PFAW: Clinton, Boxer, Tubbs unveil Count Every Vote Act of 2005

[Andromeda]

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and others recently unveiled a sweeping federal election reform bill, the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 (H.R.939/S.450). This bill is what we've been working toward since November 2, and it needs your support now.

The Count Every Vote Act addresses an impressive number of the problems that Election Protection volunteers documented in 2004, and there's good reason for that. People For the American Way and the Election Protection coalition advised the bill's authors after spending weeks and months pouring over the incident reports and voter testimonials that Election Protection volunteers helped gather. We were proud to showcase these efforts and to be among the handful of organizations asked to speak at the bill sponsors' press conference.

This bill is proof that Election Protection's hard work to protect voters' rights does pay off, but it is also a reminder that we have unfinished business.

This legislation faces an uphill battle in Congress. The first step is getting a strong, bipartisan group of senators and representatives to co-sponsor it. Urge your members of Congress to sign on to the Count Every Vote Act immediately!

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=16842&action=1887

Call your representatives and show your support for this bill.

[Joey Liberal]

1. I Admire Barbara Boxer

I really admire Sen. Barbara Boxer. It's a shame that her pals in the Senate did not back her up earlier this year. Not only that, I think she's hot for her age.

[Pepperbelly]

2. I found this article while perusing your link ...

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Over half of the Gold/Gupta article examines previous efforts to do away with the longstanding practice that the Senate’s rules continue from one Congress to the next. (Some nuclear option proponents have argued that a simple majority could rewrite new rules at the beginning of the Senate, even though explicit written rules say that they do continue, and require a two-thirds majority to end debate on rule changes.) The attached analysis notes that Gold and Gupta are ultimately forced to admit that the Senate has squarely rejected this claim every single time it came to a vote.

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17964