Virginians, if you want voter-verified ballots,
now is the time to act.
Great news! Monday January 30th marks another amazing opportunity to share your hopes with the fine folks in Richmond!
Please take a minute to call your senator. Bi-Partisan Support for Reliable Voting legislation needed asap! Vote yes for S.B. 424!
This is a urgent Action Alert notice for VA constituents of Democratic Senators Whipple, Howell, Puller, Saslaw and GOP Senators Martin, Hawkins, Potts, Stolle, O'Brien, Reynolds, Bell, and Obenshain. This list is mostly of those who are members of the VA Senate Privileges and Elections Committee.
One minute is all that is needed of your time! Virginia Verified Voting asks you to call your senator as early as tomorrow (Monday) morning on a 800 #. Ask your senator to vote yes for the voter verified paper audit trail in S.B. 424. This legislation was submitted in draft by Senator Whipple. The patron of the bill is Sen. Devolites-Davis. We need to ask Sen. Whipple and Sen. Howell to lead the way and announce Democratic support for this bill. Senators Whipple, Puller, Saslaw and Howell have not committed to doing so yet. We need Senator Martin, the Privileges and Elections Committee Chair, to lead the support for his Republican colleagues for this bill. He has not committed to doing so yet.
Please call your senator's office early Monday morning (on Jan. 30!) Decisions by these legislators on this Audit Trail legislation will be made in subcommittee Monday afternoon and voted upon in committee as early as Tuesday this week. As many constituents as possible are needed to call your senator. We need each of these legislators to hear that you care!
If your Senator is listed below, please call him or her Monday Jan. 30, asap.
Bell, II, Brandon Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Hawkins Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Howell's Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Martin Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Potts Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Puller Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
O'Brien Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Obenshain Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Reynolds Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Saslaw Constituent hotline: (800) 889-0229
Stolle Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Whipple's Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
*Ask your senator to vote yes for S.B. 424 bill. Tell your Senator to please give his or her yes vote to S.B. 424 Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail legislation bill asap! This bill is a much needed step in the pursuit of reliable and accurate elections.
* Tell your senator that voting technology experts have already cited software bugs still make paperless voting unreliable. The controversial election results keep cropping up all over and will only get worse if a paper audit trail is not implemented. Expert testimony this past year before the VA Committee reviewing VA voting procedures and technology confirmed the need is imperative. As always, please speak with the utmost of courtesy to the aide who answers the phone. It really will just take 1 minute or 2.
Please call as early as tomorrow morning and forward this alert!