No Senate Dems yet on verified voting bill

[OzarkDem]

Thought it was time for a legislative alert on the Voter Confidence Act introduced in the House by Rush Holt (HR 2239) and in the Senate (S. 1980) by Bob Graham. It's "A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes."

The House version has 118 co-sponsors, and the Senate version has

NONE

Why haven't any of the Senate Dems signed on as co-sponsors of this incredibly important legislation?

Time is running out - we need to get a majority of members in the House and Senate to co-sponsor it and move it to the floor for a vote - NOW. Otherwise, none of what we do to get Dems back in the WH or Congress makes any difference. All the donations, campaigning, phone banking, etc will count for nothing if we can't ensure that electronic voting is legit and backed up by hard copies for recounts.

Where is Daschle, Edwards, Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry, Corzine, Stabenow, Carnahan, etc. Kerry & Edwards both should be talking about this on the campaign trail.

Starting next week, we need to call our senators, especially Dems, and tell them to sign on to S. 1980 as co-sponsors IMMEDIATELY. They can call Grahams's office at 202-224-3041 and sign on as a co-sponsor.

Then call Daschle at [phone]

and DSCC chair Corzine at [phone]

and tell them to start earning their paychecks and get senate Dems lined up as co-sponsors on this bill, PRONTO!

I'll not vote for any Dem senator who doesn't co-sponsor this bill, nor will I contribute to any campaigns or the DSCC until all Dems are signed on.

Don't rely on email - Make phone calls or fax only!
Get your senator's number here:

http://congress.org/congressorg/home/

I'm going to call Graham's office on Thursday afternoon and see how many Dems have signed on as co-sponsors and will report back here. I want at least 20 Dems on S. 1980 by the end of the week.

Feel free to pass this around and post on other sites.

Let's get these bills passed!



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