Virginia Verified Voting ACTION ALERT
Virginia Verified Voting ACTION ALERT 5 Sept 2007
Your help is needed TODAY! Time is short
After many years of delay, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote THURSDAY on HR 811 which will mandate all voting machines to provide voter-verified audit trails, and require states to audit federal elections. This is the best election integrity bill to date, and would advance the integrity of our elections in many critical areas. If HR 811 passes, it will provide great ammunition to continue reforming Virginia's opaque election systems.
Please call today to urge your Virginia representatives to vote YES on Bill HR. 811.
The earlier you call on Thursday, the better chance your message can reach your Congressman before the vote.
A very short message saying please vote YES could help sway the deciding vote.
(If you see this late in the day or on Friday, please still take a moment to call. Votes are often delayed)
1. Davis, Jo Ann 202 225-4261
2. Drake, Thelma 202 225-4215
3. Scott, Bobbie 202 225-2939
4. Forbes, J. Randy 202 225-6365
5. Goode, Virgil 202 225-4711
6. Goodlatte, Bob 202 225-5431
7. Cantor, Eric 202 225-2815
8. Moran, Jim 202-225-4376
9. Boucher, Rick 202 225-3861
10. Wolf, Frank 202 225-5136
11. Davis, Tom 202 225-1492
You can also send an automated email by following this link (best to call and click!)
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/vevo/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12526
HR. 811 safeguards our democracy in these ways:
--Requires a durable voter-verified paper ballot for all voters, so
they can be sure their votes were accurately recorded
--Bans paperless voting machines by 2008, allowing a phase-in of stricter standards by 2012
--Bans wireless devices and uncertified software in voting systems
--Requires routine random audits to check tallies for accuracy
(which is critical for audit trails to actually provide protection against error)
--Provides funding to make the necessary improvements
-- Adds needed sunshine to the cozy testing and verification processes for voting machines
--More information about the Bill 811.
It does not ban DREs entirely as some activists had hoped, just paperless ones, but it is
an enormous step in the right direction.
Finally, please visit our newly reincarnated web sites
http://www.vvcva.org
http://www.vavv.org
Thank you,
Alex Blakemore, Cofounder
Virginia Verified Voting