BBV: please call Congress this morning re Rush Holt speech

[Eric J in MN]

Please call the offices of your Senators and Congressperson, and ask the staffers to attend the June 22 speech by Congressman Rush Holt (details below).

You can reach any office of a Senator or Representative by dialing:

1-800-839-5276 (Capitol Switchboard)

and asking to be transferred.

You can tell them they can read about the event by going to verifiedvoting.org and clicking on the top-right.

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http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.asp?id=2441

VerifiedVoting.org Action Alert

Join Us June 22 in D.C. for Voter-Verified Paper Ballot Rally

Dear Friends of Verified Voting:

Thank you for all the support you've given in order to ensure that we have reliable and publicly verifiable election systems.

This Tuesday, June 22, you can take another important action. Please join New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt, other members of Congress, nationwide organizers from VerifiedVoting.org, MoveOn, TrueMajority.org, and other election reform advocates at a rally in Washington, D.C., to support Voter-Verified Paper Ballots (VVPBs).

National Rally for Voter Verified Paper Ballots
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
11:45am to 1:00pm

Cannon Terrace, just south of the U.S. Capitol,
between Cannon and Longworth House Office Buildings
(At the corner of New Jersey and Independence)
Nearest Metro station: Capitol South

The decisions Congress makes in the next month will determine what voting systems many Americans will use this November and for years to come. Americans should not have to vote on paperless touchscreen machines that have malfunctioned and are vulnerable to malicious hacking.

Rep. Holt's HR2239, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003, would require e-voting machines to include a VVPB by Novemberor to provide a paper ballot alternative if states can't retrofit the machines with a paper trail by then. This important bill already has 141 co-sponsors, but is stuck in committee.

Show up and be heard: tell Congress to break the logjam so HR2239 and other VVPB legislation can come to a vote and pass. Let's tell Congress that we want to know for sure that our votes count.

Please join us on Tuesday.

If you can come to the rally, send email to [e-mail] to let us know how many of you are attending.

Thank you for all you do!

Pamela Smith
Nationwide Coordinator
VerifiedVoting.org and Verified Voting Foundation

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www.truevotemd.org

[leftchick]

1. will do Eric... and

any chance c-span will cover this?

[Eric J in MN]

2. I don't know if it will be on C-Span. Can you call them and suggest it? nt

nt

[Treaghon]

3. Coming from a republican state....

...I'm concerned about casting a legitimate vote with our new touch-screen voting machines.

The advice I'm getting is to ask for a paper ballot, but how do I know the staff just won't use it as toilet paper?

[newyawker99]

4. Hi Treaghon!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Treaghon]

5. Hiya, newyawker!

I've been watching this message board for months now. I feel like I already know you guys over here.

I found DU from the rotton tomatoes website, where I have the same screen name.

You guys over here are considered kindred spirits over at RT. Thanks for the welcome. :headbang:

[BevHarris]

6. There is a very real chance they'll use it as toilet paper

at least, figuratively. In Maryland, elections officials told voters they could cast their votes on paper ballots instead but then, it turns out, those votes were not counted and a decision was made not to count such votes.

Bev Harris

[Treaghon]

7. Alright, that just scares the crap outta me, Bev.

I wonder if I should ask for a receipt from the poll people, or would they just look at me funny and then laugh. :(

Is there any realistic way to be sure my vote goes out the way I intended?