij8?> 

Paperless electronic voting machines will be used once again this fall, and
already during the primaries they failed. In Maryland crowds of legal voters
were turned away from the polls when the machines couldn't be started1.

There's a simple safeguard - have enough paper ballots on hand so the
election can go forward even if the machines let us down again. Obvious,
right? Senators Boxer (D-CA) and Dodd (D-CT) have introduced a last-minute
bill which would provide money to any state that is willing to print up the
paper ballots. It's cheap, it's easy, and there's no reason not to do it.
But time is short.

  <http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/w3i58ksrz5biij8?>
Tell your Senator to support the emergency paper ballot bill.

 <http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/w3i58ksrz5biij8?> 

TrueMajorityACTION started calling attention to the dangers of paperless
electronic voting back in 2004 with our "Computer Ate My Vote" campaign.
Many more states now require paper records of our votes, but still an
alarming 40% of ballots will be cast on electronic voting machines this
November2. Even Maryland's Republican Governor is now calling for a return
to paper ballots3. We'll keep working with our partners in the movement to
make sure all states eventually require a voter-verified paper record of
every vote. In the meantime, though, the Boxer-Dodd plan is a good backup.

The election is in weeks, and Congress adjourns in days --
<http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/w3i58ksrz5biij8?>
Send a message now and tell the Senate to protect our votes.

Then,
<http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/forward/w3i58ksrz5b
iij8?> forward this message on to your friends, so they can sign on too.
Don't wait.

Matt Holland
TrueMajorityACTION Online Director

1 -  <http://www.thesentinel.com/295412252776619.php> The Sentinel

2 -  <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/washington/27ballotscnd.html> New
York Times, 26 September 2006

3 -  <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/us/politics/24voting.html> New York
Times, 24 September 2006

 <http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/pdf/chan_r2.pdf> 

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Here's the message we'll send your Senators (
<http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/paper_ballot_c4/w3i58ksrz5biij8?>
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I know there is a lot to do in the final days of the Congressional session,
but I strongly urge you to work to support the Boxer-Dodd emergency
legislation for paper ballots. I know that when the voting machines couldn't
be started in Maryland earlier this month, voters were turned away from the
polls. 

That's the worst thing that can happen in a democratic election, and it's
outrageous to let it happen simply because someone didn't print enough
backup ballots. You're still in session for a few more days. Please put them
to good use in protecting our votes with this common-sense solution.

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