Pass the

"Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act"

HR2239, sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt (US House of Representatives)

S 1980, sponsored by Sen. Bob Graham (US Senate)

Oppose the "RECORD Act" S 2313

--30% of American voters will use electronic voting machines in November, 2004

--We need a law that requires a "voter-verified paper audit trail" (VVPAT) from all electronic voting machines in November, 2004

--If states can't install printers, or reconfigure the ones that are already in their electronic voting machines, the law must require hand-marked paper ballots that can be counted by optical scanner or by hand, to be used for federal offices -- President/Vice President, US Senate, and US House of Representatives.

--The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act requires VVPAT

--S1980 is not yet co-sponsored by Sen. Kennedy or Sen. Kerry

--HR2239 is co-sponsored by all MA representatives except Capuano and Lynch

--RECORD does NOT require VVPAT, nor use of hand-marked paper ballots -- this bill allows states to say they can't comply with these requirements, and then they don't have to! We oppose RECORD until this loophole is closed.

Call Congress, 1-800-839-5276, and:

1. Ask Senators Kennedy and Kerry to co-sponsor Sen. Bob Graham's "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act", S 1980.

2. Ask Representatives Capuano and Lynch to co-sponsor Rep. Rush Holt's "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act", HR2239.

Want to know/do more? www.VerifiedVoting.org www.BlackBoxVoting.org

www.VotersUnite.org/takeaction.asp www.WheresThePaper.org .

contact: Heleni Thayre, www.uuvv.org heleni@uuvv.org 8/4/04