Sign Petition for HR 550
By zappini
Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 05:35:54 PM PST
Section: Diary
Topic: Building the base
Election integrity is the foundation of our democracy. This is in anticipation of the I Count Coalition's
Lobby Days April 6-7th in Wash DC. Please take a moment to
sign Rep. Rush Holt's petition for HR 550 "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005" (
full text).
Alternately, sign via the I Count Coalition form.
Three members of the Washington State delegation have not supported HR 550. If you are represented by
Hastings,
McMorris, or
Reichert, please urge them to also support election integrity by co-sponsoring HR 550. The I Count Coalition has
great resources for doing that effectively.
If anyone from their districts follows thru in scheduling a meeting, I'd be a) very grateful and b) available to attend.
I just spoke with John Gideon of Voters Unite (and major contributor to VoteTrustUSA's Daily Voting News). If I understood correctly, John says HR 550 has an outside chance of getting to committee. He also said it's the same bill as HR 2239, introduced last year. I have no idea how this game of baseball is played. But it's a start. We just need to keep pushing for election integrity until we succeed.
Also, please continue to check for HR 550 related diaries on dailyKos, using this handy link. When someone posts on this issue, or election integrity, please show them some love.