I just got an e-mail from VoteTrustUSA about this! Urgent action is needed!!!
A few days ago, VoteTrustUSA issued an action alert in support of Rep. Rush Holt's Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act (HR 550) as written. Now we have learned that a new bill, HR 3910, introduced by Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida, would render voter verified paper records (VVPR) effectively meaningless, while jeopardizing the ability of millions of Americans to exercise their right to vote at all. Its paper record requirement lets the States decide whether the VVPR is used as anything more than an expensive and meaningless placebo, while its Voter ID section requires a government-issued photo ID to vote in person, or a copy of it to vote by mail, per Homeland Security guidelines. We are issuing this new action alert so quickly because this new threat is so immediate that it is essential for concerned citizens to act now to protect our right to vote and ensure that our votes are counted accurately and transparently. Please respond to this urgent Action Alert today. Democracy demands no less!
HR 3910 could disenfranchise millions of elderly, poor, minority and disabled voters, who lack the time, means, or physical ability to make the long trek to wait in long lines to obtain the only acceptable type of voter ID. At the same time, by combining the questions of Voter ID and VVPRs, it would stifle the debate about the need for verification of the vote totals from electronic voting systems This is unacceptable. Every voter must be able to cast his or her vote without the undue burden of obtaining a government-issued photo ID and every vote must be recorded and counted accurately and transparently. Democracy demands no less.
Please click here to help defeat HR 3910 in its entirety.
In response to this new development, we have adopted a two-pronged strategy that goes on the offense against HR 3910 while, at the same time, urging Congress to immediately pass Rep. Rush Holt's Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 (HR 550) as written. HR 550 will ensure that the voter verified paper ballot is legally considered the official record in the event of a recount, challenge, or discrepancy, and that independent audits of the voter verified paper ballots are performed to check the accuracy of the vote count. HR 550 already has the bipartisan sponsorship of 157 Members of the House of Representatives.
There is nothing more important for any of us to do today than to write your Representative demanding that the Holt (HR 550)bill be immediately passed as written, and that the Feeney Bill (HR 3910) be stopped in its tracks.
Click Here to send this new email to your Representative, even if have already written about HR 550!
Please go to
http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=VTUSA&hotissue=1 NOW to send an email to make sure your voice is heard. At the same time, your name will be added to a petition, urging the passage of HR 550 as written. The petition will be delivered to the members of the House Administration Committee, who are responsible for both of these bills. Tthe Committee traditionally operates with little, if any, citizen input -- not even providing a way an email to the Committee office,. It's time to put a stop to that! (If your name is already on this petition, only the email to your Representative will be sent.)
It's up to us to make our voices heard! Please sign the Congressional E-Mail/ and petition, call your Representative and the Members of the House Administration Committee, and ask everyone you know to do the same. Democracy demands it of us. We can do no less.
Thank you for your support!
Joan Krawitz
Executive Director
VoteTrustUSA.org
http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=VTUSA&hotissue=1
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