My Nor Cal Congressman also writing the GAO

[ourbluenation]

The Honorable David M. Walker
Comptroller General
United States Government Accountability Office
441 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20548

Dear Mr. Walker:

I am very concerned about widespread reports of voting irregularities in the 2004 election. Therefore, I am writing to join other members of Congress to urge the Government Accountability Office to immediately undertake an investigation that considers the efficacy of electronic voting machines, how election officials responded to the difficulties encountered and what we need to do to improve our election systems and administration.

The reported problems include over counting votes, confusion over casting provisional ballots, lost votes and long lines due to an inadequate number of voting machines. A sampling of complaints includes:

? Columbus, Ohio, where an electronic voting system reported that President Bush received 4,258 votes while Senator Kerry received 260 votes in a precinct where records show only 638 voters cast ballots;

? North Carolina, where a machine in Carteret County lost more than 4,500 votes due to a mistaken assumption about the memory capacity of a computer and;

? Youngstown, Ohio, and South Florida, where numerous voters complained that when they tried to cast votes for Senator Kerry, the machines instead recorded their votes for President Bush.

There is concern that much of the evidence needed to evaluate these reports will not be preserved without immediate action. I urge you to take action quickly to help restore confidence in our nation's election systems.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this inquiry.

Sincerely,

MIKE THOMPSON
Member of Congress
http://www.mikethompson.house.gov

[Helga Scow Stern]

1. Good for him. Even though I am from S. Cal, I'll write to thank. n/t

[masshole1979]

2. Do we have a running list of all the congresspersons that have written?

I wrote to mine and they never got back.

[Carolab]

3. Now this is the type of representative we all need

This man deserves a lot of appreciation and encouragement from all of us.

[Hobbes199]

4. Here's a zip+4 for those of us out of state : )

94559-4724

This works in his websites email form.