VERY URGENT ACTION NEEDED today (Tuesday), and early Wednesday morning!
Call or fax your Congressperson NOW and tell him to co-sponsor HR
5036, the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 introduced
by Rep. Rush Holt.
HR 5036 is scheduled to have a markup in the House Administration Committee
this Wednesday April 2. Once the bill goes through markup, no additional
co-sponsors can be added. This bill is a much-needed measure and may be our
last
chance to protect the 2008 election.
If you do not see your Congressman on the list below, CALL OR FAX HIS
WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE NOW and ask him to join the co-sponsors of the bill
TODAY.
You can find your Congressperson here:
_http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt_
(http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt)
Some key talking points about HR 5036:
• Will provide opt-in funds to protect the 2008 election for counties that
replace paperless electronic voting machines with voter-verified paper
ballots. Several Pennsylvania counties that have already changed to paper-based
voting would benefit from these funds, and more counties have said they would
participate if these funds become available.
• Will pay for a variety of solutions including optical scan voting systems,
audits, or even full hand counts of paper ballots.
• Will provide emergency paper ballots for use in the event of problems on
election day for counties that stay on paperless machines.
• This bill is not a mandate. All of this is totally opt-in, only for
counties that choose to participate.
Again, please make your calls and faxes today, and very early Wednesday
morning.
Please be aware that you may hear rumors over the next day or so that this
bill has been weakened in the markup process. It is true that some changes are
being made, and we would have preferred the bill be sent on to the full House
as it was introduced, but we believe the basic provisions of HR 5036 remain
worthy of strong support. States with unverifable voting systems face deep
trouble should anything go wrong for this huge 2008 election.
Bottom line -- we need this bill, and every Congressperson should be on it
as a cosponsor! We especially need to get all the cosponsors that are on HR
811 to sign on to HR 5036. Please help get those cosponsors, and thank you for
all you do to help protect our right to vote and to have that vote counted
accurately.
Marybeth Kuznik,
Executive Director VotePA Statewide Alliance for Voting Rights and Election
Integrity
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Call the congressional toll free switch board at any of the numbers below
and ask for your House Congress person or give your zip code to be connected to
the correct office.
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (800) 828 - 0498
Those who are already cosponsors are listed below.
_Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400184_rush_holt) _and 47
Co-Sponsors_
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* _Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400001_neil_abercrombie)
* _Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400013_tammy_baldwin)
* _Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400025_howard_berman)
* _Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400033_earl_blumenauer)
* _Rep. F. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400044_f_allen_boyd)
* _Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400048_corrine_brown)
* _Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400062_lois_capps)
* _Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400080_john_conyers)
* _Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400087_joseph_crowley)
* _Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400093_danny_davis)
* _Rep. Thomas Davis [R, VA-11]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400098_thomas_davis)
* _Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]_ (http://www.opencongress.org/people/sh
ow/400100_peter_defazio)
* _Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400111_lloyd_doggett)
* _Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400114_michael_doyle)
* _Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412215_keith_ellison)
* _Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400120_rahm_emanuel)
* _Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400129_sam_farr)
* _Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400130_chaka_fattah)
* _Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400140_barney_frank)
* _Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412188_gabrielle_giffords)
* _Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400653_al_green)
* _Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400162_raul_grijalva)
* _Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412204_phil_hare)
* _Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400178_maurice_hinchey)
* _Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412200_mazie_hirono)
* _Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400185_michael_honda)
* _Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400193_jay_inslee)
* _Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400211_marcy_kaptur)
* _Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412198_ron_klein)
* _Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400240_john_lewis)
* _Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412209_david_loebsack)
* _Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400251_carolyn_maloney)
* _Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400263_james_mcgovern)
* _Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400278_george_miller)
* _Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400301_john_olver)
* _Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400326_david_price)
* _Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400346_steven_rothman)
* _Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400352_timothy_ryan)
* _Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400360_janice_schakowsky)
* _Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412186_albio_sires)
* _Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412228_betty_sutton)
* _Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400396_ellen_tauscher)
* _Rep. C. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400403_c_michael_thompson)
* _Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400423_diane_watson)
* _Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400425_henry_waxman)
* _Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400426_anthony_weiner)
* _Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]_
(http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400430_robert_wexler)
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