Votes lost in Florida: It's time to act!

COPY & PASTE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Hi,

I don’t know if you’ve heard about this - it’s ridiculous. 18,382 votes have been LOST by paperless voting machines in one Florida House race.

That's one in seven of the votes cast there JUST GONE because electronic voting machines left no paper record! The Republican candidate only won by 368 votes.

Common Cause is jumping in, demanding tests of the machines and a revote, and I just took action to push for the big-picture solution - mandatory paper trails - by writing to my Senator. I hope you'll join me at www.GetItStraightby2008.org.

This debacle didn't have to happen. A voter-verified paper record of the ballot would have shown voters that their choice in the race wasn't recorded.

Ironically, that same day, those Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a measure requiring paper receipts in their county. GetItStraightby2008.org is the campaign for that same solution nationwide.

The first step is flooding Congress with 100,000 letters demanding voter-verified paper records and random audits of electronic machines.

Write your Senators NOW for a paper trail: www.GetItStraightby2008.org.

When you act, you join Common Cause in documenting voting problems nationwide, pushing for a revote in Sarasota, and forcing the Senate's hand on clean elections. Please pass this message on far and wide.

Thanks,

Jeff Ortiz