[PAA-Discuss] Thanking Green? FW: Victory:Paperless electronic voting ban advances in Congress

[donald cook]

This e-mail is a reminder to me that I have set up a meeting with House 
Representative Gene Green at his Houston office on Tuesday, May 29, from 
5:00 to 5:30 pm, and I need some people to go with me.

Precedence will be given to people like me who are in his district, at 11811 
I 10 Freeway East, suite 4:30 but I don't actually have anyone else from the 
district now, and slots will certainly be available for people who are out 
of district.

We can certainly thank him, as suggested below, for sponsoring this bill 
banning paperless electronic voting, which will hopefully continue to gain 
traction, but we can also talk to him about such things as his failure to 
vote for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq last week, why he 
should support the impeachment of Cheney/W, and how he can talk about these 
nonpartisan matters persuasively with his Repub colleagues.

If you are available and interested in meeting with Gene Green, please 
contact me.

-- Don, 713-705-5594


From: "Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Political Action" 
<moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
To: "Don Cook" <zenblews at hotmail.com>
Subject: Victory: Paperless electronic voting ban advances in Congress
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:45:12 -0700

Dear MoveOn member,

Congress just made the most significant move ever toward a ban on
paperless voting machines. Rep. Rush Holt's bill, H.R. 811, has passed in
committee and is headed to a vote by the full House next week [1].

The MoveOn petition

you signed

played a crucial role in the
successful committee vote. At the hearing, the Republicans presented
dozens of letters from election officials opposed to the bill. But then
the Democrats countered by marching in with a printed copy of the MoveOn
petition--all 185,000 signatures on 14,000 pages! (You can see a photo to
the right.)

But we haven't won yet: Powerful county election officials think paper
ballots are unnecessary, and they're lobbying Congress to kill the bill.
To win, we need to ask the bill's supporters to stand strong.

Can you thank Rep. Green for co-sponsoring H.R. 811?

   Congressman Al Green
   Phone: 202-225-7508


Then, please report your call by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FHTX_09&cp_id=501&id=10323-1572520-pKuCXC&t=2

When people like us started raising concerns about paperless electronic
voting machines, Congress and D.C. insiders called us crazy. Today, we're
making real progress, but we can't let up the pressure.

Thank you for all you do.

--Noah, Adam G., Ilyse, Laura, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
   Monday, May 14th, 2007

Source:
1. "Voter-Verified Paper Ballots One Step Closer," infoZine, May 9, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2570&id=10323-1572520-pKuCXC&t=3



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