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Please phone & email our state Senators Today! 1) PASTE THIS LETTER INTO YOUR MESSAGE BODY & Subject Line SUBJECT: Pass a REAL Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail bill so every vote counts! Dear Senator: I urge you to support a REAL voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) bill that will meet voters' demands to replace Maryland’s current unreliable electronic voting system with one we can trust! Senate Bill 392 as originally introduced by Senate Majority Leader, Ed Kasemeyer, would have provided those protections, but the version of the bill passed by the EHEA Committee added amendments that replaced 10 of the bill's original 11 pages with language that does not specify voter-verification, does not make the paper record the official record of the vote (essential for audits and recounts), and does not require audits to check the accuracy of the electronic results. Without these three key components, it would provide no assurance that our vote counts are accurate! In contrast, the House of Delegates last week unanimously passed a true voter-verified paper audit trail bill--HB 18. That bill would meet voters’ demands to replace Maryland's current unreliable electronic voting system with one we can trust--an optical scan system. Switching to optical scan would provide a voter-verified paper audit trail that would save taxpayers millions of dollars each year. I urge you to vote for REAL voting system reform and pass a bill that looks like House Bill 18—one that has teeth: requirements ensuring voter-verification, a paper ballot that can be used for audits and recounts, and routine random audits. Sincerely, ----------- 2) PASTE ALL THESE ADDRESSES IN THE "TO" BOX IN YOUR EMAIL PROGRAM & SEND john.astle@senate.state.md.us, david.brinkley@senate.state.md.us, gwendolyn.britt@senate.state.md.us, jim.brochin@senate.state.md.us, richard.colburn@senate.state.md.us, joan.carter.conway@senate.state.md.us, ulysses.currie@senate.state.md.us, james.degrange@senate.state.md.us, george.della@senate.state.md.us, roy.dyson@senate.state.md.us, george.edwards@senate.state.md.us, nathaniel.Exum@senate.state.md.us, jennie.forehand@senate.state.md.us, brian.frosh@senate.state.md.us, rob.garagiola@senate.state.md.us, lisa.gladden@senate.state.md.us, janet.greenip@senate.state.md.us, larry.haines@senate.state.md.us, andrew.harris@senate.state.md.us, patrick.hogan@senate.state.md.us, robert.hooper@senate.state.md.us, nancy.jacobs@senate.state.md.us, verna.jones@senate.state.md.us, edward.kasemeyer@senate.state.md.us, delores.kelley@senate.state.md.us, Allan.Kittleman@senate.state.md.us, katherine.klausmeier@senate.state.md.us, rona.kramer@senate.state.md.us, Mike.Lenett@senate.state.md.us, Richard.Madaleno@senate.state.md.us, nathaniel.mcfadden@senate.state.md.us, thomas.mclain.middleton@senate.state.md.us, thomas.v.mike.miller@senate.state.md.us, alex.mooney@senate.state.md.us, donald.munson@senate.state.md.us, anthony.muse@senate.state.md.us, Douglas.Peters@senate.state.md.us, paul.pinsky@senate.state.md.us, ej.pipkin@senate.state.md.us, catherine.pugh@senate.state.md.us, jamie.raskin@senate.state.md.us, james.robey@senate.state.md.us, jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us, Bryan.Simonaire@senate.state.md.us, lowell.stoltzfus@senate.state.md.us, norman.stone@senate.state.md.us, Bobby.Zirkin@senate.state.md.us, governor@gov.state.md.us
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