Please Co-Sponsor S.330 for Voter Verification

November 21, 2009 Subject: I am writing to ask you to co-sponsor the "Voting Integrity and Verification Act" (VIVA, S.330). In the coming weeks, many states, counties, and other election jurisdictions will be spending nearly $1 billion in HAVA funds to acquire new voting systems in order to meet the January 1, 2006, deadline for compliance with the standards mandated by the Help America Vote Act. Any new voting systems acquired with these funds must provide a voter-verifiable paper record to enable all voters to verify that their votes have been accurately recorded and to enable elections officials to conduct meaningful manual recounts and audits of election results. Voter-verified paper ballots also make it possible to recover from e-voting machine malfunctions, such as those experienced last year in California, Georgia, North Carolina, and elsewhere, without having to re-run a costly election from scratch. Accessible voting technologies, including ballot marking devices, now enable voters with disabilities (including voters who are blind) to mark their ballots and to verify the paper record with privacy and independence. The "Voting Integrity and Verification Act" (VIVA, S.330), recently introduced by Senator John Ensign (NV), ensures that any newly-purchased electronic voting machine must produce a voter-verifiable paper record, and that the paper record must take precedence in case of any discrepancy, recount, or audit. Swift passage of S.330 will ensure that states, counties, and other election jurisdictions make appropriate purchasing decisions with regard to new voting systems and that those systems produce results that are verifiable by all voters and auditable by election officials. I urge you in the strongest possible terms to co-sponsor S.330. Thank you. We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email Send a Fax