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Hope and pray that Congressmen will co-sponsor 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 and to to sign on to HR 5036
Thanyou...Carmon Elliott...>>15205-2247
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S.1816 National Women's Rights History Project Act
Introduced
Jul 30, 2008
H.R.5803 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.
Voted on by House
Jul 15, 2008
H.R.3032 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate.
Voted on by House
Jul 16, 2008
S.188 A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.
This Bill Has Become Law
Jul 01, 2008
H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.
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Hope and pray that Congressmen will co-sponsor 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 and to to sign on to HR 5036
Thanyou...Carmon Elliott...>>15205-2247
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