Count Every Vote: Sign Gov. Dean's Petition
Governor
Dean sent the following message to the DFA grassroots last night. Sign
the petition now and invite your friends to join the call for
verifiable voting. So far, over 30,000 people have signed this petition in just the last 12 hours.
Dear Friend,
In order
for your vote to affect the outcome of this election, it must be
counted. As November nears we must act now to ensure that our voting
systems produce accurate and verifiable results.
Right
now, some states are planning to use machines that will not allow
voters to verify their choices. This means that any flaws in the
machine or software will never be caught — and no recount will be
possible. And the head of the largest e-voting machine company — who
is a major contributor to George Bush and has promised to deliver Ohio
to him — asks that we just trust him.
Today we
call on Congress and the states to require any electronic voting
machine used in this election to produce a paper trail — one that
allows voters to verify their choices and officials to conduct
recounts. Add your name to the call for accountability:
democracyforamerica.com/verify
We will deliver the petition to Congress and the Secretaries of State of every state planning to use electronic voting machines.
Please
forward this message to everyone you know who wants to see that every
vote is counted this year. You can also spread the word by using our
grassroots action center, Organize for America, to invite your friends
to sign the petition:
democracyforamerica.com/verifyinvite
Casting
a vote is the most fundamental action we take as citizens. But voting
is not a symbolic act — the last presidential election demonstrated
that every vote matters. Our responsibility in the months before
November is to ensure that this time, every vote will be counted.
Thank you.
Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
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