BBV: did you call each of your Senators for "The RECORD Act?"

[Eric J in MN]

(BBV=black box voting=voting on electronic machines which don't print paper ballots)

Please call each of your Senator's offices and leave a message for them to support "The RECORD Act of 2004," bill number S.2313, which requires paper ballots be printed by electronic voting machines.

You can contact the office of any Senator by dialing

1-800-839-5276
and asking to be transferred to that Senator's office.

Then leave a message such as "I'd like for the Senator to please cosponsor 'The RECORD Act of 2004,' bill number S.2313, which requires paper ballots be printed by electronic voting machines."


The Senators who are already sponsoring the bill are: Bob Graham (FL), Hillary Clinton (NY) and Barbara Boxer (CA), who previously introduced other bills on this subject. Other cosponsors of the RECORD Act include Charles Schumer (NY), Ernest Hollings (SC), Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Blanche Lincoln (AR) and Bill Nelson (FL).



After Senators Bob Graham, Hillary Clinton, and Barbara Boxer each introduced their own bills on this subject, they came together to produce "The RECORD Act."

It has more cosponsors than similar Senate bills.

http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2004_04_26_the_record_act.asp

[freetobegay]

1. Both my Senators Florida are already sponsoring it

Should I still call?

[Eric J in MN]

2. You could call to thank them, or...

...you could call John Kerry's Senate office and leave a message asking him to cosposnor.

[stellanoir]

4. Yeah call to thank them. . .

Then call Daschal and Congressman R.Ney (R) OH and ask him why he's been blocking HR 2239 from coming to the floor for the last year.

[the ether]

3. PLEASE DON'T SUPPORT THIS BILL!

Eric, thank you very much for your concern, i've been working very hard on this issue for many months now, myself.


There is a big problem with this new bill. There is a "OPT-OUT" for counties which have already puchased EVMs, which don't have a printer.

SO this "OPT-OUT" basically guts the intent of the language of the bill


Verfied Voting.org and Other Activists are calling for support of

ONLY S1980.


That is most similar to HR2239 and has the best chance of passing.


Boxer herself in now supporting S1980, so please call your senators to support ONLY S1980.

[freetobegay]

5. How in the Hell do they get any work done in Washington?

With all these damn different bills?

[redqueen]

6. Dammit! This is what I was afraid of!

I was leery because Hillary co-sponsored it, but didn't co-sponsor Graham's other bill.

I just *knew* something like this would surface.

DAMN!

Thanks so much for the heads-up, ether!