Continuing: Oppose S.1487 and H.R. 811 as Written

The Rules Committee of the US Senate will reportedly be conducting a hearing on S1487 on July 25.

CURRENT ACTIONS for the week of July 30:

1. Call your Senators to Oppose S. 1487 [1]
S . 1487 is a dangerous, anti-democratic measure even worse than H. R. 811. Amend or end.

2. Call your Representatives to Amend or Reject H.R. 811 [2]
A well-intentioned, if misguided election reform bill that the vendors' amendments twisted into the "Voter Con" Act of 2007
It seems beyond repair at this point.

3. Instead, urge your Representatives to Co-sponsor the Kucinich bill [3] or push to correct the corruptions of H.R. 811 with these amendments: A Five-Point Proposal for Real Election Reform [4]

4. California: Voting Systems Review Hearing -- Support Secretary of State Bowen in Protecting the Vote
Click here for Action Details [5]

Details on S.1487:

Please contact both your US Senators (contacts below), and ask them to oppose S. 1487 as written.

Ask your senators to read this analysis [6], and work to improve the bill.

If the bill is not improved by amendment, Senators should withdraw their support and vote it down.

For in-depth background and talking points, see these articles on S. 1487: http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/s1487_analysis [7]

Senate Contacts: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm [8]

There are 25 areas of function, and many of them have severe problems.

I hope that all activists can agree that this bill is the wrong way to election reform.

I hope we can have a strong showing at the hearing next week, to demand a better bill and to make sure that our Senators understand why each of these flaws is wrong, and how to improve it.

--Teresa Hommel