So, here we are. Less than 50 days to what may be the most important election this country has ever had — a crucial election that will determine if America drifts further towards fascism or, if accountability will once again mean something.
Do you not want oversight?
Do you not want multiple impeachment hearings?
Do you not want to help get this country back from the depths on insanity so that the world may, one day, come to respect the United States of America once again?
Do you think that there is no possible way that the Democrats can lose this November?
Think again.
Despite catastrophic failures and proven security breaches that you can drive a Mac truck through, E-voting will be used by 80% of the electorate when America determines whether democracy survives this year.
Senators Kerry, Feingold, Boxer, and HAVA co-sponser Chris Dodd along with congressperson Rush Holt want to help prevent this looming disaster about to take place.
Emergency legislation to the rescue!
UPDATE:
Click here or pic to watch a CNN video on the effort…
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Senators Kerry, Feingold, Boxer, and HAVA co-sponser Chris Dodd along with congressperson Rush Holt want to help prevent this looming disaster about to take place.
Emergency legislation to the rescue!
Senator Boxer and Senator Dodd have introduced emergency legislation to help the counties across the nation allow the electorate to vote on paper.
The legislation, filed just after 4pm ET this afternoon, would refund state and county voting jurisdictions that offer paper ballots as an option to voters, and requires such jurisdictions post “in a conspicuous manner at the polling place, a notice stating that contingency paper ballots are available at the polling place and that a voter may request to use such a ballot at the voter’s discretion.“
Although some areas in the U.S. will — unbelievably — not be able to legally comply with this bill (if passed), it is hoped that this legislation will help millions elsewhere to be able to feel confident that their vote will be counted. Indeed, if a significant portion of these unreliable machines break down in November, as expected — this legislation will help prevent millions of Americans from becoming disenfranchised.
Congressperson Rush Holt has also now filed a House version of this bill with a very important additional detail. These optional paper votes will be counted as REGULAR ballots — and not as “provisional” ballots. Provisional ballots are sometimes not counted and must be “vetted” to determine the legitimacy of the voter. Therefore, voters can be assured that these “contigency votes” WILL be absolutely counted (and possibly recounted) to determine the winners of the congressional races this year.
Senator Kerry and Feingold issued a press release yesterday (PDF) outlining the fundamental importance of passing this piece of legislation before November.
“[H]ere we are, 42 days away from another election,” Kerry said, “and Congress has again dragged its feet even after we mobilized 35,000 citizens to demand a hearing for our Count Every Vote Act, even after what we saw just this month in Montgomery County [Maryland]. We need emergency action now. That is why I am co-sponsoring the Dodd-Boxer legislation to provide emergency paper ballots and that is why Russ Feingold and I are introducing our resolution today demanding election day back-up plans.”
“We have a duty to ensure that no citizen will be denied the right to vote in 2006,” Kerry concluded.
Do you wish to vote on paper this year?
Call your Congressperson and Senator NOW!
And if you can’t call now because the lines are busy or everyone is asleep, you can watch this video of RFK jr. on Hardball last night.
(click HERE or on Pic to watch)
OR spread these videos around…
(Click HERE or on pic to view the Princeton Security Breach Demo)
(Click HERE or on pic to view the Fox News Princeton Demo — for your Republican friends)
