Mon Nov 13, 2006 at 02:05:56 PM EST
ePluribus Media members take elections seriously and consider valid, verifiable voting and results to be critical for 'we the people'. (Some of us pay attention to misleading robocalls in Virginia, others focus on Texas' machines, while still others dig into Secretaries of State who outsource results to partisan operatives in Ohio via Tennessee, for example.)
The party doesn't matter, it's whether your vote will be verifiably counted that does. Make Common Cause with Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Greens or no party at all. Simply demand that our leadership finally GetItStraightBy2008 with a voter-verified paper trail for all electronic ballots. Ensure your vote will be counted and verifiable.
2006 is the third election in a row shadowed by questions about the integrity of voting machines, something most Americans never dreamed could happen. Together we can make the 2006 election the tipping point--the moment when demand for an auditable, verifiable voting system forced Congress to act.
We must act now, while the nation's attention is focused on this issue.
Urge your Senator to support legislation for paper trails and random audits for ALL electronic ballots.
Sign the petition:
Petition
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That's one in seven of the votes cast there JUST GONE because electronic voting machines left no paper record! The Republican candidate only won by 368 votes.
Common Cause is jumping in, demanding tests of the machines and a revote, and I just took action to push for the big-picture solution - mandatory paper trails - by writing to my Senator. I hope you'll join me at www.GetItStraightby2008.org.
This debacle didn't have to happen. A voter-verified paper record of the ballot would have shown voters that their choice in the race wasn't recorded.
Ironically, that same day, those Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a measure requiring paper receipts in their county. GetItStraightby2008.org is the campaign for that same solution nationwide.
The first step is flooding Congress with 100,000 letters demanding voter-verified paper records and random audits of electronic machines.
Write your Senators NOW for a paper trail: www.GetItStraightby2008.org.
When you act, you join Common Cause in documenting voting problems nationwide, pushing for a revote in Sarasota, and forcing the Senate's hand on clean elections. Please pass this message on far and wide.
In the wake of yet another election clouded by questions about vote integrity, I urge you to support legislation requiring voter verified paper records of ballots cast, as well as random audits of electronic voting machines. Such legislation will restore credibility to America's tarnished electoral system.
In February 2005, legislation was introduced in the House that would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all voters using all voting systems to review hard copies of the ballot, and correct errors, before the vote is cast. It would also mandate random audits of voting machines to ensure functionality, as well as improving access at polling places for voters with disabilities. This legislation, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act (H.R. 550), has broad bipartisan support, with 220 cosponsors in the House.
I urge you to return integrity and confidence in America's electoral process by passing similar legislation in the Senate. "One person, one vote" is the most cherished principle of our democracy. Please protect it.
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