Support Emergency Paper Ballots for 2006: Call Congress Today!

By Sean Flaherty, Co-Chair, Iowans for Voting Integrity

Dear Iowa Voter,

Your help is needed today to protect the integrity of the 2006 elections.

Senators Barbara Boxer and Christopher Dodd have just introduced legislation that would offer federal funding to counties that wish to print emergency paper ballots in the event that electronic voting machines fail on election day.

Better still, the law would require that counties receiving the funding allow any voter to request a paper ballot on election day, regardless of the other voting systems in use.

See the website VoteTrustUSA for an article on this brand-new bill:

http://www.votetrustusa.org

The New York Times also has a good article in today's edition:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/washington/27ballots.html?ex=1317009600&en=63195cb3f7ad3b1b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Congress adjourns Friday, so time is of the essence!

See below for links to contact information for Iowa's members of Congress.

Thank you for your help, and for your continued interest in the integrity of our elections.

Sincerely,
Sean Flaherty
Co-Chair, Iowans for Voting Integrity

Iowans for Voting Integrity is a non-partisan citizens' group  working for voting systems worthy of the public trust. See www.iowansforvotingintegrity.org for more information.

Contact Information for Iowa's Congressional Delegation

Senator Chuck Grassley:

http://grassley.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseActionfiltered=Home.Home

Senator Tom Harkin:

http://www.harkin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Congressman Jim Nussle (1st District):

http://nussle.house.gov/contact.htm

Congressman Jim Leach (2nd District):

http://leach.house.gov/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={CA7740DA-2F55-4A24-9DAF-C728E60F4AB1}

Congresman Leonard Boswell (3rd District):

http://boswell.house.gov/

Congressman Tom Latham (4th District):

http://www.tomlatham.house.gov/

Congressman Steve King (5th District):

http://www.house.gov/steveking/contact.shtm