BBV: let's call Tom Daschle's office this Monday-Friday.

[Eric J in MN]

"The Voter Confidence Act," bill number S.1980, to require electronic voting machines to print paper ballots, is in the "Senate Rules and Administration Committee."

Tom Daschle is both the Senate Minority Leader and a member of the "Rules and Administration Committee."

Please call his office this week, ask to speak to someone about "The Voter Confidence Act," and then leave a message for Senator Daschle to cosponor it or use his position on the "Rules and Administration Committee" to bring it to the floor of the Senate.

Tom Daschle Office Telephone: [phone]

Please spread this message around the internet if you can, such as posting it on Blog for America, etc.

NOTE: As Democrats, we have a right to talk to to Daschle's office even if we don't live in South Dakota, since he is the leader of the Senate Democrats (Senate Minority Leader).



BBV=black box voting=voting on electronic machines which don't print paper ballots. Some people are against black box voting because the results can be rigged by the voting machine companies and cannot be meaningfully audited.

[NMDemDist2]

1. put it on my calendar eom

[Eric J in MN]

5. Thanks. Post afterwards so we know how it went (nt)

nt

[dusty64]

2. Sounds like a plan!

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[loudsue]

3. This is hugely important! Please DUers! Take note!

Please keep this kicked, or at least be sure and re-post on Monday when the DU troops are back in full session!

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[genius]

4. Come on guys. This is the difference between winning and losing in Nov.

[Bushfire]

6. Call your Senators (800-839-5276)

Left comment on his comment line.

[Eric J in MN]

7. please spread this around. Ask friends or relatives or post this

Please spread this around. Ask friends or relatives or post this on other message boards.

You can post it on another message-board without referring to me or Democratic Underground. I just want this message spread.

[Eric J in MN]

8. kick

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[Andy_Stephenson]

9. The language in 1980 is not exactly what I would like to see...

but I can support it.

[Eric J in MN]

10. It says that the paper is what counts in a recount.

"The voter verified paper record produced under subparagraph (A) and this subparagraph shall be available as an official record and shall be the official record used for any recount conducted with respect to any election in which the system is used."

[Eric J in MN]

11. kick

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[Eric J in MN]

12. kick

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[RedEagle]

13. I don't agree with all the language either....

....but these guys in the Senate better start moving ASAP on this or they are just as much part of the problem.

[Eric J in MN]

14. kick

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[Eric J in MN]

15. kick

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[Eric J in MN]

16. please ask Daschle to cosponsor The Voter Confidence Act (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

17. kick

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[Eric J in MN]

18. kick

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[redqueen]

19. Done for the second time this week.

Probably my fiftieth time this year. :evilgrin:

[Eric J in MN]

20. thanks (nt)

nt

[redqueen]

21. Oh, my pleasure!

It's a bit of a slog, though. All this time and what... one co-sponsor added? Curiouser and curiouser...

S'alright though... just inspires me to tell more people about it. :)

[Eric J in MN]

22. Senator Mark Dayton became a cosponor last week

Senator Mark Dayton (D-MN) became a cosponor last week.

This week the Senate is on recess.

They return on Tuesday.